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Firm News 33 results

Firm News | 4 min read | 10.14.25

Crowell Earns Top Rankings from Legal 500 United Kingdom 2026

London – October 14, 2025: Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP has been recommended in five practice areas in the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2026.
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Firm News | 8 min read | 08.21.25

The Best Lawyers in America 2026 Recognizes 49 Crowell & Moring Attorneys, One Selected as Lawyer of the Year

Washington – August 21, 2025: The 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® has recognized 49 Crowell & Moring lawyers as Best Lawyers and 33 lawyers as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. The publication also named partner Jason Murray as Lawyer of the Year for Antitrust Law in Los Angeles.
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Firm News | 1 min read | 07.17.25

Kent Goss Named to Los Angeles Business Journal 2025 Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys List

The Los Angeles Business Journal has named Crowell & Moring partner Kent B. Goss to its 2025 Leaders of Influence: Litigators & Trial Attorneys list. The list recognizes the top litigation lawyers in the Los Angeles region who have achieved outstanding professional successes and contributions to the community.

Client Alerts 74 results

Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.26.25

From ‘Second’ to ‘First:’ Federal Circuit Tackles Obvious Claim Errors

Patent claims must be clear and definite, as they set the boundaries of the patentee’s rights. Occasionally, however, claim language contains errors, such as typographical mistakes or incorrect numbering. Courts possess very limited authority to correct such errors. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has emphasized that judicial correction is appropriate only in rare circumstances, where (1) the error is evident from the face of the patent, and (2) the proposed correction is the sole reasonable interpretation in view of the claim language, specification, and prosecution history. See Group One, Ltd. v. Hallmark Cards, Inc., 407 F.3d 1297, 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) and Novo Indus., L.P. v. Micro Molds Corp., 350 F.3d 1348, 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2003).
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Client Alert | 3 min read | 11.20.25

Design Patent Application Drawings & Prosecution History Must Be Clear (Merely Translucent Won’t Suffice!)

Design patents offer protection for the ornamental appearance of a product, focusing on aspects like its shape and surface decoration, as opposed to the functional aspects protected by utility patents. The scope of a design patent is defined by the drawings and any descriptive language within the patent itself. Recent decisions by the Federal Circuit emphasize the need for clarity in the prosecution history of a design patent in order to preserve desired scope to preserve intentional narrowing (and to avoid unintentional sacrifice of desired claim scope).
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Client Alert | 2 min read | 11.14.25

Defining Claim Terms by Implication: Lexicography Lessons from Aortic Innovations LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corporation

Claim construction is a key stage of most patent litigations, where the court must decide the meaning of any disputed terms in the patent claims.  Generally, claim terms are given their plain and ordinary meaning except under two circumstances: (1) when the patentee acts as its own lexicographer and sets out a definition for the term; and (2) when the patentee disavows the full scope of the term either in the specification or during prosecution.  Thorner v. Sony Comput. Ent. Am. LLC, 669 F.3d 1362, 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2012).  The Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Aortic Innovations LLC v. Edwards Lifesciences Corp. highlights that patentees can act as their own lexicographers through consistent, interchangeable usage of terms across the specification, effectively defining terms by implication.
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Publications 18 results

Publication | 12.26.24

Efficiency v Flexibility – The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Program’s Pros and Cons

The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) program is a collaborative initiative between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and several foreign patent offices, created to speed up the examination process. Through the PPH, a patent application initially filed with a participating patent office (Office of Earlier Examination, or OEE) can be expedited in another participating intellectual property office, provided it meets specific requirements. According to the USPTO, PPH leverages fast-track examination procedures already in place among participating patent offices to allow applicants to reach final disposition of a patent application more quickly and efficiently than standard examination processing.  
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Publication | 01.10.24

Patents: A Proposed Legislative Fix for Patent Eligibility Ambiguity Could Impact Litigation Strategy

Litigation Forecast 2024
A proposed overhaul of U.S. patent eligibility law could shape the patent litigation landscape in 2024, with some parties rushing to court before Congress enacts reform and others holding back on filing suit in the hope that the changes will strengthen their legal case, says Crowell & Moring partner Gang Chen.
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Events 3 results

Event | 09.18.25, 5:30 PM EDT - 7:30 PM EDT

Thriving As In-House Counsel: How to Use Well-Being as a Superpower - New York

Enjoy an evening of networking and thoughtful conversation around three dimensions of well-being and their corresponding superpowers: (1) individual well-being (superpower: sharper, more efficient, happier), (2) team-focused well-being (superpower: better retention, recruitment, and team work-product), and (3) external-focused well-being (superpower: stronger relationships with outside counsel for enhanced synergies and partnerships).

Event | 03.12.25 - 03.13.25, 8:00 AM CDT - 6:00 PM CDT

World Intellectual Property Review Summit

Crowell was a silver sponsor of The World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) Summit in Chicago March 12 and 13. The conference topic was “Create A Winning IP Strategy: Overcome Market Uncertainty, Harness AI, And Improve Efficiency."

Event | 03.09.23, 1:00 PM EST - 2:00 PM EST

Minimizing Risks When Launching Smart Medical Devices

More companies than ever before are launching smart medical devices and industry growth seems endless as new products and technologies are announced daily. However, before companies push products to market, it’s crucial to understand key aspects of device approval, and company and patient protection. In this webinar, our speakers will outline intellectual property strategies, U.S. Food and Drug Administration considerations, and data cybersecurity concerns that are inherent to all smart medical devices. They will explore the legal issues that can significantly decrease the risk profile and potential liabilities throughout a product's lifecycle and create safer, more reliable products for consumers.
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Webinars 1 result

Webinar | 07.25.24, 12:00 PM EDT - 1:00 PM EDT

The Evolving AI Legal and Policy Landscape: Mid-2024 Update

Since the November 2022 release of ChatGPT, generative AI has been a regulatory accelerator for governance of AI writ large. Individuals, organizations, industries, and governments across the world have grappled with the implications of AI, including how it is and could be regulated using existing and new legal frameworks. For example, since our December 2023 update:
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Speaking Engagements 8 results