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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Patentability, Claim Intrepretation, Patent Office Procedures, Patent Validity, Damages, Licensing And Rule 56 | |||||||||
| George Thomas Experience: Jury and bench trials |
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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 |
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