Olshan Intellectual Property and Brand Management & Protection partner Barry Greenbaum published an article in Law360 entitled “How ‘Settled Expectations’ Affect Amazon’s Patent Program.” In the article, Barry examines how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s evolving settled expectations framework may limit the availability of inter partes review for older patents and reshape strategy in Amazon Patent Evaluation Express, or APEX disputes.
Amazon’s Patent Evaluation Express (APEX) has become one of the most consequential patent enforcement venues in the country. According to a recent Bloomberg Law analysis, federal lawsuits stemming from the program grew more than 200% from 2022 to 2025. For companies selling on Amazon, and for patent owners targeting them, there are three features of the APEX process they should be aware of, features that often shape the outcome long before any evaluator issues a ruling.
With an increase in both the number of trademark applications and fraudulent trademark applications over the last several years, the USPTO has recently instituted several additional filing requirements, increased most filing fees, and added new fee categories.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused chaos throughout the world and heartbreaking death and suffering to the people of Ukraine. In today’s global economy, the war has also resulted in consequences and instability beyond what is seen on the daily news. With sanctions from most Western countries and Russia’s own actions internally, global brands may begin losing their valuable intellectual property rights in Russia.
The California Supreme Court currently is considering an appeal that will have broad-reaching consequences for policyholders that face allegations of patent and trademark infringement.
Olshan counsel Jonathan I. Ezor was extensively quoted in a Mobile Marketer article by Chantal Tode about a new online advertising patent lawsuit brought by Augme against competitor Velti.
Jonathan I. Ezor, counsel to Olshan Grundman, was the featured source for a June 16, 2011 Mobile Marketing article by Chantal Mode discussing the proposed sale of patents owned by Nortel.