APLF Expert Witness Resource

APLF member attorneys have significant experience in providing expert testimony. Please contact any of the members listed below directly for assistance.


Appeals Before USPTO
William E. Lyddane
Experience: Former USPTO Board of Appeals Judge
Testified:  Yes
Firm: Greenblum & Bernstein PLC
E-mail:  wlyddanne@gbpatent.com
Phone: (703) 716-1191

Issues related to Appeals to the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, Reissue, Reexamination Proceedings, and Interferences
Bruce H. Stoner, Jr
Experience: Former Chief Administrative Patent Judge (1995-2003); Administrative Patent Judge (1986-1995); Presided over the creation and successful administration of the Interference Trial Section
Testified:  No
Firm: Greenblum & Bernstein PLC
E-mail:  bstoner@gbpatent.com
Phone: (703) 716-1191

Issues related to Licensing, Patent Office Procedures, Inventorship, Willfulness, Rule 56 and Enforceability
Bradley J. Hulbert, B.E.E., M.B.A., J.D.
Experience: Over 25 years of legal experience, including extensive work with electronics, software, telecommunications, and Internet patent matters; negotiated and drafted hundreds of licenses; Adjunct Professor of Law and Director, Academic and Professional Program Development, at the Chicago-Kent Law School; teach classes in Patent Law, Patent Office Practice, and Practice Before the CAFC; founding partner of 60-lawyer patent firm, McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP.
Testified:  Yes
Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
E-mail:  hulbert@mbhb.com
Phone: (312) 913-2122

Issues related to Willfulness, Patent Office Procedures, Patent Validity/Infringement/Enforceability, Inventorship, Licensing and Rule 56
John J. McDonnell, Ph.D., J.D.
Experience: 30 years legal experience, including 15 years corporate patent experience, including chief patent counsel for major pharmaceutical company; and 15 years private practice; extensive experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostic and chemical patent matters; experience as an arbitrator and mediator; served as special counsel to NIH; Adjunct Professor at John Marshall Law School; founding partner of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP.
Testified:  Yes
Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP
E-mail:  mcdonnell@mbhb.com
Phone: (312) 913-2110

Patentability, Claim Intrepretation, Patent Office Procedures, Patent Validity, Damages, Licensing And Rule 56
George Thomas
Experience: Jury and bench trials
Testified:  Yes
Firm: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, L.L.P.
E-mail:  george.thomas@tkhr.com
Phone: (770) 933-9500

Patentability, Claim Intrepretation, Patent Office Procedures, Patent Validity, Damages, Rule 56, Prosecution History Estoppel and Trade Secrets Law (Pennsylvania)
James J. Kozuch
Experience: Jury and bench trials
Testified:  No
Firm: Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd.
E-mail:  jjkozuch@crbcp.com
Phone: (215) 567-2010