Jonathan M. Siderits has joined as an associate in the firm's Mechanical Practice Group. Jon will focus his practice on patent preparation and prosecution, patentability searches and opinions, and patent infringement litigation and...
Cincinnati Ohio Intellectual Property Law Blog
Meet the Consul – Clement Luken
Clement H. Luken, Jr. has been serving as Austrian Honorary Consul since July of 2014 after previously working with the Austrian Consulates General in New York and Chicago, as well as the Advantage Austria office in Chicago. He is profiled in the 'Meet the Consul' in...
Four WH&E Attorneys Honored in National Report
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, a national report of American lawyers and law firms, includes and four of its attorneys. Joining Senior Partner Greg Lunn in this prestigious report are Kenneth Germain and Lori Krafte....
A Crash Course on Royalty Audits
In the typical transaction between a book author and a publisher, the author grants to the publisher certain exclusive rights in a manuscript and, in exchange, gets from the publisher a right to receive a portion of the publisher's proceeds from commercial...
Ohio Super Lawyers List Includes Six Attorneys from Wood Herron & Evans
The 2016 Ohio Super Lawyers® List of the top attorneys in the state includes six WH&E attorneys. Congratulations to Gregory F. Ahrens, Glenn D. Bellamy, Lori E. Krafte, Theodore R. Remaklus. This prestigious award is given to no more than five percent of attorneys...
Greg Lunn Named Senior Partner
Congratulations to our new senior partner, Greg Lunn. The Cincinnati Business Courier met with Greg to discuss how technology is helping improve value in the intellectual property market. New senior partner at one of Cincinnati's biggest law firms: Industry changes...
A Checklist for Foreign Rights Deals: Part 1, Translation and Adaptation Licenses
Foreign rights deals offer an often underexploited but potentially lucrative opportunity for independent publishers. They can add 10 percent or more to your revenue, and since no direct costs are associated with two of the three ways you can exploit foreign rights,...
Expert Testimony Can Strengthen Your Trademark Case
In his Bloomberg BNA article, The Brave New World of Possibly Preclusive TTAB Proceedings: How Expert Testimony Can Strengthen Your Case, Ken Germain argues that the Supreme Court's B&B v. Hargis decision in March 2015 has made it more important to have the...
Wood Herron & Evans Profiled in the 2015 Edition of World Trademark Review™
Wood, Herron & Evans LLP was profiled in the 2015 edition of World Trademark ReviewTM. Both Kate Smith and Ken Germain received special mention.
The Devil Made Me Do It: Lessons Learned in Negotiating Intellectual Property Agreements
I'm something of a collector.Over three decades of practicing law and reviewing and negotiating licensing agreements and other contracts involving rights in intellectual property, I have occasionally encountered language or provisions that gave me pause. Sometimes it...
