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A half century protecting and defending great ideas . . .
1954
Christie, Parker & Hale founded by James Christie, Robert Parker and Russell Hale.
1958
CPH begins representing Avery Corporation, the predecessor to Avery Dennison, a relationship that has endured ever since.
1959
CPH wins Coleman Co., Inc. v. Holly Mfg. Co., obtaining one of the largest awards for a patent case at that time.
1969
Supreme Court decides Lear, Inc. v. Adkins in favor of CPH client Lear, eliminating the doctrine of patent licensee estoppel.
1972
CPH obtains one of the first software patents ever granted by the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office.
1984
In Verdegaal Bros. v. Union Oil Co., CPH represents Union Oil, the prevailing party, in the first reported case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit both reversed a jury verdict of validity and held a patent invalid.
1997
In Super Health v. Super Nu-Life, CPH obtains a $20 million trademark ruling in
favor of its client, Super Health Institute, marking one of the largest trademark decisions of its time.
1998
CPH successfully defends McGaw, Inc. (now B. Braun) in a patent infringement lawsuit, Baxter Int’l, Inc. v. McGaw, Inc., preserving a $400-million-a-year product line.
2004
CPH successfully obtains a favorable result in a patent infringement case, Caltech and Materia v. Boulder Scientific, in which the firm represented Caltech and Materia, Inc. regarding Nobel-prize winning technology developed by Robert Grubbs.
2007
CPH obtains a utility patent for SpaceshipOne, a spaceplane that completed the first privately funded human spaceflight. |
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