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| | Address | | 485 Seventh Avenue, 14th Floor | | New York, New York 10018 | | (New York Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 212-736-1940 | Fax: 212-736-2427
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| Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC practices in the following areas of law:
Intellectual Property Practice, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition and Computer Law. | | Year Established: 1998 | Firm Profile:
Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC is a full service intellectual property law firm with expertise in the preparation of patent applications, trademark applications, intellectual property litigation, and client counseling/due diligence/opinions. A particular area of expertise is pharmaceutical patents. Our firm is staffed with German speaking attorneys to better service the needs of our European clients. | | Firm Size: 26 | Languages:
German, Spanish, Russian, Polish and French. | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
| | Clifford M. Davidson (Member) born Yonkers, New York, March 7, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1987, New York and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rutgers University (B.S., 1983; J.D., 1986). Alpha Zeta Omega, Professional Pharmaceutical Fraternity. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Property Law. Registered Pharmacist, New Jersey, 1983. Member, Controlled Release Society (Pharmaceuticals), 1993—. Member, American Pharmaceutical Association, 1991—. Member: New Jersey Patent Law Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association; New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Client counseling for patent-related matters; Patent Prosecution; Freedom to Operate and Infringement Opinions; Due Diligence and Tech-transfer; Licensing; Litigation; and Intellectual Property Portfolio Management.. Email: Clifford M. Davidson | | PARTNERS | | Leslye B. Davidson (Partner) born Yonkers, New York, February 1, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, New York; 1992, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rutgers College of Pharmacy (B.S., high honors, 1987); New York University (J.D., 1990). Rho Chi; Phi Lambda Sigma. Recipient, Moot Court Advocacy Award. Annual Survey of American Law, Author: "Smoking in the Workplace." Co-Author: "Nutrition Labeling on Products," National Law Journal, June 17, 1991; Quarterly Column, New York State Bar Association Food, Drug Cosmetic and Medical Device Law Digest Note, Annual Survey of American Law, Spring, 1992. Member: American Bar Association; New York Womens Bar Association; International Trademark Association. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Patent Opinion and Due Diligence; Patent Prosecution; Patent Licensing; Trademark Prosecution; Trademark Licensing; Trademark Litigation; Trademark Due Diligence; Pharmaceutical Patents. Email: Leslye B. Davidson | | Cary S. Kappel (Partner) born New York, New York, March 29, 1965; admitted to bar, 1993, New York; U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: State University of New York at Stony Brook (B.E.E.E., 1987); Fordham University (J.D., cum laude, 1992). Staff Member, 1990-1991 and Associate Editor, 1991-1992, Fordham Law Review. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Patent Opinion and Due Diligence; Electrical, Computer and Software; Patent Prosecution; Pharmaceutical Patent Prosecution; Mechanical Patent Prosecution; Patent Licensing. Email: Cary S. Kappel | | William C. Gehris (Partner) born Baltimore, Maryland, November 13, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Princeton University (B.S.E., magna cum laude, 1988); Columbia University (J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa. Author: "United States Patent Claim Interpretation After Markman," Patent World, June/July, 1996. Member: American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution; Trademarks; Litigation; Licensing. Email: William C. Gehris | | Felix L. D'Arienzo, Jr. (Partner) born Brooklyn, New York, November 18, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, New York; 1982, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Stevens Institute of Technology (B.E., 1970); St. John's University (J.D., 1975). Member, St. John's Law Review. Practice Areas: Patents. Email: Felix L. D'Arienzo, Jr. | | COUNSEL | | David Petroff (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1998, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: California State University, Los Angeles (B.S.E.E., 1988); Touro College (J.D., 1997). Practice Areas: Litigation; Patent Prosecution; Patent Opinions; Licensing; Contracts. Email: David Petroff | | Richard V. Zanzalari (Counsel) born Perth Amboy, New Jersey, December 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in New York). Education: Massachusetts College of Pharmacy (B.S., Pharmacy, 1990); Phi Delta Chi; Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center (J.D., 1999). Registered Pharmacist, New Jersey, 1990. