Legal News & Articles | von Briesen & Roper

Sep 10 2021

President Biden COVID-19 Action Plan Calls for Vaccine Mandates and Other COVID-19 Safety Measures

Posted By: Doris E. Brosnan
Legal Update
Health Law & Business and Corporate Law & Labor and Employment & School Law & Government Law & COVID-19 von Briesen Task Force

On September 9, 2021, President Biden issued his “Path Out of the Pandemic” COVID Action Plan (the “Plan”), which, among other mandates, calls upon the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) to create and issue Emergency Temporary Standards requiring employers with 100 or more employees to require either COVID vaccinations or weekly COVID testing for unvaccinated workers, as well as to provide paid time off for employee vaccinations or to recover from receiving the vaccination.

Aug 30 2021

Are We All Ready to Open the School House Doors?

Posted By: Christine V. Hamiel & Andrew T. Phillips & Lindsey S.M. Minser
Legal Update
School Law

The new school year is upon us and once again the COVID-19 pandemic is front and center. von Briesen's School Law Section put together thirty common questions and answers for Wisconsin K-12 Administrators at the request of WASBO.

Read the full article on WASBO's website: Are We All Ready to Open the School House Doors? Thirty Common Q&As for Wisconsin K-12 Administrators. The information contained in the Q&As should be used as a guide, districts should engage with their lawyers to address specific issues.

Aug 26 2021

von Briesen & Roper, s.c. Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022

Press Release

von Briesen & Roper, s.c. is proud to announce that 71 of its attorneys were included in the 28^th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America^©. Two attorneys are designated as “Lawyer of the Year” and six attorneys are listed as Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, a category for attorneys in practice between 5-9 years.

Aug 02 2021

Examiner Interviews: Improving Patent Quality While Compressing Prosecution and Reducing Cost

Obtaining a United States patent conveys the benefit of a monopoly against others exploiting the patented invention for a limited time: 20 years from the earliest filing date. However, the process for obtaining the patent is time consuming, which can delay issuance of the patent and thereby reduce the amount of time that the patent is enforceable. The process is also expensive in terms of filing fees and attorney fees. Examiner interviews during prosecution provide the opportunity to advance the patent application to allowance in less time and to reduce the overall cost of obtaining a patent. At the same time, examiner interviews can improve the quality of the patent and facilitate obtaining the broadest protection available to the applicant.

Aug 02 2021

How to Expedite Prosecution Before the Chinese Patent Office

Chinese patent protection has become a very important component of a worldwide intellectual property portfolio. Considering China only began granting patent rights in 1984, while the United States has been doing so since 1790, this has been an absolute sea change in business planning for many global companies over the past few decades. In the last year alone, a total of 1.49 million patent applications were filed with the National Intellectual Property Administration, PRC (the Chinese Patent & Trademark Office). By comparison, this is more than were filed with the United States Patent & Trademark Office and European Patent Office combined.[1]

Legal News

Displaying 965 results

President Biden COVID-19 Action Plan Calls for Vaccine Mandates and Other COVID-19 Safety Measures

Are We All Ready to Open the School House Doors?

von Briesen & Roper, s.c. Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2022

Examiner Interviews: Improving Patent Quality While Compressing Prosecution and Reducing Cost

How to Expedite Prosecution Before the Chinese Patent Office