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Announcement

Finnegan’s Jacob Schroeder Awarded Linn Inn Alliance Distinguished Service Medal

March 26, 2018

On March 23, 2018, Federal Circuit Judges Richard Linn and Raymond Chen, on behalf of the Linn Inn Alliance, presented Finnegan partner Jacob Schroeder with its Distinguished Service Medal in recognition of his outstanding service in helping to bring the American Inn of Court experience to the intellectual property community. A former a law clerk for the Alliance’s founder, the Honorable Richard Linn, Jacob currently serves as secretary for the San Francisco Bay Area Intellectual Property American Inn of Court. 

A resident in Finnegan’s Palo Alto office, Jacob focuses his practice on patent and trade secret litigation and appeals. He has handled numerous litigation and appellate matters in a variety of technologies, including computers, electronics, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. His litigation experience includes jury trials and covers all aspects of patent litigation. In addition to his clerkship at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Jacob also clerked for the Honorable Lucy H. Koh at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.


About the Linn Inn Alliance
The Linn Inn Alliance is made up of more than two dozen American Inns of Court (including the Richard Linn Inn of Court) focused on intellectual property. American Inns of Court are comprised of judges, lawyers, and in some cases, law professors and law students, and are designed to improve the skills, professionalism and ethics of the bench and bar.

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, copyright, and trade secret law, including counseling, prosecution, licensing, and litigation. Finnegan also represents clients on IP issues related to 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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Jacob A. Schroeder
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