3DPrint.com published Bill Cass’ article, "The New Federal Trade Secrets Act – Another Way to Protect Additive Manufacturing," on June 6, 2016. 

The Defend Trade Secret Act (DTSA), signed into law on May 11, 2016, provides companies their first opportunity to go directly to federal court to argue  trade secret cases. Though for decades trade secret laws remained exclusively in state law domain, the new law is expected to provide monetary and injunctive relief when trade secrets are stolen at a federal level. The Defend Trade Secrets Act provides a powerful new tool to protect a business’s intellectual property.  

3DPrint.com published Bill Cass’ article, “Protecting 3D Printed Designs – Can Trade Dress Rights Fill the Void?” on March 25, 2016, in which he examines the  importance of agreements to establish trade dress protection with third parties for 3D-printed products. Citing Coke and Christian Louboutin shoes as examples, Bill catalogs important intellectual property options for consumer products makers and patent owners generally. 

Cantor Colburn LLP has been recommended as a Leading Firm by the Legal 500 United States 2018 in Intellectual Property for Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings). This is the ninth consecutive year that Cantor Colburn has been recognized for this highly selective honor.

Cantor Colburn is pleased to announce that seven attorneys from its Hartford office were named to the 2017 list of Connecticut Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.   

Bloomberg BNA published "Pathways to FDA Approval for 3-D Printed Medical Devices," written by William J. Cass, Of Counsel at Cantor Colburn. The article appeared in its Electronic Commerce & Law Report on August 23, 2017.

Seven Cantor Colburn attorneys were selected as IP Stars in the 2017 World IP Survey by Managing Intellectual Property: Michael Cantor, Philmore Colburn, William Cass, Pamela Curbelo, David Fox, Leah Reimer, Ph.D., and Paul Marshall.

Bill Cass and Sandra Shaner, Ph.D. are quoted in the 3DPrint.com article, "3D Printing Helps a Man Grow a New Ear on His Arm" (April 6, 2017).  

3DPrint.com published the article entitled, "Can Your Trademark Fall?" on November 4, 2016, written by Cantor Colburn attorneys Bill Cass and Adam Bercowetz, which discusses the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s decision to cancel six federally registered trademarks assigned to the Washington Redskins and the impact as a result of the cancellation.    

3DPrint.com published Bill Cass’ article entitled, “Avoiding the On-Sale Patent Bar,” on August 8, 2016, wherein Bill discusses the timing between applying for a patent relative to the first sale of the product. As Bill discusses in further detail, what constitutes a sale under the patent statutes may be a matter of the court’s interpretation.  

3DPrint.com published Cantor Colburn Partner Bill Cass’ article, "The Supreme Court Writes a New Chapter on Patent Damages" on July 5, 2016. 

Bill Cass and Sandy Shaner have co-authored the article, "3D Bioprinting of Tissues and Organs:  Where Are We?", published on 3DPrint.com on May 10, 2016.

In addition to frequently representing clients pro bono, Cantor Colburn LLP is proud to be a sponsor of the Pro Bono Partnership for the seventh consecutive year. The Pro Bono Partnership provides free business and transactional legal services to nonprofits serving the disadvantaged or enhancing the quality of life in neighborhoods in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

Cantor Colburn litigators Andrew Ryan, William Cass, and Chad Dever, wrote an analysis of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit first-ever ruling in an appeal from an inter partes review in In re Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC, published in Law360 on February 4, 2015.

Partner Bill Cass and co-author Thomas Kurfess wrote "Rethinking Additive Manufacturing and Intellectual Property Protection," published in the September-October 2014 issue of Research-Technology Management.  Cass co-chairs the firm's Additive Manufacturing Practice Group and is a frequent speaker on the topic. 

Eight Cantor Colburn attorneys were selected as IP Stars in the 2014 World IP Survey
by Managing Intellectual Property.

Cantor Colburn was named Litigation Department of the Year in the Intellectual Property category by the Connecticut Law Tribune. 

Cantor Colburn’s litigators have decades of trial experience, presenting technically complex matters to judges and juries, and work collaboratively with their patent colleagues who are highly educated and expert in a wide variety of technologies. The Law Tribune described Cantor Colburn as “a law firm… and a haven for scientists.” 

Law360 quoted Cantor Colburn’s William J. Cass on the Supreme Court decision over the Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management Systems Inc. and Octane Fitness LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness Inc. cases.

