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ANN ARBOR – Eric J. Sosenko, an attorney and shareholder in the Ann Arbor office of Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, one of the nation’s largest intellectual property law firms, has published an article on patent reform in the July/August 2011 issue of Landslide.

Landslide is a bi-monthly magazine of the American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law that offers news and analysis on patents, trademarks, copyrights and related topics. Mr. Sosenko’s article, entitled “Lined Up for Change: Patent Reform 2011,” analyzes the patent reform changes proposed in the Senate bill on patent reform that was approved in the spring of 2011 and the Judiciary’s version of the House bill, awaiting debate this summer . The key change in patent reform 2011 is the proposed United State’s switch to become a first-to-file country. Currently, the United States is the only country to award a patent to the person who is the first to invent the claimed subject matter rather than the first to file a patent for it.

At Brinks, Mr. Sosenko focuses on the procurement, enforcement and licensing of patents and trademarks in all industrial fields, including the mechanical, electro-mechanical, medical and material arts. He counsels on the strategic implementation and management of domestic and international intellectual property portfolios for various multinational clients and deals with a wide range of general and specific intellectual property issues.

In addition to his U.S. practice, Mr. Sosenko has an extensive international practice with significant experience in international protection, both directly with all major foreign intellectual property offices and under various multinational treaties, including the Patent Cooperation Treaty, the Hague Agreement and the Madrid Protocol.

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione is one of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States and serves the intellectual property needs of clients around the world. Brinks has 150 attorneys, scientific advisors and patent agents who specialize in intellectual property litigation and all aspects of patent, trademark and copyright law. The firm also advises on issues relating to intellectual asset management, trade secret, unfair competition, and technology and licensing agreements. Brinks routinely handles assignments for companies in the electrical, chemical, and mechanical engineering sectors; the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and nanotechnology industries; and for companies whose work relates to Internet and computer technology law. The firm’s trademark practice works on behalf of clients who deal in a wide variety of products and services. Brinks is based in Chicago and has offices in Ann Arbor, Mich., Indianapolis, Ind., Research Triangle Park, N.C., Salt Lake City, Utah, and Washington, DC. More information is available at www.usebrinks.com.