Liaison, Science and Technology Law Section, Standing Committee on Technology and Information Systems, American Bar Association
Member, Science and Technology Section Subcommittee on Nanotechnology, American Bar Association
Member and past Section Council member, Science and Technology Section, American Bar Association
Member, Emerging Technology Subcommittee on Nanotechnology, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, District of Columbia Bar Association
Member, Virginia Bar Association
Past Contributing Associate Editor, Bulletin of Law, Science and Technology, American Bar Association
Past Co-chair, Science and Technology Law Section Committee on Crime and Privacy, American Bar Association
Past Liaison, Standing Committee on Publishing Oversight, American Bar Association
Past Member, Internet Policy Committee, Science and Technology Law Section Committee on Crime and Privacy, American Bar Association
Past Columnist, "Recent CAFC Decisions", Litigation Section Newsletter, American Bar Association
District of Columbia
Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Supreme Court
Select Representative Cases
Hubbell Incorporated v. SomersKemf, LLC – design patent and trade dress infringement
Hubbell Incorporated v. The Watt Stopper – prosecuted claims and defended against counterclaims of patent infringement
Hubbell Incorporated v. Acuity Brands, Inc. – design patent and trade dress infringement
Normark Corporation v. Pure Fishing, Inc. – trade dress infringement
Hubbell Incorporated v. U.S. Pole Company, Inc. – design patent and trade dress infringement
Central Mfg. Co. v. Pure Fishing, Inc. – trademark case with counterclaims for unfair business practices and prior judgment liability
Countrywide Financial Corporation v. Web Domain Names – domain name dispute
Countrywide Financial Corporation v. Texas International Property Associates – domain name dispute
TayMac Corporation v. Hubbell Incorporated – patent infringement
Hubbell Incorporated v. Genlyte Thomas Group – patent infringement
Inter Partes Reexamination of US 6,232,427 “Esterification Method”, Control no. 95/000,001
Publications
Editor and co-author, "E-mail for Client Communications: A Multinationed Survey," Bulletin of Law, Science and Technology Law, American Bar Association, May 2000
Career Highlights
- First attorney to file an inter partes reexamination request before the USPTO and succeeded in having all claims of the patent ruled invalid or disclaimed.
- Highly successful in multiple UDRP proceedings and third party reexamination requests filed as a prelude to litigation.
- Won a milestone case against a perennial litigant involved with at least 49 trademark cases in the Northern District of Illinois since 1988 and known user of frivolous lawsuits. The Judge's decision, in December 2006, ended years of trademark abuse and extortionate protection schemes against organizations throughout the world.
- In re Leo Stoller, Case No. 05 B 64075, slip op. 9/26/06 (Bankr. N.D. Ill.)
Seminars
"Out of the Business – NIH Denies Invitation to Control Drug Prices"
Speaker, AIPLA's Chemical Practice Subcommittee, May 2005
"Broadening Reissue as a Strategic Response to Inter Partes Reexamination"
Speaker, AIPLA Spring Meeting, May 2004
"Inter Partes Reexamination Round Table Testimony"
Speaker, USPTO, February 2004
"Inter Partes Reexamination: The USPTO Alternative to Patent Litigation"
Speaker, Houston Intellectual Property Law Institute, October 2003