Julianne Hartzell

About the Author

Julianne Hartzell

Julianne M. Hartzell is a litigation partner at Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP. She has litigated patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters in federal courts throughout the U.S. and before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. She has acted as first chair trial attorney at jury trial and, has argued before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeal. Ms. Hartzell may be reached at (312)-474-6625 or jhartzell@marshallip.com.

• IP: Trademark trial and appeal board vs. district court litigation

  By Julianne Hartzell  |  June 18, 2013

  The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (PTO) Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) offers the opportunity to prevent registration of a trademark through an opposition proceeding, or to petition to cancel a trademark that has already registered.

• IP: Did the Federal Circuit invalidate 320,799 software patents?

  By Julianne Hartzell  |  May 21, 2013

  On May 10, the Federal Circuit issued its en banc decision in CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. addressing the patentability of software claims issued to Alice Corp.

• IP: Supreme Court applies first-sale doctrine internationally

  By Julianne Hartzell  |  April 9, 2013

  Recently an unusual collection of amici argued that the Supreme Court should not allow copyright owners to prevent U.S. resale of works authorized for sale by the copyright owner in a foreign country because it would be impractical and would exceed the proper scope of protection provided by statute.

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  IP: Avoiding the hidden dangers of the never-ending email string

  By Julianne Hartzell  |  March 12, 2013

  A number of issues can arise when long email strings covering wide-ranging topics include reference to responsive matters

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  IP: Federal Circuit weakens Internet patent troll model

  By Julianne Hartzell  |  February 12, 2013

  While procedurally surprising, the decision in Soverain v. Newegg is consistent with earlier rulings that cumulatively undermine the business model of the infamous internet patent troll.