Media Mentions
2008
John R. Fuisz was quoted in the July 25 issue of IP Law360 in an article regarding the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's warning about certain outsourcing practices including shipping data about an invention to another country for the purpose of preparing a U.S. patent application. Mr. Fuisz noted that patent applicants who do not abide by export laws and do not obtain the necessary clearances to outsource work may run into trouble in patent litigation down the road. "It can affect you in litigation. A district court doesn't have discretion not to hold the patent unenforceable," he said. "Just because the Internet exists, doesn't mean you can send patent applications around the world without paying attention to U.S. laws," Mr. Fuisz added.
John R. Fuisz, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Litigation - IP, Media & Tech, Patent Prosecution
2007
John Fuisz was quoted by the Chicago Tribune on May 1 regarding the impact of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. et al on a pending patent infringement suit between Vonage and Verizon. "Vonage is trying to invalidate Verizon's patents," commented Mr. Fuisz. "I'm sure the KSR decision will help them."
John R. Fuisz, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Patent Prosecution
2006
On October 25 on AccountingWEB.com, an article on the patenting of tax strategies references the article, "Whose Tax Law Is It?" by Paul Devinsky, John Fuisz and Thomas Sykes published in the October 16 issue of Legal Times. The article references the authors' statement that tax patents could lead to unequal treatment under the tax code, becoming "government issued barbed wire" for some taxpayers.
Paul Devinsky, John R. Fuisz, Thomas D. Sykes, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Tax
On Friday, October 20, the front page of The New York Times business section included an article on the patenting of tax strategies with a significant reference to the article, "Whose Tax Law Is It?" by Paul Devinsky, John Fuisz and Thomas Sykes published in October 16 issue of Legal Times. The Times article also said when asked what John thought Congress would do he said action was possible, recalling that six years ago doctors got Congress to protect them from patent infringement suits over surgical techniques. This article also appeared in the International Herald Tribune on October 19 and the Kansas City Star on October 25.
Paul Devinsky, John R. Fuisz, Thomas D. Sykes, Intellectual Property, Media & Technology, Tax
