Alfred N. Goodman has been a partner of the firm since 1975. He has extensive experience in patent, trademark and copyright law including litigation, licensing and prosecution in the U.S. and foreign countries. He also has significant experience before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office including appeals, inter partes reexams and ex parte reexams. His clients include Fortune 500, domestic and foreign companies.
Mr. Goodman has authored over 300 patents in the fields of complex mechanical and hydraulic systems, optics, lasers, solar energy, medical devices, oil exploration and production and business methods.
He has also participated in over 100 patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret lawsuits in federal trial and appellate courts, representing companies such as American Farm Bureau, Armco, Countrywide Home Loans, Hubbell and Marriott.
In addition, Mr. Goodman has also participated in the negotiation and drafting of over 150 intellectual property licenses, sales agreements and settlement agreements worth over $2 billion.
Mr. Goodman has testified as an expert witness and has drafted legislation for the U.S. Congress on transgenic animals and patent infringement exemptions. He began his career as a patent examiner at the USPTO.
Education
Georgetown University, J.D., 1969
University of Rochester, B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1966
Professional Affiliations
Member, American Bar Association
Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Member, The District of Columbia Bar
Past Member, Board of Directors, The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Past Chair, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, The Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Bar & Court Admissions
District of Columbia
New York
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Supreme Court
Awards & Honors
Who’s Who In America
Who’s Who In American Law
Select Representative Cases
Hubbell v. Genlyte – patent infringement litigation and reexamination
Genlyte v. Hubbell – patent infringement litigation
American Farm Bureau v. Alabama Farm Bureau – trademark infringement litigation
Marriott v. Choice Hotels – trademark infringement litigation
Macher et al v. Hotronic – trade secret and patent infringement litigation
Career Highlights
- Authored, successfully prosecuted and negotiated the license and sale of the basic U.S. patent covering the LASIK corneal modification technology: U.S. patent 4,840,175.
- Authored and prosecuted patents in the U.S. and 20 foreign countries covering point focus solar energy concentrators: U.S. patents 4,288,146; 4,312,326; 4,322,176; and 4,324,083. These concentrators formed the basis of one of the first economical solar plants in California, generating 10,000 kilowatts of solar energy.
- Authored and successfully prosecuted in the U.S. and 10 foreign countries one of the basic patents on soft shell, fiberglass-reinforced lightning surge arresters: U.S. patent 4,656,555. This patent has protected the sale of over $500 million of these arresters.