Ryan Sheehan

1 month ago | jdsupra.com | Lewis Popovski |Ryan Sheehan

On April 4, 2025, Magistrate Judge Lois Bloom (E.D.N.Y.) declined to sanction a pro se plaintiff for failing to conduct an adequate pre-suit investigation of whether his patent was infringed. Plaintiff initially filed a complaint in the Eastern District of Michigan alleging that certain General Electric defendants (“GE”) infringed his patent directed to “super preheating” fuel in a combustion engine to improve efficiency and reduce emissions.

Mar 20, 2025 | dailycal.org | Ryan Sheehan |Max Suckley

It’s March Madness season, which means basketball fans around the world will glue themselves to their couches and root for teams they’ve never heard of like diehards. Fans will have plenty to watch on the court, with incredible matchups every day. Ryan Sheehan and Max Suckley are going to be tuned in, but our eyes won’t be on the court; they’ll be on the sidelines passionately watching the furries, or mascots as some call them.

Jan 21, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Lewis Popovski |Ryan Sheehan

In a recently published opinion, Judge Lorna G. Schofield (S.D.N.Y.) found that it was appropriate to compare the accused system to a plaintiff’s commercial system embodying the asserted patent claims, rather than the patent claims themselves, to show non-infringement. The court recognized that, as the Federal Circuit held in Zenith Labs. v. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 19 F.3d 1418, 1423 (Fed. Cir.

Dec 19, 2024 | comomag.com | Ryan Sheehan

Columbia has a vibrant comedy scene – a laugh factory, if you will – for local comedians. One place where laughter routinely escapes is Eastside Tavern on Tuesday nights, as part of The As Yet Unnamed Comedy Show. The show is an open mic, meaning it is free for any comic who wants to sign up. Several locals have hosted the show over the years, including recent and current hosts Prim Stonebraker, Jacy Tate, Nick Gorges, and Xavier Arnold.

Nov 19, 2024 | comobusinesstimes.com | Ryan Sheehan

Young entrepreneur Kiley Grimes became a business owner in October, and she hasn’t even graduated college yet. Her business, Soundcheck Practice Studios, is a practice space for local musicians to record and perform their music. It’s located at 110 Orr Street in Columbia’s North Village Arts District. Still a student at the University of Missouri, Grimes said she had the idea for the project since last December when she was struggling to find a space to practice piano.