Cantor Colburn partner William Cass was quoted in the January 3, 2014 Forbes article, "Afinia Refuses To Buckle Down Against Stratasys; Claims Patent Misuse."  Cantor Colburn represents Afinia in the case regarding 3D printing technology. 

William J. Cass co-authored and article with Thomas A. Campbell, "3-D Printing Will Be a Counterfeiter's Best Friend, Why we need to rethink intellectual property for the era of additive manufacturing," published online by the Scientific American on December 5, 2013. 

Cantor Colburn was nationally ranked for patent litigation by Corporate Counsel magazine in its October 2013 issue. Cantor Colburn’s dedicated team of litigation attorneys have decades of experience in presenting technically complex matters for trial in front of judges and juries. A partner participates in every facet of the case, bringing results that count for the client. And at each phase of the litigation, Cantor Colburn seeks practical strategies to achieve a prompt, efficient resolution of the dispute.

A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California invalidated a nutritional supplement patent held by Plaintiff Thermolife International LLC and granted summary judgment to a host of Defendants. Thermolife has filed more than 100 patent infringement suits concerning such supplements in various jurisdictions since 2012. Cantor Colburn partner Jeffery B. Arnold, who specializes in pharmaceutical and nutritional supplement litigation and intellectual property protection, coordinated a joint defense effort among several of the defendants, resulting in a cost-effective defense for the respective clients. Cantor Colburn Partner and Litigation Practice Co-Chair William J. Cass argued the case on behalf of the defendants in the proceeding. 

Cantor Colburn LLP has been recognized by 10 different organizations and publications- which heralded 14 attorneys in particular- for excellence in their work in 2013. The Legal 500 has applauded the firm for its “solid reputation in the market of providing an excellent level of service, and having an excellent value for money.” From accolades for the firm as a whole to specific recognition of Cantor Colburn attorneys in diverse practice areas within the field of intellectual property, the firm has enjoyed an abundance of recognition in 2013.

On January 24, 2017, Bill Cass, Co-Chair of the Litigation Department, and Daniel Lent, the Japanese Practice Group Chair, spoke to 30 members of the Institute of Intellectual Property in Tokyo regarding: USPTO Post Grant Procedures, Obtaining Attorney Fees Awards in Federal Court for Proceedings Before The USPTO including Reissue, Re-examination, and PTAB Proceedings, Useful USPTO Pilot Programs, the Collaborative Search Pilot Outreach,  and Recent rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit.

Partners Daniel Lent and Bill Cass spoke to the Intellectual Property Division of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) in New York City on October 7, 2016.  

Litigation partner Bill Cass will speak on New Ideas in 3D Printing at the Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo in Seoul, Korea. He chairs the Additive Manufacturing Practice Group.

William Cass spoke at the Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo in New York City on April 10-12, 2016.  Bill will speak about the "New Ideas in 3D Printing."

Cantor Colburn Partner and Litigation Department Co-Chair William Cass will attend the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) Science and Society Forum, “3D Printing – Beyond the Tipping Point.”   He will make a presentation entitled, "Legal Challenges in Additive Manufacturing" and then be part of a panel discussion on the subject. 

William Cass will present the session, "IP in an Additive World" at Euromold 2015 on September 24, 2015 in Dusseldorf, Germany.  

The IP Inn of Court for Connecticut was inaugurated on May 13, 2015. The Inn was inaugurated when Federal Circuit Judge Richard Linn presented District of Connecticut Judge Janet Bond Arterton with the charter of the Inn.  

Cantor Colburn's Michael Cantor, Co-Managing Partner, and Nicholas Geiger, Litigation Associate, are officers of the IP Inn.  Other Cantor Colburn attorneys who are charter members are Bud Bedingfield, Adam Bercowetz, Christopher Boehm, and Tasia Perkins.

Partner William Cass will present "Global Strategies for Intellectual Property in Additive Manufacturing" at the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo January 27-28, 2015, in Singapore.

Cass co-chairs Cantor Colburn's Additive Manufacturing Practice Group and is a frequent speaker and author on the topic in relation to intellectual property.

Partner William Cass will present "Global Strategies for Intellectual Property in Additive Manufacturing" at the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo on November 4, 2014, in Shanghai, China.

Inside 3D Printing Conference & Expo is the first B2B 3D printing trade show in the Asia-Pacific region.