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Bob handles intellectual property disputes in U.S. district courts and before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Offices (USPTO), the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and the Federal Circuit. He works on cases involving various technologies, including turbines, drones, set-top boxes, video processing, data storage, home appliances, and computer software. Bob has served as backup counsel in over fifteen inter partes review (IPR) proceedings before the PTAB, for which he drafted pleadings for both petitioners and patent owners. At the trial level, his experience includes pre-filing strategy, infringement and validity analyses, complex fact and expert discovery, claim construction, motions practice, and trial preparation. At the appellate level, Bob has experience preparing appeal briefs and providing strategic advice regarding appeals.
Prior to joining Finnegan, Bob gained technical experience in the mechanical and electrical fields, including technologies such as turbine engines, automotive propulsion, nuclear power, nanotechnology, and computer technology. During law school, he served as an extern in the patent group at The Coca-Cola Company, drafting patent applications and responding to Patent Office actions in areas related to beverage dispensing. As a student, he completed a program focusing on commercializing innovative technology, in which he helped counsel a startup company on its patent strategy and performed prior art and freedom-to-operate searches.
Bob also represents disabled veterans in cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims and has performed legal research in a § 1983 case.
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