William Samuels, Of Counsel and Chair of the Intellectual Property Group, and Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, served as a Co-Chair for the NYSBA’s Intellectual Property Section Annual Meeting on January 17, 2024.

Eighteen Warshaw Burstein lawyers have been named 2023 Super Lawyers in their respective practice areas in the New York Metro area.

Bill Samuels, Partner and Chair of the Intellectual Property Group, was interviewed for Bloomberg about what might happen in a trademark case involving the Princeton Club in New York. 

William Samuels, Partner and Chair of the Intellectual Property Group, and Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association, will serve as a Co-Chair for the NYSBA’s Intellectual Property Section Annual Meeting on January 23, 2023.

William Samuels, Partner and Chair of the Intellectual Property Group, was recently interviewed for a series of articles for Super Lawyers discussing several issues related to protecting intellectual property.

Eighteen Warshaw Burstein lawyers were named 2022 Super Lawyers in their respective practice areas in the New York Metro area.

William Samuels, Partner and Chair of the Intellectual Property Group at Warshaw Burstein, LLP, has been named Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association.

William Samuels, Partner and Chair in the Intellectual Property Group at Warshaw Burstein, LLP, has been named a member of Law360’s 2022 New York Editorial Advisory Board.

Thirteen Warshaw Burstein lawyers were ranked as 2020 Super Lawyers in their respective practice areas in the New York Metro area, including four lawyers who were ranked on the Rising Stars list. 

Warshaw Burstein has expanded its Copyright and Trademark Law Group, and incorporated extensive patent capabilities to round out its full-service intellectual property practice with the arrivals of Kristin G. Garris as counsel, and John Laurence as of counsel and patent attorney. 

On October 8, intellectual property partner Bill Samuels presented an ALT Legal webinar on new media, hashtags, trademarks and brand protection. In this webinar, Bill discussed issues and considerations for IP protection in the new media environment, namely the use of marks as hashtags, protectability of new media, and the practical implications of the public use of IP. 

Just when you thought you had seen every challenge 2020 could offer, we are reminded that patent fees charged by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will go up about 5% on October 2 of this year.  

This adjustment has been in development since 2018, with the USPTO noting, “The overall strategy of the Final Rule is to establish a fee schedule that generates sufficient multi-year revenue to recover the aggregate costs of maintaining USPTO patent-related operations and accomplishing the USPTO’s patent-related strategic goals.” 
 

Warshaw Burstein, LLP, a full-service law firm in New York City, today announced that William R. Samuels has joined the firm as partner and will launch a Copyright and Trademark Law Group, expanding on the firm’s intellectual property capabilities.