Associate
Melanie Magdun focuses on patent litigation, prosecution, and post-grant proceedings related to a wide array of areas in the chemical field, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and energy technologies.
While in law school, Melanie worked as a summer associate at Finnegan, assisting in litigation matters before federal district courts, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). She served as a Milt Stewart Fellow for a prominent intellectual property firm in Vietnam and participated in the Intellectual Property Clinic at Indiana University, drafting patent applications and filing office action responses. She also worked as a research assistant, conducting research on current changes in trademark and patent law, with an emphasis on design patents and plant patents.
Melanie is committed to her pro bono practice and represents honorably discharged veterans before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
Bial - Portela & CA S.A. v. Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
1:18-cv-00304; 1:18-cv-00382; 1:18-cv-00341; 1:18-cv-00342; 1:18-cv-00336; 1:18-cv-00312; 1:18-cv-00775; 1:18-cv-00279, D. Del., Judges Connolly, Thynge
At the PTAB Blog
Claim Components Without Amount or Function Limitations Anticipated by Bare Disclosure Claim Components Without Amount or Function Limitations Anticipated by Bare Disclosure
May 9, 2022
Prosecution First Blog
Relative Terms Sufficient for Reasonable Certainty Relative Terms Sufficient for Reasonable Certainty
April 22, 2022
Prosecution First Blog
Inventorship Fight Club: Federal Circuit Finds Insufficient Evidence for Joint Inventorship Inventorship Fight Club: Federal Circuit Finds Insufficient Evidence for Joint Inventorship
January 7, 2022
At the PTAB Blog
The Virtues of Claiming Precisely What the FDA Approved! The Virtues of Claiming Precisely What the FDA Approved!
January 3, 2022
At the PTAB Blog
A Whole Lot of “Cobbl[e]”-ty Gook After Wertheim A Whole Lot of “Cobbl[e]”-ty Gook After Wertheim
December 21, 2021
At the PTAB Blog
Moderna’s Appeal of PTAB Decision Dismissed for Lack of Standing Moderna’s Appeal of PTAB Decision Dismissed for Lack of Standing
December 20, 2021
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