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• ADDMG Attorney Stephen D. Milbrath gives copyright presentation, September 5, 2009. Stephen D. Milbrath provided a case law update on software related copyright issues for the IP Committee Meeting at The Florida Bar Business Law Section 14th Annual Retreat in Naples. View outline.
• ADDMG is ranked #66 in the nation, July 21, 2009. ADDMG is proud to announce that the firm has been ranked at #66 in the Top 100 Trademark Law Firms in the first quarter 2009 listings of CSC® Trademark Insider®
• ADDMG Attorneys conduct lecture at Rollins, June 27, 2009. Attorneys Ava Doppelt and Bridget Labutta were guest lecturers at Rollins College Crummer Graduate School, teaching a class on Branding and Product Strategy.
• ADDMG announces opening of its South Florida office, June 22, 2009. Robert H Thornburg, Of Counsel and Registered Patent Attorney, is heading up our office located at 777 Brickell Ave, Suite 1114, Miami FL 33131.
• ADDMG Attorneys selected by the Florida Super Lawyers magazine for 2009, June 19, 2009. ADDMG is proud to announce that eight of their attorneys have been recognized by the Florida Super Lawyers listings for 2009 in the following categories:
  
  Super Lawyers:
  Business Litigation: Brian R. Gilchrist, Stephen D. Milbrath
  Intellectual Property: Herbert L. Allen, Ava K. Doppelt, Christopher F. Regan
  Intellectual Property Litigation: Herbert L. Allen, Ava K. Doppelt, Brian R. Gilchrist, Stephen D. Milbrath
  Entertainment and Sports: Ava K. Doppelt
  
  Rising Stars: (candidates under forty, or in practice for less than ten years)
  Intellectual Property: Jeffrey S. Boyles
  Intellectual Property Litigation: Jeffrey S. Boyles
  
  Star Search: (candidates who have a high degree of peer recognition)
  Intellectual Property: Richard K. Warther
  Intellectual Property in Jacksonville: Karen A. Koster Burr
  Information Technology in Jacksonville: Karen A. Koster Burr
  Entertainment and Sports in Jacksonville: Karen A. Koster Burr
  
  This is Mr. Allen’s, Mrs. Doppelt’s, Mr. Gilchrist’s and Mr. Milbrath’s fourth year in succession of being recognized in the Super Lawyers listings. This is Mr. Regan’s third year in succession of being recognized in the Super Lawyer listings.
  
