Brooks Kushman P.C. – a leading intellectual property (IP) and commercial law firm – has been ranked among the nation’s top IP law firms as selected b...

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Publication:2008-2009 Michigan Business Review

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Reprinting permission: Egyptian Goddess: Filing Down the Design Patent Infringement Test to Ensure a Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words, IPLS Proceedin...

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John M. Halan, a shareholder and lawyer with Brooks Kushman P.C., has been invited to serve on the Engineering Technology Industrial Advisory Board of Lawrence Technological University in Southfield, Mich.
“I’m honored to be on the Lawrence Tech Advisory Board,” Halan said. “As a former engineering student myself, I will take pride in doing my part to help ensure the integrity of the engineering technology program at Lawrence Tech, so that its graduates are fully prepared to take their place as industry leaders.”

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Publication:2008-2009 Michigan Business Review

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On July 21, 2008, the United States District Court, Central District of California, entered an order dismissing with prejudice the claims of patent infringement that Bravo Sports, Inc. had made against NorthPole Limited, NorthPole (US) LLC, and NorthPole (China) Limited. The NorthPole companies make and sell a wide variety of outdoor, leisure and recreational products worldwide.

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On August 10th, 2006, John Halan and Marc Malooley gave a presentation to a group of engineers at the Legal Issues for Michigan Professional Engineers seminar in Ann Arbor, MI. The presentation focused on intellectual property rights for the professional engineer. Topics included protecting copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets.

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Publication:Security Management Magazine

IP Law Bulletin

Brooks Kushman launched a billboard campaign on routes between local airports and the Detroit Auto Show and Society of Automotive Engineers conference in Detroit. There are also similar print ads running in

Crain’s Detroit Business.

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SOUTHFIELD, MICH. – A new advertising campaign from the intellectual property law firm Brooks Kushman, PC aims to put the joy of discovery back into the heart of IP law. The campaign will feature a series of ads with kid “inventors” engaged in humorous R&D exploits. The first ad, for example, shows a trio of children in lab coats hovering over bubbling beakers, with a note saying they are working on “invention projekt #3, Invisibul Potion.” (View photo.)

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Reprinting permission: Reprinted with permission from the January/February 2005 (Vol 11, No. 1) issue of HR Advisor

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Reprinting permission: Reprinted with permission from the Winter 2004 issue of Employee Relations Law Journal

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Publication:Detroit Legal News, Vol. CIX No. 204

In the recent en banc decision of

Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmBH v. Dana Corp.,

Nos. 01-1357, -1376, 02-1221, -1256, 2004 U.S. App. LEXIS 19185 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 13, 2004), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overruled the “adverse inference” rule which relates to willful infringement in patent cases.

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Publication:The Detroit Legal News

Brooks Kushman's recent billboard ad campaign was recognized in the Detroit Legal News. In the article, John Halan states "We wanted to build on the marketing campaign we developed for the auto show in a way that would stand out and get noticed." The billboards remained up through the end of January and it will be back up in time for the Society of Automotive Engineers conference in March.

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Publication:Corporate Counsellor

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