Intellectual Property:
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Robert A. Koons, Jr.
Drinker Biddle’s Intellectual Property Practice Group
Robert A. Koons, Jr.is a partner in Drinker Biddle’s Intellectual Property Practice Group. Bob is a registered patent lawyer and litigator, focusing his practice on patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, antitrust and unfair competition cases. His practice includes prosecution of trademarks and patents before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as related counseling, licensing and transactional matters. He represents both U.S. and foreign companies in a range of technological and business industries, including chemicals, plastics, electronics, semiconductors, logistics, manufacturing processes, printing and transportation. Previously, he was a shareholder with Buchanan Ingersoll PC, where he also served as co-chair of the intellectual property section. Bob has been listed in Chambers USA for 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010 as one of America's top Intellectual Property lawyers.
Website: www.drinkerbiddle.com | Email: Robert.Koons@dbr.com
Phone: (215) 988-3392 | Location:
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Paul Prestia, Esq.
RATNERPRESTIA
Mr. Prestia is a co-founder and principal of RatnerPrestia, an intellectual property firm of thirty plus attorneys and patent agents. Mr. Prestia is a frequent presenter at regional and national intellectual property law programs on topics including dispute resolution and dispute resolution management, ethics and professionalism, law firm management and current developments in IP law.
Website: www.ratnerprestia.com | Email: pprestia@ratnerprestia.com
Phone: 610-407-0700 | Location: with offices in Valley Forge & Allentown, PA, Wilmington, DE
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Stephen Meyers, Esq.
DRINKER BIDDLE
Stephen Meyers, a partner of the firm, specializes in trademarks, unfair competition, copyrights, rights of publicity and trade secrets in both the bricks-and- mortar and emerging cyberspace arenas. He counsels clients in such core areas as domestic and international trademark and copyright procurement and protection, including clearances, priority disputes, and Patent and Trademark Office prosecution and litigation, before both the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and courts.
Website: www.drinkerbiddle.com | Email: Stephen.Meyers@dbr.com
Phone: 215-988-3311 | Location: with 12 offices nationwide
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Todd Walters, Esq.
BUCHANAN INGERSOLL
Todd R. Walters is a shareholder in the Alexandria office of Buchanan Ingersoll PC and is a member of the firm's Intellectual Property Section. Todd focuses his practice on many phases of intellectual property law with a special emphasis on the study and management of patent interference matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in federal courts. He has represented clients in over fifty active interference-related matters in each of the biotech, chemical, electrical, mechanical and pharmaceutical fields. He has aided clients in settlement of proceedings prior to and after declaration of the interference, prevailing on patentability issues so as to dispense with priority issues, and prevailing on priority issues both as a senior and junior party in active interference proceedings. Todd has further successfully prevailed in complex multi-party and multi-application interferences, and has represented clients in actions before district courts and the Federal Circuit.
Website: www.bipc.com | Email: walterstr@bipc.com
Phone: 703-838-6556 | Location: with 14 offices including Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D.C
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Benjamin Leace, Esq.
RATNERPRESTIA
Benjamin Leace has over 15 years experience in intellectual property law and began working at RatnerPrestia as a law student in the early years of the firm. He has represented clients in a wide range of intellectual property areas including litigation, licensing, agreements, opinions/counseling and patent/trademark/copyright procurement. He has been active in a number of professional and civic organizations area over the years, including the Licensing Executive Society where he is a past chair of the Philadelphia Chapter, the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association where he was past chair of the litigation section and the International Trademark Association having served on the Classification and Emerging Issues subcommittees.
Website: www.ratnerprestia.com | Email: beleace@ratnerprestia.com
Phone: 610-407-0700 | Location: with offices in Valley Forge & Allentown, PA, Wilmington, DE
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Jonathan Spadt, Esq.
RATNER PRESTIA
Attorney Spadt, now C.E.O. and Shareholder of the firm, practices all aspects of intellectual property law, including domestic and international patent prosecution and portfolio development. Accompanying this practice is a corresponding emphasis on enforcement, which for many clients includes remedies or defenses against competitors ranging from Patent and Trademark Office procedural options to litigation to licensing.
Website: www.ratnerprestia.com | Email: jhspadt@ratnerprestia.com
Phone: 610-993-4248 | Location: with offices in Valley Forge & Allentown, PA, Wilmington, DE