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Gene S. Winter
(systems engineering), was graduated from The Cornell Law School in 1975, has a systems engineering degree
from U.C.L.A., and had graduate training in chemical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Winter
has been lead counsel in numerous patent, trademark and copyright litigations and practices in a wide variety
of technologies including mechanical, computer and chemical arts. Mr. Winter specializes in international and
domestic licensing and contract negotiation, with particular emphasis on trademark matters, on which he has
lectured and published. He is a past President of the Connecticut Patent Law Association.
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Stephen P. McNamara
(chemical engineering), received his J.D. degree
in 1986 with high honors from the University of Connecticut,
where he served as Articles Editor of the International Law
Journal; and his B.S. degree (1980) from the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Mr. McNamara is engaged in patent and
trademark litigation, as well as counseling, prosecution and
licensing, in diverse fields ranging from personal care products,
to footwear and clothing, to firearms, to medical treatments
and instruments, to computer systems and software. He is a past
President and current Board Member of the Connecticut Patent Law Association.
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Wesley W. Whitmyer, Jr.
(physics), received his J.D. degree in 1988 from the Ohio State University
and his B.A. degree magna cum laude from Ohio Wesleyan University, where he was elected
to Phi Beta Kappa. Mr. Whitmyer has been lead counsel in numerous
patent and trademark litigations at the trial and appellate level,
including Knorr-Bremse v. Dana and Haldex.
He has significant experience counseling clients of all sizes in licensing
and IP portfolio management issues. Mr. Whitmyer has prosecuted well over
1000 patent and trademark applications. He has an intimate knowledge of
various technologies including: analytical instruments in the fields of optics,
mass spectrometry, and avionics; computer hardware, software, networking and wireless;
vehicle drive, stability, suspension and braking systems and components; industrial
processes such as machine vision, conveying, robotics, wafer and chip processing,
and papermaking; the Internet and business methods; and medical equipment including
endoscopes and surgical instruments. He has published and lectured on the interpretation of patent claims;
see "The Patent and Trademark Office's Refusal to Follow In Re Bond", 74 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 397 (1992),
and "Only Obvious Variations Infringe", 80 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 645 (1998).
The former article was cited approvingly in appellant's successful en banc hearing request
in In Re Alappat, 33 F.3d 1526 (Fed. Cir. 1994).
Mr. Whitmyer is also the inventor of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,895,468,
6,049,801, and 6,182,078
directed to the automated delivery of professional services over the Internet,
and of U.S Patent No. 6,981,007
directed to onsite backup for Internet-based data processing.
His patents have been licensed to Computer Patent Annuities, Ltd.
Mr. Whitmyer has been profiled in The National Law Journal
as well as The Connecticut Law Tribune.
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Stanley H. Lieberstein
(chemistry), received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1960
and his B.S. degree from Brooklyn College in 1958.
Mr. Lieberstein is a former law assistant and technical
advisor to the Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit (formerly Court of Customs and Patent
Appeals). He is a former Examiner in the United States Patent
and Trademark Office examining patent applications in the chemical
arts. He served as an attorney for Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc. and
as Vice President and General Counsel to a major subsidiary
of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. He is the author of Who
Owns What Is in Your Head?, a book about trade secret/unfair
competition law and ownership rights to intellectual property,
published by E. P. Dutton. He is on the Advisory Board of BNA's
Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, and teaches
a course on "Licensing New Products and Technology" for the
American Management Association. He was a Director of the New
York Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association, and is
past President of the New Jersey Patent Law Association and
the Association of Former Law Clerks to the United States Court
of Customs and Patent Appeals. He also serves on the Planning
Committee for the Judicial Conference of the United States Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Court. He is a frequent lecturer
and has taught "Unfair Competition and Trade Secret Law" as
an adjunct professor and has authored numerous articles. He
has often represented clients in the pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology industries.
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Richard J. Basile
(mechanical engineering), received his J.D. degree from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law, and his B.S.M.E. degree from Union College.
His practice is focused primarily on patent litigation, prosecution and counseling. He has litigated
patent cases in a variety of technical fields in courts throughout the United States. The technical fields include
pharmaceuticals (in Hatch-Waxman Paragraph IV proceedings), radiation based paper making sensors, heavy vehicle braking systems,
medical imaging devices, bicycle suspension systems, and fiber optic amplifiers and multiplexers.
