The national law firm of Quarles & Brady achieved an important victory for its client, Munchkin, Inc., in a lengthy patent infringement battle between Munchkin and its direct competitor concerning Munchkin’s Twist-Tight™ children’s drinking cups. Quarles had earlier achieved a victory of non-infringement on summary judgment in the Western District of Wisconsin, and then successfully defended that victory from a motion for reconsideration and again on appeal. On appeal, the Federal Circuit affirmed the District Court’s decision that Munchkin’s Twist-Tight™ cups do not infringe a patent held by competitor Learning Curve, Inc. Munchkin was represented in the District Court and on appeal by Quarles & Brady attorneys Josephine K. Benkers and Martha J. Snyder.

A group of well-known St. Louis attorneys will join Polsinelli Shughart’s St. Louis office on May 1. The attorneys include Alan S. Breckenridge, Thomas J. Campbell, Ruben K. Chuquimia, Thomas P. Hohenstein, Bradley G. Kafka, and Sanford S. Neuman, all highly respected in the St. Louis business and legal communities. The St Louis addition includes five shareholders and nine other attorneys.

Bennett Jones is pleased to announce that Jay Fortin has joined the firm in the Middle East as a partner in our Doha office.