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Press Releases
What’s New
March 2020: COVID-19: How we are managing in this uncertain time.
July 2019: Local IP law firm adds a seasoned veteran to its roster!
October 2018: MCR Celebrates 25 Years
January 2018: Nashua Patent Law Firm Announces Newest Member
July 2016: Nashua Patent Law Firm Has a Win of a Furry Kind!
June 2016: Nashua Patent Law Firm Has a Win of a Different Kind!
August 2015: Nashua Patent Law Firm Goes Deep
February 2014: Plastics Engineer/Patent Attorney Broadens IP Firm’s Expertise
May 2013: UMass IP Presentation 5/15/13
January 2013: Millyard IP Presentation 1/30/13
January 2012: Firm Changes Name
January 2011: Attorney David A. Rardin becomes member of Firm
April 2010: Firm moves to new location
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Newsletters
October 2019: Happy National Manufacturing Day!
October 2019: Focus on Vernon Maine
September 2019: Focus on Daniel Long
August 2019: Focus on Matthew Curran
July 2019: Focus on David Rardin
July 2019: Focus on Andrew Cernota
June 2019: Focus on Douglas Burum
May 2019: 2019 INTA Boston
April 2019: 2019 World IP Day
October 2018: 2018 Manufacturing Day
July 2018: Patent Attorney by Day…Published Author by Night
June 2018: MCR’s newest Massachusetts Bar Member!
June 2018: USPTO Ten Millionth Milestone
April 2018: 2018 World IP Day
January 2018: MCR Announces Newest Member
June 21, 2017: Radio Entrepreneurs Interview with Doug Burum – (recorded podcast from 7/13/2017)
April 2017: 2017 World IP Day
October 2016: National Manufacturing Day
July 2016 – Nashua Patent Law Firm Has a Win of a Furry Kind!
June 2016: Nashua Patent Law Firm Has a Win of a Different Kind!
March 2016: PSA: Important Changes to Community Trademarks
September 2015: Alice and Subject Matter Eligibility – (Full Version Article): Alice and Subject Matter Eligibility – Full
July 2015: Supreme Court Affirms Prior Decision Preventing Royalty Collection After Patent Expiration
June 2015: The European Union Unitary Patent Update 2015
March 2015: The Hague Agreement & International Registration of Industrial Designs
October 2014: Attorney Andrew Cernota Appointed Managing Attorney
September 2014: The PTAB Death Squad
September 2014: Fun Patent Facts!
August 2014: USPTO Launches Satellite Offices Across the United States
August 2014: USPTO Announces New Office of International Patent Cooperation
July 2014: MCR is growing again!
July 2014: Washington Redskins Trademark Revoked
June 2014: The European Union Unitary Patent, At Last!
June 2014: Is Your Security Interest in IP Valid?
May 2014: Ideas That Resonate – Recognize, Capture & Profit From Intellectual Property
April 2014: Update on the Patent Prosecution Highway
April 2014: USPTO Releases NEW Third-Party Pre-Issue Submission Landing Page
March 2014: Six Ways to Challenge a Competitor’s Patent
February 2014: Meet Attorney Matthew J. Curran, Registered Patent Attorney MCR
January 2014: Announcing: The Launch of MCR’s Mobile Website!
December 2013: What is a Patent Troll?
November 2013: US Patent Fee Changes effective 1/1/2014
October 2013: Free IP Presentation by Attorney Andrew P. Cernota at the Nashua Technology Park
October 2013: MCR partipating at the 2013 Southern NH Business Expo
September 2013: Attorney David A. Rardin presenting at the 7th Annual NHJES Conference
September 2013: You are invited to Join the Conversation at SV Chamber of Commerce on 9/19/13
July 2013: MCR Congratulates TechLok
May 2013: You are invited to Join the Conversation at UMass Club on 5/15/13
April 2013: INTA-135th Annual Meeting- DALLAS, TX
April 2013: Attorney Cernota volunteers as judge for the UNH School of Law 2013 moot court arguments
April 2013: MCR Attorneys Judge Young Inventor Competition
March 2013: Australia’s “Raising the Bar Act” to become effective April 15, 2013
February 2013: Impact of 3-16-13 AIA Implementation on Agents and Non-US Applicants
February 2013: Focus on America Invents Act 3-16-13 Implementation
February 2013: Urgent News Re: US Patent Office Fee Changes
January 2013: You are invited to Join the Conversation at the Millyard on 1/30/13
April 2012: Focus on Small Entity Fees
January 2012: MCR Name Change Announcement
September 2011: Patent Reform Act 2011
May 2011: Mass High Tech to Showcase Vern Maine & Associates
April 2011: Attorney David Rardin to speak at UMass Dartmouth
April 2011: SBIR Opportunity
January 2011: Vern Maine & Associates Announces Attorney David Rardin as newest Member
January 2011: First LEGO League World Champions 2010-2011
August 2010: Taiwan and China cooperate to advance mutual Intellectual Property Rights
April 2010: Vern Maine & Associates new office location
Media Articles (Note: some of the links below open in a new browser window)
News Articles
Attorney Vern Maine quoted in Mass High Tech article
Commerce Under Secretary Jon Dudas To Address Independent Inventors In New Hampshire