News & Press Releases

Jim Wodarski, a Mintz Member, was quoted in a Law360 articleon the Federal Circuit’s affirmation of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decisions upholding three Straight Path IP Group patents – handing the company a win against “attackers,” including Samsung and Cisco. 

Mintz has been chosen to be the exclusive legal mentor for teams competing for the 2017 Hult Prize, the world’s largest social entrepreneurial competition. The Hult Prize Foundation is a start-up accelerator and enabler for budding young social entrepreneurs.

Mintz is expanding the firm’s Los Angeles office with the addition of a team of litigators led by Ralph A. Campillo and Arameh Zargham O’Boyle, joining as Members in the firm’s Litigation Practice. Associates Christopher Norton and Nicholas Weiss join them.

In this Bloomberg Law article, Chair of Mintz’s Immigration Practice Susan Cohen is quoted on the topic of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ rejection of the National Basketball Retired Players Association’s petition for a guest worker visa.

Susan Weller, a Member of Mintz’s Washington, DC office, is featured in an IP Watchdog article on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in the Matal v. Tam trademark case. The Supreme Court ruled that the disparagement clause was in violation of the First Amendment. 

Mintz Member Susan Weller is featured in this Law360 article on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to rule in favor of the rock band “The Slants”. The court decided the disparagement clause of the Lanham Act was in direct violation of the First Amendment.