  Super Lawyers is a listing of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5% of the total lawyers in each state are selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers. For further information about the selection process visit www.superlawyers.com
• ADDMG Attorneys recognized by The Florida Supreme Court for their 2008 pro bono work, June 17, 2009. Attorneys Herbert L. Allen, Ava K. Doppelt, and Brian R. Gilchrist were recognized by The Florida Supreme Court for their outstanding commitment to pro bono programs in 2008.
• ADDMG Attorney David Sigalow receives further recognition, June 15, 2009.  ADDMG is proud to announce that David Sigalow has been named a Top 50 Trademark filer in the 2008 CSC^® Trademark Insider^® report.
• ADDMG receives further recognition, June 15, 2009.  ADDMG is proud to announce that the firm has been named a Top 100 Trademark Law Firm in the 2008 CSC^® Trademark Insider^® report.
• ADDMG Attorneys Jeffrey S. Boyles and Stephen H. Luther were voted one of the top Up & Coming Attorneys in Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite, March, 2009.
• ADDMG Attorneys selected by their peers for inclusion in the Orlando's Best Lawyers list, March 2009. Orlando magazine recognized four ADDMG attorneys, Herbert L. Allen, Ava K. Doppelt, Stephen D. Milbrath, and Brian R. Gilchrist, in the specialty list Intellectual Property Law. For more information visit www.OrlandoMagazine.com.
• ADDMG Attorney Ava K. Doppelt has been nominated by her peers for inclusion in The International Who's Who of Trademark Lawyers, February, 2009.
• ADDMG attorneys Brian R. Gilchrist and Gregory B. Allen prevail in trademark case for Homes & Land Affiliates, LLC, February 5, 2009.
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• ADDMG is pleased to announce that Arthur G. Yeager, one of Jacksonville's established trademark and patent lawyers, joined forces with the firm at their Jacksonville location, February, 2009. Mr. Yeager is a Jacksonville native and intellectual property law practice pioneer. He handles a complete range of intellectual property matters, which include patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret issues. View profile
• ADDMG is pleased to announce that Ryan T. Santurri has been named partner at the firm, January 13, 2009. Mr. Santurri is a registered patent attorney in the Orlando, Florida office; his practice area focuses primarily on Intellectual Property Litigation and Intellectual Property Transactions.
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• ADDMG attorney Neal J. Blaher filed an arbitration claim against Charles Schwab & Company, Inc., on behalf of one of several customers who had sought broad-based financial advice for retirement funds but whom Schwab directed to Winter Park option trading firm, Alexander Read Investment Management, Inc., January 2009. Read was a member of the Schwab Advisory Network, a specially-selected group of small, independent financial advisory firms that purport to offer Schwab customers a higher level of investment advice. However, rather than offer broad financial planning, Read directed customers, often using funds earmarked for retirement, into highly speculative option trading strategies, both through individual transactions and by pooling customers into “hedge funds” such as the Fennec Hedge Partners LP. Just days before Blaher’s filing, but a full 10 years after bringing Read in, Schwab terminated Read’s participation in the Network “due in part to issues with alternative investments managed by Read,” including Read’s Fennec option trading fund.
• ADDMG hosted distinguished guest speaker Matthew Bryan, the Director of the Patent Coperation Treaty ("PCT") Legal Division in Geneva, Switzerland, November 20, 2008. The Patent Cooperation Treaty makes it possible to seek patent protection for an invention simultaneously in each of a large number of countries by filing an "international" patent application. Mr. Bryan is one of the foremost experts on the PCT and provided the patent attorneys and counsel for technology-based corporations in attendance with a unique opportunity to gain insight and voice comments on PCT practice.
• ADDMG Attorney David S. Carus spoke at a meeting of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Sept. 2, 2008; The presentation was entitled "Patents for the Practical Inventor."
• ADDMG Attorney Ava K Doppelt has successfully acted as local counsel for Control Systemation, Inc., October 2008. In the case Controlled Semiconductor Inc. et. al. v. Control Systemation Inc. (CSI) et. al., case number 6:07-cv-01742, in the US District Court for the Middle District of Florida, CSI prevailed on Summary Judgment in the case a patent inventorship dispute US Patent Number 7,271,012 titled: "Failure Analysis Methods and Systems".
• ADDMG Attorney will be teaching at Barry University in the Spring Term, 2009. Shareholder Dr. Henry Estevez will be teaching a three-credit course titled "Internet Law" at Barry University's Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law in the Spring Term, 2009. Dr. Estevez has extensive teaching experience at the undergraduate and graduate level and is looking forward to teaching as an adjunct professor at Barry. View profile.
• ADDMG Attorneys selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America ® 2009, 26th anniversary edition. Four attorneys are listed in the specialty list intellectual property law, Herbert L. Allen, Ava K. Doppelt, Brian R. Gilchrist and Stephen D. Milbrath. Selection to Best Lawyers is based on a peer-review survey comprising more than 2 million confidential evaluations by the top attorneys in the country. Because no fee or purchase is required, being listed in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. For further information about Best Lawyers and the selection process log on to www.bestlawyers.com.
• ADDMG expands in Jacksonville, August 29, 2008.  ADDMG is pleased to announce that they are expanding their presence in the Jacksonville market. Their new Jacksonville offices are located at 1301 Riverplace Blvd, Suite 1916, Jacksonville, Florida 32207. ADDMG is the only law firm in the Jacksonville area that specializes exclusively in Intellectual Property Law and Intellectual Property Litigation.
• ADDMG Attorney Ava K. Doppelt on the list of Florida's Legal Elite, July 2008. Ava K. Doppelt, partner at ADDMG, has again been selected by Florida Trend's Magazine as a Florida Legal Elite in the Intellectual Property Rights practice area. Mrs. Doppelt has been selected by her peers to this list since 2004.
• ADDMG Attorney David Sigalow noted as one of the Top 10 Trademark Attorneys in the U.S., April 29, 2008. ADDMG is proud to announce that David Sigalow has been recognized by Trademark Insider as one of the Top 10 Trademark Attorneys in the United States for trademarks filed in 2007.
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• ADDMG receives 2007 Trademark Insider Award, April 2008.  ADDMG has been named as a recipient of a 2007 Trademark Insider Award, in recognition of their placement in the Top 40 Trademark Law Firms list in the United States for 2007. Trademark Insider also ranked ADDMG at #7 in the Top 10 Law Firm Advances list, having moved up 60 places in 2007.
• ADDMG Client receives 2007 Trademark Insider Award, April 2008. ADDMG is proud to announce their client Panama Jack International Inc, is a recipient of a 2007 Trademark Insider Award in recognition of their placement in the Top 100 Companies list for trademarks filed in 2007.
• ADDMG has been ranked in the Top 100 Patent Firms as listed by Intellectual Property Today, March 2008.
• ADDMG Attorney Stephen D. Milbrath conducted a session on "Overview of Patents," at The International Forum 2008 Annual Meeting, January 14, 2008. Click for "Overview of Patents" outline.
• ADDMG Attorney Christopher F. Regan was featured in the December issue of FirstMonday. Click to read his article, "Protecting Your Work."
• ADDMG Attorneys Awarded Nation’s First-Ever IP Certification, November 19, 2007. Four Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A. attorneys are among the first lawyers in Florida to be board-certified in the practice of intellectual property law. Read more.
• ADDMG Attorney Ava K. Doppelt is a panelist for, "Ethical Issues in Trademark and Copyright Practice," at Barry University School of Law, November, 2007.
• ADDMG Attorney speaks at the 5th Annual Invention to Venture Orlando at UCF, November 9, 2007. Henry Estévez is scheduled to speak on, "Issues in Intellectual Property." The workshop is an introduction to the process and practice of technology entrepreneurship. For more information please visit http://www.invention2venture.org/orlando.
• ADDMG Attorney lectures in Las Vegas, September 2007. Stephen Milbrath lectured on the subject of trade secret law and protecting technology trade secrets at the Fall meeting of the Fluoropolymers Division of the Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., in Las Vegas, Nevada, on September 24, 2007. The Society is the trade association which represents the interests of the plastics manufacturing industry in the United States and is composed of the leading manufacturers in all segments of the plastics supply chain. 
• ADDMG'S client enjoys patent infringement victory. On February 12, 2007, after a two week trial, a Jury has ruled that a major consumer electronic manufacturer, Directed Electronics, Inc., had willfully infringed Omega’s patents.
  
