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Randall Erickson Teaches IP Law Course at College of DuPage

By Erickson Law Group • Sep 22nd, 2009 • Category: News

Randall Erickson of the Erickson Law Group will teach a three credit-hour Intellectual Property Law Course at the College of DuPage again in the Fall 2009 term.  The course will provide an  overview of intellectual property law. It introduces students to concepts of ownership of intellectual property and includes coverage of patents, copyrights, trademarks [...]



Eric Waltmire Quoted in Entrepreneur.com Article on Backlog at Patent Office

By Erickson Law Group • Sep 22nd, 2009 • Category: News

Eric Waltmire was quoted in an article titled “The Future Is…Later: A backlog of applications at the U.S. Patent Office has innovation in a stranglehold” [link]  at Entrepreneur.com.  The article described the difficulty some inventors have had resulting from the long delay between the date the application is filed and when the patent office [...]



Eric Waltmire to Speak on Patents at SCORE Chicago’s New Product Development Workshop

By Erickson Law Group • Aug 3rd, 2009 • Category: News

On August 12, 2009, Eric Waltmire, patent attorney at the Erickson Law Group, will speak on patents at the Chicago chapter of SCORE’s workshop titled “New Product Development Workshop: How to Launch Your Product.” SCORE is a nonprofit association dedicated to educating entrepreneurs and the formation, growth and success of small business nationwide. The workshop [...]



Eric Waltmire Speaks on Patents at July Saper Law Seminar

By Erickson Law Group • Aug 3rd, 2009 • Category: News

On July 28, 2009, Eric Waltmire spoke on Patents at the July Saper Law Seminar. He provided the presentation via teleconference and the presentation covered basic patent law issue as well as issues related to software patents.  You can view the presentation here [link] .



Eric Waltmire Speaks at ISBA Seminar on Patent Issues on the Internet

By Erickson Law Group • Jun 22nd, 2009 • Category: News

On June 9, 2009, Eric Waltmire, Patent Attorney with the Erickson Law Group, presented a session at the Illinois State Bar Assication’s “Intellectual Property Essentials and IP on the Internet” all day seminar. Eric’s session covered Patent Issues on the Internet. An excerpt of his material is provided below.
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Patenting Software, Internet Technologies, and [...]



Eric Waltmire to Speak on Patents at SCORE Chicago’s New Product Development Workshop

By Erickson Law Group • Mar 17th, 2009 • Category: News

Eric Waltmire of the Erickson Law Group, will be one of the speakers at a new product development workshop titled “From Conception To Inception”: Turn Your Dream From Idea To Opportunity hosted by SCORE business counselors of Chicago. At this all day workshop, Eric will discuss patents and the patent process, cover the differences between [...]



Eric Waltmire to Speak on Patents at the Saper Law Open Source Symposium

By Erickson Law Group • Feb 16th, 2009 • Category: News

Eric Waltmire, patent attorney with the Erickson Law Group, will speak at the Saper Law Open Source Symposium on February 17, 2009 in Chicago. Whether you are in favor, opposed, or indifferent to software patents, it is important to know the implications and interplay between open source licensed work and patent rights. His presentation will [...]



Randall Erickson Teaches IP Law Course at College of DuPage

By Erickson Law Group • Jan 21st, 2009 • Category: News

Randall Erickson of the Erickson Law Group will teach a three credit-hour Intellectual Property Law Course at the College of DuPage in the Spring 2009 term.  The course will provide an  overview of intellectual property law. It introduces students to concepts of ownership of intellectual property and includes coverage of patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade [...]



Eric Waltmire’s Article on Preserving Patent Rights is Now Available Online

By Erickson Law Group • Dec 16th, 2008 • Category: News

Eric Waltmire’s recently published “The Preservation Three Step: What Every Lawyer Should Know to Protect a Client’s Potentially Patentable Assets” in the DuPage County Bar Association’s October 2008 edition of its legal journal, The Brief. The article is now available here: http://www.dcbabrief.org/vol211008art4.html.
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The Preservation Three Step: What Every Lawyer Should Know to Protect a Client’s [...]



The Law Office of Randall T. Erickson, PC is now Erickson Law Group, PC

By Erickson Law Group • Dec 1st, 2008 • Category: News

The Law Office of Randall T. Erickson is now Erickson Law Group, PC.
The Erickson Law Group, PC represents clients internationally, including Europe, Asia, and North America, and also throughout the United States. The Erickson Law Group, PC provides a broad range of legal services to protect our client’s intellectual property. We serve clients ranging in [...]