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Articles From Kenneth Matuszewski

Making the Most of Your ABA Annual or Midyear Meeting By Kenneth Matuszewski Young Lawyers Division, August 2024 In addition to its many other benefits, ISBA offers YLD members the opportunity to serve as delegates to the American Bar Association's Annual and Midyear meetings.
5 Critical Missing Functionalities When Your Smartphone No Longer Functions By Kenneth Matuszewski Young Lawyers Division, January 2024 Five aspects of professional and personal life that may be impacted without an operating smartphone.
Put in the Prep Time: Four Items to Complete on Your To-Do List Before Starting a New Job By Kenneth Matuszewski Young Lawyers Division, September 2022 Tips to start the next chapter of your career journey on the right foot, whether you will be remote or in-office.
DuPage County Bar Association – USPTO Ethics Assessing Attorney Misconduct & Introduction to the Diversion Pilot Program By Kenneth Matuszewski Intellectual Property, June 2022 The USPTO will be assessing attorney misconduct and also initiating a diversion pilot program.
From the Chair: To New Beginnings By Kenneth Matuszewski Intellectual Property, June 2022 Outgoing Chair Kenneth Matuszewski looks backward with thanks and forward with enthusiasm on the Intellectual Property Section activities.
Five Benefits of Your ISBA Membership in Your First 5 Years of Practice By Kenneth Matuszewski Young Lawyers Division, May 2022 Five things all young lawyers can do with the ISBA in their first five years of practice to grow and set themselves apart.
The Intellectually Proper Thing to Do: Intellectual Property Pro Bono and Volunteer Opportunities in Illinois By Kenneth Matuszewski Intellectual Property, May 2021 During the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for pro bono legal assistance has skyrocketed. Short descriptions are presented of some of the available opportunities in intellectual property to provide pro bono legal services or volunteering.
ISBA IP Section Council Patents/Trade Secrets Updates By Kenneth Matuszewski Intellectual Property, March 2021 Thumbnail summaries of recent precedential federal circuit opinions.
When the Mandatory Initial Pilot Program Is No Longer Mandatory By Kenneth Matuszewski Intellectual Property, December 2020 From June 2017 to June 2020 the Northern District of Illinois assigned new non-patent intellectual property civil cases to the Mandatory Initial Discovery Pilot Program (MIDP). The pilot’s goal was to evaluate whether cost and delay of civil litigation would be reduced. That pilot program has now ended.
5 Things Every Lawyer Should Know About Intellectual Property By Kenneth Matuszewski Young Lawyers Division, January 2020 A primer on intellectual property law for young lawyers.
Ready, Illinois? Cracking the code on eSports By Kenneth Matuszewski Intellectual Property, March 2018 Multiplayer video games played competitively for spectators, eSports, are increasingly popular, increasing both acceptance and legal challenges. While Chicago has a professional eSports team, most eSports developments in Illinois occur in universities and high schools.
Taking back (the Eastern District of) Texas: Judge Gilstrap broadens the definition of venue in patent cases in Raytheon Co. v. Cray Inc. By Kenneth Matuszewski & Isaac Rabicoff Intellectual Property, September 2017 The Supreme Court limited venue in patent cases to where the defendant is incorporated or commits acts of infringement and has a regular and established place of business in TC Heartland. However, Judge Gilstrap, in the Eastern District of Texas, established a 4-part test to determine patent venue after TC Heartland in Raytheon Co. v. Cray Inc.
Federal Circuit clarifies injury-in-fact requirement for standing after PTAB proceedings By Kenneth Matuszewski & Isaac Rabicoff Intellectual Property, June 2017 The Federal Circuit held Phigenix did not have standing to bring its appeal, because it did not suffer an injury in fact when the Patent Trial and Appeal Board decided the inter partes review petition. 
Supreme Court potentially slashes design patent value: damages could be limited to individual components By Kenneth Matuszewski & Isaac Rabicoff Intellectual Property, January 2017 The Supreme Court expanded the definition of 'article of manufacture,' as used in the design patent damages test. In doing so, it opined that damages could be awarded for profits associated with components of an infringing product.

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