FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 4, 2021
WASHINGTON, DC—Finnegan is pleased to welcome six attorneys to the partnership. Their practices cover the patent law spectrum, including litigation before federal district courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC); appellate litigation before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); strategic counseling; patent prosecution; patent portfolio management; and design patents. Their technical expertise spans multiple industries, including life sciences, medical devices, electrical and computer technology, semiconductors, consumer products, and video gaming technologies.
“We are pleased to start off a new year celebrating the success of our newly elected partners,” said Finnegan managing partner Anand Sharma. “These attorneys have excelled in their respective practices and have demonstrated an ongoing commitment to clients as well as the firm. We look forward to continuing our support for their professional growth.”
New Partners in Alphabetical Order:
Arpita Bhattacharyya, Ph.D., (Palo Alto, CA) has been recognized as a WIPR Influential Women in IP Trailblazer. She practices all aspects of patent law, including district court and ITC litigation, patent office proceedings, Federal Circuit appeals, and client counseling, with an emphasis on patents related to medical devices, diagnostics, and electrical and mechanical technologies. Arpita is involved in all phases of patent litigation, including discovery efforts, claim construction, working with technical and damages experts for preparing reports, taking and defending depositions, examining witnesses at trial, and drafting motions and trial briefs. Arpita also represents petitioners and patent owners in post-grant proceedings, including inter partes reviews (IPR), post-grant reviews (PGR), and reexaminations. Arpita’s counseling practice includes providing strategic advice through opinions of counsel, patent portfolio development and management, due diligence investigations, and freedom-to-operate analysis. Arpita received a B.E. in electronics engineering (2001) from S.V. National Institute of Technology, India; an M.S. in bioengineering (2003) from Clemson University; a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering (2008) from Boston University; and a J.D. (2013) from Northeastern University School of Law.
Daniel G. Chung (Washington, DC) represents both domestic and international clients, from startups to large companies, in complex IP litigation and strategic IP counseling. His practice focuses on litigating patent and trade secret disputes before U.S. district courts and the ITC and encompasses a wide array of mechanical and electrical technologies, including consumer electronics, consumer health products, medical devices, and sports and fitness equipment. Daniel’s litigation experience spans all phases of IP disputes, from pre-suit investigations through trial and appeal. He has experience preparing and briefing appellate arguments before the Federal Circuit and represents clients in post-grant proceedings before the PTAB. He also counsels clients on developing global IP portfolio strategies and analyzing IP-related risks and opportunities. Daniel received a B.S. in biomedical engineering (2007) from Johns Hopkins University and a J.D. (2013), cum laude, from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.
Karthik Kumar, Ph.D., (Washington, DC) co-leader of the firm’s augmented/virtual reality industry practice, focuses on complex patent litigation and strategic counseling in emerging technologies. He represents clients in both offensive and defensive patent litigation, with a focus on competitor disputes before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), the U.S. district courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has worked on more than 60 ITC investigations, district court cases, and inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. In his strategic counseling practice, Karthik manages teams of attorneys and technical specialists to develop global patent portfolios for several multi-billion-dollar technology companies. His counseling practice emphasizes emerging technologies including augmented/virtual reality, artificial intelligence and machine learning, blockchain, Internet-of-Things, and 5G technologies. Karthik serves as Treasurer of the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court, a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering professionalism, ethics, civility, and legal skills in the area of intellectual property. Karthik received a B. Eng. in electronics and communication engineering (2003), with distinction, from the University of Madras, India; a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering (2009) from the University of Texas, Austin; and a J.D. (2014), cum laude, from George Washington University Law School.
J. Preston (J.P.) Long, Ph.D., (Washington, DC) focuses on a variety of dispute resolution forums, including federal district courts, the ITC, the PTAB, the Federal Circuit (where he served as a law clerk), and private arbitration. He has examined and defended witnesses at trial, including experts, and regularly manages discovery, takes and defends depositions, writes briefs and motions, works with corporate and expert witnesses, and develops strategic positions. He also counsels clients on claim drafting and patent prosecution strategies and advises them on matters arising in the context of licensing, settlement, patent valuation, and standard-essential patents (SEPs). Many of J.P.’s cases involve technologies related to his background in physics, such as material processing, integrated circuits and semiconductors, analog circuits, LEDs and lighting, fiber-optics, digital cameras, medical devices, and signal processing. He also devotes a portion of his time to pro bono matters, assisting disabled veterans in matters before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC). J.P. received a B.S. in physics and mathematics (2001), with distinction, from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; an M.S. in physics (2004) and a Ph.D. in physics (2008) from North Carolina State University; and a J.D. (2012), cum laude, from Duke University School of Law.
Ryan P. O’Quinn, Ph.D., (Reston, VA) maintains a versatile practice focusing on U.S. district court patent litigation, post-grant proceedings at the USPTO, patent prosecution, and portfolio management and counseling. His practice covers a range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, immunotherapy, medical devices, computer software, business methods, vending technologies, and mechanical systems. Prior to joining Finnegan, Ryan conducted doctoral and undergraduate research in cellular and molecular biology and biomedical engineering. His research, including work at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, focused on advanced microscopy techniques and molecular mechanisms regulating cell division. In addition to his patent practice, Ryan has successfully represented, including as lead counsel, multiple disabled veterans before the CAVC. Ryan received a B.A. in history (2004), magna cum laude, and a B.S. in biological engineering (2004), magna cum laude, from North Carolina State University; a Ph.D. in biology (2009) from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; and a J.D. (2012) from Duke University School of Law.
David C. Reese (Washington, DC) has a mixed practice with an emphasis on contentious patent office proceedings and concurrent litigation challenges. He has extensive experience arguing before the PTAB, handling all aspects of trial, and obtaining favorable outcomes for petitioners and patent owners in dozens of IPR proceedings in a variety of mechanical, electrical, and biomedical technologies. A substantial portion of David’s practice is also dedicated to developing and managing global utility and design patent portfolios. He has coordinated numerous portfolios, including hundreds of U.S. and international utility and design patent applications in a diverse array of mechanical, electrical, and biomedical technologies. He frequently provides patentability opinions directed to similar technologies. In addition to his patent office and counseling practices, David has experience in District Court and ITC litigations and Federal Circuit appeals, including handling pleadings, motions, contentions, fact and expert discovery, expert reports, claim construction, and trial strategy, as well as coordinating strategies and positions taken in concurrent PTAB trials and litigation. Before working at Finnegan, David served at the USPTO as a patent examiner and later a primary examiner, handling U.S. and international patent applications in various mechanical and electromechanical technologies concerning transportation and construction hardware, systems, and assemblies. David is also dedicated to pro bono work, having represented an army veteran in an appeal to the CAVC and asylum seekers in affirmative asylum proceedings at the U.S. Department of Justice. David received a B.S. in biology (2002) from the College of William and Mary; an M.S. in biomedical engineering (2004) from Virginia Commonwealth University; and a J.D. (2012), cum laude, from George Mason University School of Law.
Contacts
Anand K. Sharma, Managing Partner
anand.sharma@finnegan.com
Mark D. Sweet, Chair
mark.sweet@finnegan.com
About Finnegan
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP is one of the largest IP law firms in the world. From offices in Atlanta, Boston, London, Palo Alto, Reston, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Tokyo, and Washington, DC, the firm practices all aspects of patent, trademark, and copyright law, including counseling, prosecution, licensing, and litigation. Finnegan also represents clients on IP issues related to advertising, trade secret law, European patents and trade marks, international trade, portfolio management, the Internet, e-commerce, government contracts, antitrust, and unfair competition. For additional information on the firm, please visit www.finnegan.com. Follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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