In the Media

Michelle Armond presented on “The Evolving Relationship Between Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies” at the Sedona Conference.

Armond Wilson was recognized as a 2021 Best Law Firm in America by U.S. News & World Report.

“Rulemaking will accomplish two things,” Michelle Armond, a founding partner at Armond Wilson LLP, said. “First, it will synthesize and clarify the patent office’s many decisions on institution. And second it will cement the director’s authority over institution.”

"There are so many different potential outcomes [in Arthrex], and we just have a lot of uncertainty at the Supreme Court," said Armond Wilson LLP founding partner Michelle Armond. "It's hard to predict, but it will be exciting no matter what."

Founding Partner Michelle Armond spoke about IPR Proceedings at “What the Patent Trial & Appeal Board Is and Why Inventors Should Care” with PTAB Judges Bonilla, Gongola, and Deshpande.

"Despite all of the constitutional challenges that have been raised against IPR proceedings, like it or not IPR proceedings are here to stay,” Michelle Armond, a founding partner at Armond Wilson LLP in California, said, referring to the widely used inter partes review. “Maybe there will be some modifications, but IPRs are not going anywhere."

Doug Wilson was honored for his track record in Intellectual Property and Patent litigation in the Best Lawyers in America for 2021.

But there are also “some fairly significant increases [to IPR fees in October],” Doug Wilson, a founding partner at Armond Wilson LLP, said. An example is the “post-institution fee” for an inter partes review, which is going from $15,000 to $22,500.

Firm founding partners Michelle Armond and Douglas Wilson were internationally ranked in the 2020 IAM 1000 as top IP litigators.

The [Adidas] ruling relaxes what has been described as a rigid approach to standing, and takes a more “flexible and holistic” approach, said Michelle Armond, co-founder of the intellectual property litigation firm Armond Wilson LLP.