Intellectual Property law firm celebrates 150 years of practice
This year marks the 150th anniversary of Reising Ethington, P.C.—Michigan’s oldest intellectual property law firm. In 1865, when Col. Thomas S. Sprague opened his patent practice in Detroit, he could not have imagined that what he was establishing would someday grow to a firm representing inventive geniuses like Ransom E. Olds (Oldsmobile), David D. Buick, the Fisher brothers, Elijah J. McCoy (the “real McCoy”), and Michael J. Owens (Owens-Illinois); as well as global clients that include automotive manufacturers and suppliers, medical technology companies, aerospace companies, universities, hospitals, makers of manufacturing equipment, and consumer product companies.
Today, with offices near Detroit and Dallas (both just minutes away from U.S. Patent Office locations) Reising Ethington works with clients in a broad range of technologies including mechanical, electrical, chemical, materials, computer science, and software and business methods. Its attorneys are casebook authors, adjunct professors, article writers, and speakers — leaders in intellectual property law.
According to Reising Ethington Shareholder Jim Stevens, “We are proud of our history and continue to operate the firm based on the core values that have served us well for a century-and-a-half. Our clients’ technologies are advancing faster than ever and an important part of our job is to know their products, emerging technologies, and business objectives so that we can secure intellectual property rights for clients that consistently meet or exceed their expectations.”
Attorney awarded honorable mention in short-story contest
Jonathan David, an attorney at Foster Swift, has been awarded an honorable mention in the Michigan Bar Journal Short-Story Contest. His story “Easy Peasy” will be acknowledged in the contest recap that will be published in the August 2015 Bar Journal. “Easy Peasy” is about a man who claims while attending church that he accidentally put a $100 bill in the collection plate intending to donate only $5. So he recruits a friend to be his lookout while he breaks into the church office to correct his mistake and take back his $100 in exchange for the $5 he meant to put in. He gets caught and decides to defend himself on the charges.
The Michigan Bar Journal Short-Story Contest received 31 entries this year. “A Fish Tale” by Charles Regan Shaw took first place. “Cecil — The Music Man” by Jason J. Elmore and Mark C. Rossman’s “The Last Bullet” tied for second place. Taking third place was “El Milagro de Eduardo” by Donnelly Wright Hadden.
Other honorable mention awardees were Kyle J. Bristow for “Post-Conviction Relief”; Robert B. Nelson for “(Dis)Appointed Counsel”; John A. Streby for “The Price of a Soul”; Geoffrey S. Weed for “Equity”; and Sharon M. Withers for “A Bad Day for Bubba.”
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