Mr. Basile lectures frequently on the attorney-client privilege in patent cases, patent opinon letters, and Paragraph IV certification letters.
He serves on the Board of Governors and is a past President of the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association.
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Todd M. Oberdick
(mechanical engineering), received his J.D. degree magna cum laude from the John Marshall Law School in 1997
and his B.S.M.E. degree from Lehigh University in 1994. While in law school he served as a staff editor for
The John Marshall Law Review and received numerous scholastic awards. Mr. Oberdick has a wide and diverse
practice advising clients in all areas of Intellectual Property law, but his primary focus is high-end patent prosecution work,
including the drafting of noninfringement and invalidity opinions and the prosecution of appeals
to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Board of Appeals and Interferences, having successfully argued and prosecuted dozens of appeals.
Mr. Oberdick’s article entitled Section 112, Paragraph 6 – Means Claim and Limitation to Specific Algorithm,
which was published in the Pace University Law Review, and which deals with inconsistencies caused by attempting to
apply traditional claim construction doctrines to the claims of computer and business method patents, was recently
cited by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in University of Rochester v. G.D. Searle & Co., 71 USPQ2d 1545 (Fed. Cir. 2004).
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Andy I. Corea
(english literature) received his J.D. degree in 1995 from George Mason University School of Law, where he was
on the board of editors of the law review and was named a Dean's Scholar. He received his undergraduate degree
in English Literature, with a minor in Economics, from the College of William & Mary in 1992. He is primarily
engaged in trademark prosecution, litigation, and licensing. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Corea was a
Trademark Examining Attorney at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
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Louis H. Reens
(electrical engineering), was an electronics engineer, with diverse experience including computers,
microwaves, antennas, amplifiers and semiconductors. Mr. Reens received a B.S. degree from
Dickinson College in 1954, a degree in electrical engineering from the Polytechnic Institute of
Brooklyn in 1956, and a law degree from the University of Connecticut in 1964. He has extensive
experience in preparing and prosecuting United States and foreign patent, trademark and copyright
applications. A native of The Netherlands, Mr. Reens is familiar with German and is fluent in Dutch.
His experience extends to licensing, and to litigation at the trial and appellate levels. Mr. Reens
is a past President of the Connecticut Patent Law Association, and has served as an arbitrator for the
American Arbitration Association for many years and has been active in local governmental affairs since 1970.
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Steven B. Simonis
(electrical engineering), received his J.D. degree from Fordham University School of Law in 2001,
and his Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from State University of New York. Mr. Simonis worked as
an electrical engineer for six years with RWS Consulting Engineers and has experience with electrical and power systems design,
computer networks, wireless communications and automated control systems. His practice focuses on patent prosecution and patent
litigation in the United States, Europe and Asia in the electrical/electronic and computer arts including, computer software/hardware
and Internet based systems, business methods, optics and fiber optic systems, video systems, control and measurement instrumentation,
wireless communication systems, semi-conductor design and security systems. His practice further includes intellectual property licensing,
and copyright litigation and registration. Mr. Simonis also presented the article
Patent Licensing Restrictions Not Regarded As Tying
at the 23rd Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar in New York, NY.
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David W. Aldrich
(physics), received his J.D. degree with a Concentration in Intellectual Property in 2001 from Seton Hall University School of Law and a Bachelor's degree in Physics and Philosophy in 2000 and 1998, respectively, from Rutgers University.
Mr. Aldrich has experience in all areas of patent, trademark, and copyright law, including prosecution, litigation, licensing, and counseling, and he has successfully argued multiple appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.
His practice focuses primarily on the prosecution and litigation of patents, particularly in the areas of pharmaceuticals, medical instruments, optics, analytical instruments, and mechanical devices.
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James P. Jeffry
(chemistry), received his J.D. degree in 1991 from Notre Dame, where he was
on law review, and his B.S. degree from the University of California at
Berkeley in 1985. Mr Jeffry's practice focuses primarily on litigation
of patent, trademark and trade secret cases. His work has involved a variety
of technical areas, including pharmaceuticals, glucose monitors, transdermal
patches, rotary furnaces, manufacturing processes and telecommunications.
