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We have had the good fortune to have worked with our new colleagues at their old firm, to have shared assignments for common clients, and to have confirmed our common commitment to professional excellence and personalized service to our clients. The Washington D.C. office will integrate IP litigation with our trial practice resources in Boston. It expands our ability to serve our clients and also connects what we do very well in complex commercial trial practice, with patent and intellectual property litigation.
In addition to his patent litigation practice, Edward Pennington was trained as a patent lawyer and has extensive experience in patent and trademark prosecution, patent licensing, due diligence associated with IP transfers, and opinion work. He represents both U.S. and foreign-based clients involved in various industries, and he has successfully appeared before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the Federal Circuit, and the Fourth Circuit.
He has litigated in a wide range of technical fields, including telecommunication equipment and services, computer security and encryption, sporting equipment, vaccines, nuclear reactors, ceramic materials and processes, military armament, electric motors, turbines, consumer electronics, computer architecture, and business methods.
Stephanie Scruggs has represented clients in a variety of intellectual property matters, including preparing and prosecuting domestic and foreign patent applications in the chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical and mechanical arenas. She has also practiced rendering patentability, invalidity and infringement opinions, and she counsels on trade-mark, copyright and patent issues.
Sid Pandit provides litigation support in patent, trademark and trade secret cases. He also prepares and prosecutes new patent applications, patent-ability, invalidity and non-infringement opinions. He conducts IP due diligence for corporate mergers and acquisitions, including evaluating patent and trademark portfolios and open-source copyright issues.
Michael Schwartz writes patent applications for electrical and software clients. His patent practice focuses on database software, telecommunications and network hardware and software, including optical network hardware and software, hard disk drive hardware, coding, and software, and computer mal-ware detection software.
Chadwick Jackson provides litigation support and assistance in the trial of patent cases. He also represents clients in preparing and prosecuting patent applications; rendering opinions on the issues of patent infringement and validity; performing due diligence, including conducting patentability, product clearance, validity and prior art searches; drafting license agreements, including software license agreements and distribution agreements; developing and enforcing patent portfolios; and advising clients on trademark and copyright matters.
The Boston attorneys who will be supporting the new patent and IP litigation practice include Jeffrey Upton, David Evans, Michael Marcucci and Ted Folkman.