  As the Court pointed out, "The Jury found for Omega and against DEI on every question." [Case No. 6:05-cv-1113-Orl-22DAB] The Court subsequently entered an injunction and then took the extraordinary step of trebling the damages and ordering Direct to pay all of Omega’s attorneys’ fees. The Court pointed out that Directed’s conduct was outrageous and it tried to bankrupt Omega by running up litigation expenses and fabricating defenses. In all, Omega prevailed on its claims Directed Electronics infringed over thirty five claims of Omega’s patents, all of which Directed claimed were invalid or unenforceable. In spite of this action pending for over two years, ADDMG was able to manage costs and fees in order to prevent the much larger infringer from prevailing solely on the basis of economic superiority.
  
  Because of the overwhelming victory, Omega was able to negotiate a confidential settlement agreement after the verdict that was extremely favorable to the long term goals of the client. "I am overwhelmed and extremely grateful to ADDMG. Each lawyer exhibited professionalism while at the same time being aggressive, leading to this incredible success," said Omega’s Ken Flick. Brian R. Gilchrist, as lead Trial Counsel, and Ryan T. Santurri tried the case. Christopher F. Regan, Esq., who drafted the underlying patents, provided technical support.
• ADDMG'S client prevails on appeal. On February 22, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed an Order dismissing a copyright action which Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist obtained from the District Court. The Order dismissed a copyright action brought by Home Design Services, Inc. against Schwab Development due to Plaintiff’s activities at trial. [Case No. 6:03-cv-596-Orl-28DAB]. Home Design Services appealed the Lower Court's decision, but to no avail. In fact, the Eleventh Circuit found plaintiff's appeal so unavailing that it awarded ADDMG's client its attorneys fees for having to defend the case on appeal. [Appeal No. 06-10003] Brian R. Gilchrist was both lead Trial Counsel and lead Appellate Counsel.
• ADDMG Attorneys commended, July 2007. Mr. W Scott Jones recently wrote an unsolicited letter to The Florida Bar in regard to representation by attorneys Herbert L. Allen, Brian R Gilchrist, Jeffrey S Boyles and Steven H Luther. In part Mr. Jones wrote:
  
  “For the record my first initial contact with the firm was through Mr. Herb Allen, who expertly suggested initial strategy for our case. Daily ongoing case management has been by Mr. Brian R. Gilchrist and Mr. Jeffrey S. Boyles. My almost daily interaction with Mr. Boyles and Mr. Gilchrist, as well as a multitude of courteous, knowledgeable paralegals and support staff has made this nightmare bearable as our case steadily moves toward a just resolution. And finally, our meticulous patent application was crafted by yet another of their firms attorneys, Mr. Steven Luther which in it self required substantial immersion in to our product’s science, just to the patent application correct.
  
  … Although many would maintain that their professionalism is “what a legal client is paying for” or “ that is what attorneys are supposed to do for their clients,” I can assure you, this firm and these attorneys are the exception. Regardless of our case outcome, my company could not have asked for more diligent and comprehensive representation and were damn fortunate to have them on our side.”
• ADDMG Attorneys honored for pro bono work. In the April 2007 issue of The Briefs, a publication of the Orange County Bar Association, ADDMG attorneys are among those honored for their pro bono work during calendar year 2006.
• ADDMG Attorneys recognized for volunteer work. A letter of commendation from Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Fred Lewis and a gold pin award was given to Herb Allen and Brian Gilchrist, for over 100 hours of volunteer work. Special recognition was given to Jeffrey Boyles, Ava Doppelt, Enrique Estevez and Stephen Milbrath, for their volunteer work as well.
• ADDMG Attorney Jack Abid published “Software Patents on Both Sides of the Atlantic,” in the John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law cited at 23 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 815 (2006).