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Legal Marketing Experts Indicate Donika Pentcheva Is “One Of The Best Rated Attorneys”

Legal Marketing Experts from Martindale-Avvo, one of the largest legal networks, have indicated that United States Registered Patent Lawyer and Attorney-at-Law Donika Pentcheva is “one of the best rated attorneys.” According to Martindale-Avvo, the network Martindale-Avvo is powered by the top players in the digital legal sphere, offering services from the brands Martindale-Hubbell, Avvo, Nolo, […]

Montana Is Selected For New USPTO Community Engagement Office Location

On December 15, 2025, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced Montana as “the first of several new locations of community engagement offices to serve innovators.” Per the USPTO, “[t]he office will be housed at Montana State University, a top-tier research university, serving as a national leader in optics, bioscience, and agricultural technology. As […]

Donika Pentcheva Has Been Invited To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit’s 2026 Judicial Conference

By statute, the Chief Judge of the United States Court Of Appeals For Federal Circuit may hold a conference “for the purpose of considering the business of the courts and advising means of improving the administration of justice within the circuit.” 28 U.S.C. § 333. #JudicialConferencesOfCircuits

Donika Pentcheva Has Been Nominated And Accepted As A Distinguished Member Of Lawyers of Distinction™

Donika Pentcheva has been nominated and accepted as a Distinguished Member of Lawyers of Distinction™. Lawyers of Distinction™ is a legal honorary organization recognizing “the best of the best” in a very competitive legal environment. Lawyers of Distinction™ recognizes excellence in multiple areas of practice in the United States. Lawyers of Distinction™ Members are selected […]

Two Harvard Medical School Professors and the Deputy Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association cite Donika’s Intellectual Property Research

October 19, 2020

Donika humbly recognizes that her research regarding intellectual property law has been cited by Jonathan J. Darrow, S.J.D., LL.M., J.D., M.B.A., Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School; Ameet Sarpatwari, Ph.D., J.D., Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School; and Gregory Curgman, M.D., Deputy Editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The citation appears in […]

Donika Pentcheva has been appointed Vice Chair of the High Tech and Software Patent Committee

September 26, 2020

The American Bar Association’s Section of Intellectual Property Law has appointed Donika Pentcheva as Vice Chair of the High Tech and Software Patent Committee. The scope of the High Tech and Software Patent Committee includes issues relating to the intellectual property protection of inventions in the technology fields. In particular, the committee is tasked with […]

Donika Pentcheva is recognized with a Top-Rated Attorney Rating in 2020

September 8, 2020

Donika Pentcheva humbly accepts being recognized with a Top-Rated Attorney Rating in 2020 by the legal community. The recognition is being bestowed by Avvo.com, a platform for consumer information regarding attorneys.

An Inventor’s Sale of an Invention to a Third Party who is Obligated to Keep the Invention Confidential can Qualify as Prior Art

August 21, 2020

The United States Supreme Court held in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. et al. (No. 17-1229, 2019) that inventor’s sale of an invention to a third party who is obligated to keep the invention confidential can qualify as prior art under section 102(a) of title 35 of the United States Code. The […]

Donika’s Intellectual Property Law Research Has Been Cited in a Multi-District Patent Litigation Case in Texas

August 16, 2020

Donika Pentcheva is pleased to announce that her research involving intellectual property law has been cited in In RE: Industrial Print Technologies, LLC, Patent Litigation, a case pending before the Northern District of Texas. Before the Court were seven identical Motions for Leave to Amend the Pleadings to Add Acacia Research Group, LLC (“ARG”) as […]

United States Representative Thomas Massie introduces “Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act of 2020” (H.R. 7366)

July 29, 2020

On June 25, 2020, United States Representative Thomas Massie (a Republican representing Kentucky’s District Four) introduced in the United States House of Representatives a bill titled “Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act of 2020” (also referred to as H.R. 7366). If enacted into law, H.R. 7366 would repeal the “first-to-file” system under the America Invents […]

Donika Pentcheva Will Work On Model Verdict Form And Model Patent Jury Instructions

Donika Pentcheva Receives A Certificate In Legal AI Fundamentals