Southfield, Mich., November 7, 2011 – Michigan intellectual property law firm Brooks Kushman P.C. is proud to announce several attorneys have been rec...

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., May 24, 2011 – To help members of the medical community better protect their ideas and inventions, Brooks Kushman law firm’s Willia...

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SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 22, 2010 – Five Brooks Kushman lawyers have been named to the 2010 Michigan Super Lawyers list, tying another local law firm ...

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To help cardiovascular medical professionals become aware of the pitfalls and opportunities of patents in their field, Brooks Kushman law firm’s Willi...

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Brooks Kushman’s William Abbatt to speak at the MIT Enterprise Forum on “Protecting IP on a Shoe-string Budget” Monday, Nov. 30 at 5:30 p.m. at TechTo...

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Six lawyers from Brooks Kushman P.C. have been named to the 2009 Super Lawyers list, more than any other Michigan firm in the intellectual property (I...

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Six lawyers from the intellectual property (IP) law firm Brooks Kushman P.C. were named to the Super Lawyers list for 2008. Southfield, Mich.-based Brooks Kushman has more lawyers included in the IP categories of the 2008 Super Lawyers list than any other law firm in Michigan. The Super Lawyers list recognizes outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

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Five lawyers from Brooks Kushman P.C. have been named to the 2007 “Michigan Super Lawyers” listing. “Super Lawyers” identifies the top five percent of attorneys in each state, as chosen by their peers and through independent research of Law & Politics magazine.

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Publication:Small Business Association of Michigan

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Two of our lawyers - Ernie Brooks and Bill Abbatt - were recognized as "SuperLawyers" in the field of Intellectual Property, in the first Michigan SuperLawyers Listing published by Law & Politics, after a multi-step selection process. That process included a survey of all lawyers in Michigan who have been in practice at least five years and a blue ribbon review panel of leading attorneys from each practice area.

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Venue:Society of Plastics Engineers Automotive Composites Conference (Troy, Michigan)

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Venue:Michigan Technological University’s Advanced Technology Development Complex, Houghton, Michigan

The Michigan Tech Enterprise SmartZone held two patent seminars in June to support entrepreneurs and small businesses with professional patent assistance. The seminars were led by patent attorney William Abbatt from the intellectual property law firm Brooks Kushman, P.C., based in Southfield, MI. This was the attorney’s second quarterly visit to Houghton through the SmartZone’s Marketing and Patent Assistance Program launched earlier this year.

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Houghton, MI – The Michigan Tech Enterprise SmartZone has partnered with Brooks Kushman of Southfield, MI to provide patent assistance to high-tech entrepreneurs and small businesses in the Upper Peninsula under a grant from Michigan’s Technology Tri-Corridor Fund (MTTC). The new program will provide entrepreneurs and businesses in the U.P. with local access to a full-service and well-known intellectual property (IP) firm. Brooks Kushman will travel to Houghton quarterly to conduct seminars related to IP followed by meetings with individual businesses and entrepreneurs to assist them with IP strategies, patent applications, trademark and copyright issues, license negotiations, etc. The SmartZone will schedule those meetings and subsidize some of the associated costs.

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Publication:Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal

Reprinting permission: Reprinted with permission from the December 2004 issue of Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal

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Publication:Oakland County Legal News

Bill Abbatt, a partner at Brooks Kushman, highlights important issues surrounding the protection of slogans, including:

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Publication:Detroit Legal News

Bill Abbatt, a partner at Brooks Kushman, highlights important issues surrounding the protection of slogans, including:

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Venue:American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2004 Spring National Meeting

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Venue:Presented at the 3rd Annual Automotive Composites Conference

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