He has experience in opinion work and trademark prosecution. He is a member
of the New York and Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Associations.
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Benjamin J. Lehberger
(mechanical engineering) received his J.D. degree from Brooklyn Law School in 2005 and his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering
from the Pennsylvania State University in 1999. Mr. Lehberger worked as a helicopter design engineer with Sikorsky Aircraft for
three years before entering law school. His practice focuses primarily on intellectual property litigation and the prosecution
of trademarks and patents in the mechanical, electrical, and computer related arts.
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Christopher H. Strate
(materials science) received his J.D. degree cum laude with an I.P. Concentration from George Mason University School of Law
in 2005, where he was a member of the George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal. He received his B.S. degree in 2000
from the University of Pennsylvania, majoring in Materials Science and Engineering and minoring in Economics and Mathematics.
Mr. Strate previously worked for Fairchild Semiconductor as a Process Engineer. He is engaged in the prosecution and
litigation of trademarks and patents in the mechanical arts.
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Walter B. Welsh
(mechanical engineering) received his J.D. degree from the University Of Connecticut School Of Law,
where he was an Associate Editor of the Connecticut Law Review. He received his B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering
from Tufts University in 2001. His practice focuses primarily on intellectual property litigation and prosecution.
Prior to attending law school Mr. Welsh worked as a thermal fluids engineer for Cold Chain Technologies.
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Benjamin C. White
(general physics) received his J.D. degree in 2006 from the University of Connecticut, where he was a Fidelity and Surety Editor
of the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal. Mr. White received his B.S. degree in 2001 from the University of Michigan with a double
concentration in General Physics and Philosophy. Mr. White previously worked as an electrical engineer for Pratt & Whitney.
His practice focuses primarily on litigation and prosecution of trademarks and patents in the mechanical and electrical arts.
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Amanda Greenspon
(political science) received her J.D. degree with a concentration in General Litigation from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in 2006.
During law school, Ms. Greenspon mediated within the Manhattan Civil Courts and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Ms. Greenspon graduated from Bryn Mawr College with her A.B. in Political Science in 2000 after which she worked as a consultant with both Accenture
and Banister International. She is primarily engaged in trademark prosecution, litigation, and licensing.
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Erin R. Conway
(biomedical engineering) received her J.D. degree with a Certificate in Intellectual Property from Chicago-Kent College of Law
where she was an Executive Articles Editor of the Chicago-Kent Law Review. During law school, Ms. Conway was a judicial extern to both
Magistrate Judge Arlander Keys of the Northern District of Illinois and the Hon. Richard D. Cudahy of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Ms. Conway has published articles in both the Seventh Circuit Review ( 2 Seventh Circuit Rev. 1 (2006) ) and the Chicago-Kent Law Review (publication forthcoming, Fall 2007). She received her B.S.E. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Michigan in 2004. Back to top |
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Lisa A. McAndrews
(physics) received her J.D. degree in 2007 from Boston College Law School, where she served as President of the Intellectual Property and Technology Forum.
Ms. McAndrews received her B.A. degree in 2002 from Middlebury College, with a major in Physics and minor in Geography.
Prior to attending law school, Ms. McAndrews taught Physics and Mathematics at Blair Academy in Blairstown, New Jersey.
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Roy D. Gross
(chemical engineering) received his J.D. degree in 2008 with a concentration in Intellectual Property from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, where he served as an as Associate Notes Editor for the Cardozo Public Law, Policy, and Ethics Journal.
Mr. Gross received his B.S. degree in 2004 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a major in Chemical Engineering. His practice focuses primarily on intellectual property litigation and prosecution.
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Tatyana Voloshchuk
(biology and chemistry) received her J.D. degree in 2007 from St. John’s University School of Law, where she served as President of the Intellectual Property Law Society, and also served as a judicial intern to a NY Supreme Court judge.
Ms. Voloshchuk received her B.S. degree in 2003 from Brooklyn College, CUNY, with a major in Biology and minor in Chemistry. During her undergraduate studies, she published a research article in the field of organic chemistry which was published by the American Chemical Society. Ms. Voloshchuk is fluent in Russian and Ukrainian.
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