Amanda Joy Dittmar

Associate

Amanda Dittmar focuses her practice on litigation, patent prosecution, and counseling in mechanical and electrical technologies. Her litigation experience includes cases in federal district courts and before the U.S. International Trade Commission.

While obtaining her undergraduate degree, Ms. Dittmar worked for M.T.D. Products Inc., where she gained experience in the prototyping process of advanced mechanical propulsion systems for agricultural equipment. During law school, Ms. Dittmar worked at Finnegan as a summer associate.

Highlights

• Served as senior editor of I/S: A Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society, 2007-2008.
• Served as judicial extern to the Honorable Terence P. Kemp at the U.S. District Court of Southern District of Ohio, 2008.
• President of the Moritz College of Law Intellectual Property Law Society, 2008-2009.

Professional Recognition

• CALI Award in Patent Law, 2008.

Professional Activities

• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Licensing Executives Society
• Virginia State Bar Association

Select Publications

• Coauthor. "Unrestricted License Agreement Permits Customer to Create Derivative Work from Copyrighted Classification System," LES Insights, Jan. 3, 2012.
• Coauthor. "The Federal Circuit Continues Judicial Battle Against Forum-Shopping by Expanding On Current Venue-Transfer Doctrine," LES Insights, Nov. 28, 2011.
• Coauthor. "Patent Owner's Allegation of Copying, Demand for Customer Information, and Threat Not to Tolerate a Delayed Response Empowers Infringer to Attack Patent Validity in Court," LES Insights, Sep. 26, 2011.
• Coauthor. "Parties Facing Permanent Injunctions Resulting from Patent Infringement Litigation Must Take Special Precautions in Redesigning Products to Avoid a Finding of Contempt," LES Insights, May 23, 2011.
• Coauthor. "Corporations Who Fail to Properly Assign Patents as Part of Corporate Sales or Restructuring May Lose Standing to Bring a Patent Infringement Suit," LES Insights, April 11, 2011.
• Coauthor. "Annual Review of Intellectual Property Law Developments 2010," ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, March 14, 2011.
• Coauthor. "Defendants Can More Easily Transfer Litigations to More Convenient Locations from Locations Chosen by the Plaintiff Having Little Connection to the Litigation," LES Insights, Feb. 21, 2011.