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution. Email: Richard V. Zanzalari | | ASSOCIATES | | Benjamin S. DiMarco (Associate) born Wayne, New Jersey, August 4, 1973; admitted to bar, 2001, New Jersey; 2004, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rutgers College of Pharmacy (B.S.Ph., 1996); Rutgers University Law School, Camden (J.D., 2001). Registered Pharmacist, New Jersey, 1996. President, Health Law Student Association, 2000-2001. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Hatch-Waxman Counseling and Litigation; Patent Prosecution; Patent Opinions; Due Diligence. Email: Benjamin S. DiMarco | | Jan M. Decker (Associate) born Marburg, Germany, January 7, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Germany; 2005, New York; 2008, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York. Education: Phillips-Universitat Marburg, Germany; Fordham University (LL.M., 2004). Member: Frankfurt Bar Association (Germany); New York State Bar Association. Languages: German and English. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Trademarks; Intellectual Property. Email: Jan M. Decker | | Oliver Platz (Associate) born Valley Stream, New York, June 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, New York and Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Education: Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt a.M., Germany (2000); Fordham University School of Law (LL.M., cum laude, 2003); University of Leicester, England. Member: New York State Bar Association, Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt a.M. Languages: German, French. Practice Areas: Trademark Prosecution; Patent Litigation; Patent Prosecution; Intellectual Property. Email: Oliver Platz | | Sunil G. Raval (Associate) born Hoboken, New Jersey, April 19, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey; 2005, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rutgers University (B.S., Biological Sciences, cum laude, 1997); Rutgers University Law School, Newark (J.D., 2000); New Jersey Institute of Technology (M.S., Pharmaceutical Engineering, 2005). Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution. Email: Sunil G. Raval | | Oleg Ioselevich (Associate) born Minsk, Belarus, 1972; admitted to bar, 2006, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Long Island University (B.S., Pharmacy, magna cum laude, 1995); Brooklyn Law School (J.D., 2005). Registered Pharmacist, New York, 1995. Member: American Bar Association. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution; Pharmaceutical Patents. Email: Oleg Ioselevich | | Jennifer L. O'Connell (Associate) born Plainview, New York, May 16, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Lehigh University (B.S., Civil Engineering, 2002; B.S., Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2002); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Chicago Bar Association. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution. Email: Jennifer L. O'Connell | | Danielle C. Sullivan (Associate) born New York, New York, April 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2006, New Jersey; 2007, New York. Education: Lehigh University (B.S., Industrial Engineering, 1998); Seton Hall University (J.D., 2006). Member: New York State and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: Danielle C. Sullivan | | Simon C. Steiner (Associate) born Sigmaringen, Germany, September 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 2004, Germany (not admitted in the United States). (Not admitted in New York). Education: University of Augsburg, Germany; Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany; Fordham University School of Law (LL.M., IP program, 2008). Member: Rechtsanwaltskammer, Tubingen (Germany). Languages: German and English. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution; Trademark Prosecution; Patent Litigation. Email: Simon C. Steiner | | Shelia Cockburn (Associate) born Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 1, 1972; admitted to bar, 2007, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Concordia University (B.E., Mechanical Engineering, 1994); Fordham University School of Law (J.D., 2006; LL.M., 2007). Member: New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Inc. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent Prosecution; Trademark Prosecution. Email: Shelia Cockburn | | Clint Mehall (Associate) born Normal, Illinois, November 28, 1980; admitted to bar, 2008, New York. Education: University of Missouri (B.S., Biological Engineering, 2003); DePaul University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: New York State Bar Association; New York County Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution. | | Roman Tsibulevskiy (Associate) born Baku, Azerbaijan, December 1, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, New Jersey; 2008, New York. Education: Yeshiva University (B.A., Computer Science, 2003); Touro Law School (J.D., 2007). Languages: Russian and Hebrew. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. |
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