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Address
The Monadnock Building
53 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 652
Chicago, Illinois 60604-3459 (Cook Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.4
out of 5
(Main Office) Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC prosecutes and defends intellectual property matters throughout the United States. It also represents parties to license negotiations. Its clients range from individual inventors to multibillion dollar companies. Statement of PracticePatent Litigation, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, Technology Law, Copyrights, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Licensing, Copyright Litigation, Copyright Protection, Internet Copyright Law, Electrical Intellectual Property, Electronic Intellectual Property, Industrial Property, Industrial Property Rights, Intellectual Property Arbitration, Intellectual Property Enforcement, Intellectual Property Infringement, Intellectual Property Licensing, Intellectual Property Rights, International Licensing, Medical Intellectual Property, Proprietary Rights, Civil Appeals, U.S. Supreme Court Litigation, Patent Licensing, Patent Infringement, Patent Portfolio Management, Business Method Patents, Computer and Software Patents, Computer Architecture Patents, Design Patents, Electrical Patents, Electro-Mechanical Patents, Electronic Patents, Internet Patents, Mechanical Patents, Medical Patents, Trademarks, Lanham Act, Service Marks, Trade Dress, Trade Names, Trademark Licensing, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Arbitration, Trademark Litigation, Trademark Protection, Trade Secrets, Theft of Trade Secrets, Trade Secret Misappropriation, Electrical Patent Prosecution, International Patent Prosecution, Mechanical Patent Prosecution, Patent Applications, Patent Prosecution, Patent Protection. Firm Size: 5
AddressThe Monadnock Building
53 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 652
Chicago, IL 60604-3459, (Cook Co.)
PhonePhone: 312-431-3800
Fax: 312-431-3810
Website
http://www.fg-law.com
William W. Flachsbart (Member) born Omaha, Nebraska, November 28, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2000, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, Eastern District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; 2009, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Chicago (B.S., Mathematics, 1991); University of Oregon (M.S., Mathematics, 1992); Loyola University (J.D., 1996). Adjunct Instructor, Intellectual Property Litigation Strategy, DePaul University College of Law. Co-Author: "Obviousness after KSR v. Teleflex: a Private Practice Perspective," Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, July 2007, reprinted in IP Litigator, July/August 2007. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Licensing.Email: William W. Flachsbart
Robert P. Greenspoon (Member) born January 16, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Illinois and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 1996, U.S. District Court, District of Arizona; 1998, Minnesota (inactive), U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 2002, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; 2009, U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Chicago (A.B., Physics, with honors, 1992); University of Michigan (J.D., 1995). Executive Production Editor, Michigan Journal of International Law. Author: Note, "U.S. Government Control over the Export of Scientific Data and Other Technical Information: Holes in the Sieve," 16 Michigan Journal of International Law, 583, 1995. Coauthor: "Are Patent Trolls Really Undermining the Patent System?" IP Litigator, September/October 2006. Coauthor: "Obviousness after KSR v. Teleflex: a Private Practice Perspective," Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, July 2007, reprinted in IP Litigator, July/August 2007. Author: "Is the United States Finally Ready for a Patent Small Claims Court," Minnesota Journal of Law, Science and Technology, 2009. Law Clerk to Judge Brian Barnett Duff, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1995-1996. Reported Cases: 1st Technology v. Rational Enterprises, 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 21721 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (argued and won affirmance without opinion of $50 million judgment); HyperPhrase Technologies, LLC v. Google, Inc., 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 29796 (Fed. Cir. 2007) (argued and won reversal-in-part for patentee of summary judgment of noninfringement); IMS Technology, Inc. v. Haas Automation, Inc., 206 F.3d 1422, 1430 (Fed. Cir. 2000) (argued and won reversal for patentee of summary judgment of noninfringement). Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Intellectual Property Licensing.Email: Robert P. Greenspoon
Steven M. Evans (Attorney) born Columbus, Ohio; admitted to bar, 1989, Illinois; 1993, California; 1994, Florida; 1995, District of Columbia, Colorado and Hawaii; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh and Federal Circuits; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Purdue University (B.S.E.E., 1986); Indiana University School of Law (J.D., 1989). Member: Chicago Bar Association; Illinois Patent Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC). Reported Cases: Marshall v. Knight, 445 F.3d 965 (7th Cir. 2006); Tap Pharm. Prods. v. Atrix Labs, Inc., 2004 U.S. District LEXIS 17118 (N.D. Ill. 2004). Practice Areas: Patents, Trademark, Copyrights and Related Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Information Technology; Intellectual Property and Licensing.Email: Steven M. Evans
Michael R. LaPorte (Member) born Detroit, Michigan; admitted to bar, 1996, Illinois. Education: Williams College (B.A., 1991); Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law (J.D., 1996). Member: Chicago and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association. Reported Cases: AutoMed Technologies v. Microfil, LLC, 2006; U.S. Dist. Lexis 2439 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 18, 2006); Sunstar, Inc. v. Alberto-Culver Co., 2007; WL 2410069 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 22, 2007); Macia v. Microsoft, 327 F. Supp. 2d 278 (D. Vt. 2003); Bastien v. AT&T Wireless Services, 205 F.3d 983 (7th Cir. 2000). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Litigation; Patent Licensing; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Michael R. LaPorte
ASSOCIATESarah J. Duda (Associate) born Minnesota, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Virginia; 2008, Illinois and registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Bradley University (B.S., Computer Science, magna cum laude, 2004); Franklin Pierce Law Center (J.D., 2007). Senior Articles Editor, IDEA: The Intellectual Property Law Review. Judicial Extern for the Honorable Samuel Der Yeghiayan. Practice Areas: Patents; Computer and Software Patents; Patent Litigation; Patent Prosecution.
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