Intellectual property and corporate litigation firm AddyHart P.C. is pleased to announce that its co-founder Meredith Martin Addy has been named to the 2020 edition of Managing IP‘s Top 250 Women in Intellectual Property, a publication recognizing senior female IP practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the…

AddyHart P.C. is pleased to announce that Charles A. Pannell III, an experienced intellectual property attorney and former chemical engineer has joined the firm as a partner in its Atlanta office, bringing a wealth of trial and appellate experience in patent, trade secrets, trademarks, false advertising, and copyright matters. “Chad Pannell is an outstanding lawyer…

AddyHart P.C. is pleased to announce that intellectual property attorney Benjamin Cappel has joined the Chicago-based firm as counsel, bringing his experience in trials and appeals of intellectual property cases in the federal district courts, at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission, and the US Patent and Trademark…

Chicago-based intellectual property litigation firm AddyHart P.C. today learned that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the US Patent and Trademark Office has decided in favor of its client, Atlanta, Ga.-based Gebo Cermex USA and Gebo Packaging Solutions France S.A.S. (“Gebo”), denying a petition to institute inter partes review (IPR) of Gebo’s patent…

Meredith “Mimi” Addy, co-founder and partner of boutique intellectual property law firm AddyHart P.C. in Chicago, Ill., is again this year listed in Band 1 of the 2020 Chambers USA rankings for Intellectual Property in Illinois, Chambers’ highest possible designation, and is for the second year in a row the only female attorney ranked in Chambers…

Meredith Addy, co-founder and partner at boutique litigation and intellectual property law firm AddyHart P.C., will be a featured presenter at CON2020, the inaugural annual IPWatchdog Conference, March 15–18, 2020, in Dallas, Tex. The theme of CON2020 is “Protecting & Enforcing IP in an Unpredictable Marketplace.” Panelists and presenters will address how laws and rules…

Jan. 2, 2020 – Chicago, Ill.-based intellectual property law firm AddyHart P.C. has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Idaho on behalf of Boise-based Triple T Enterprises (“Triple T”) against fast-food company KFC, alleging that KFC has willfully infringed Triple T”s SMOKY MOUNTAIN trademarks. Triple T owns the Smoky Mountain Pizzeria Grill brand and…

In 2019, 1.7 million people in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer. More than a third of these patients will succumb to the disease. Committed diagnosticians, researchers, and pharmaceutical companies all are fighting to win the war on cancer and save lives, but research into new diagnostics and development of potential cures are…

Meredith Addy, co-founder and partner at boutique litigation and intellectual property law firm AddyHart P.C., was a featured panelist at a program hosted by The Richard Linn American Inn of Court on September 25, 2019 in Chicago, in a meeting hosted by McDermott Will & Emery. Addy was a panelist for “Free Solo: Should You…

Meredith Martin Addy, co-founder and partner at boutique litigation and intellectual property law firm AddyHart P.C., has again this year been selected by her peers for inclusion in the 26th edition of The Best Lawyers in America. Addy, a deeply experienced and highly accomplished patent litigator who specializes in cases before the U.S. Court of…