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  • How Times Have Changed at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

    by Hovey Williams December 14, 2022

    The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office saw record numbers of new trademark applications filed in 2021.During 2021, the USPTO reported over a 25% increase in applications. See USPTO Performance and Accountability Report 2021, available here. Such a steep increase is thought to come from both foreign and domestic filings, with those from China outpacing growth

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  • Four Hovey Williams Partners Honored as Super Lawyers®

    by Hovey Williams November 22, 2022

    We are pleased to announce that four of our Partners, Scott Brown, Cheryl Burbach, Crissa Cook, and Michael Hurd have been selected to the 2022 Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers list. Selection for the Super Lawyers list means these Partners rate among the top 5% of attorneys within their practice areas for the year. Scott

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  • Global Entrepreneurship Week – KC

    by Hovey Williams November 2, 2022

    ATTENTION PIONEERS and INVENTORS!! DON’T MISS OUT ON FREE INFORMATIVE SESSIONS FOR ENTREPRENEURS. Global Entrepreneurship Week – KC happens November 14-20, 2022. Learn how to to protect and commercialize your inventions with patents, trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks. Our partner, Tom Luebbering will host a free informative session on Thursday November 17, 2022 from 2:45pm

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  • Happy Halloween

    by Hovey Williams November 1, 2022

    This is how we do Halloween – we celebrate with a costume contest! Some of our staff and attorneys donned Halloween costumes and vied for prizes and some office fun. The firm voted to determine the WINNERS: First place – Laura (Pebbles from the Flintstones) Second Place: Greg (Jackie Daytona from What We Do In

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  • Dianne Smith-Misemer Named in Top 25 US Trademark Attorneys Specialized in Web3

    by Hovey Williams October 26, 2022

    Congratulations to our own Dianne Smith-Misemer on this great honor.

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  • USPTO Implements New Deadlines to Respond to Office Actions for Applications and Registrations

    by Hovey Williams October 12, 2022

    USPTO ALERT! SHORTENED RESPONSE TIME Beginning on December 3, 2022, instead of the current six months, trademark applicants will have three months (with a possible three-month extension) to respond to an office action issued during the examination of a trademark application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This same change will go

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  • Inaugural Intellectual Bootcamp a Success!

    by Hovey Williams October 6, 2022

    Inaugural Intellectual Bootcamp a Success!

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  • Hovey Williams 2023 Recognition in “The Best Lawyers in America”®

    by Hovey Williams August 22, 2022

    Congratulations to our honorees. A well deserved honor.

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  • Meet our Law Clerk, Jake Langerot

    by Hovey Williams August 1, 2022

    In honor of #National Intern Day, we’d like to celebrate and recognize our own law clerk, Jacob (Jake) Langerot. Jake joined Hovey Williams in February of 2022 as a Law Clerk. We’re thrilled to announce that he will continue clerking with team Hovey through the upcoming school year!!! Here are some things that will help

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