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| | Address | | 11th Floor, 1635 Market Street | | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2212 | | (Philadelphia Co.) | | | |
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| Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd. practices in the following areas of law:
Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition and Computer Law, Related Litigation, Pharmaceutical and Biotechnological Litigation, Intellectual Property Law, Internet Law, Trade Secrets. | | Year Established: 1926 | Firm Profile:
Caesar, Rivise, Bernstein, Cohen & Pokotilow, Ltd. counsels clients worldwide and provides the creative solutions and legal strategies necessary to procure, manage and enforce its clients' wide-ranging intellectual property needs. The experience and dedication of the firm's attorneys and staff are exhibited in its focused expertise in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and Internet and computer law, and nowhere is this expertise more evident than its prominence in the high-powered fields of medicine, medical devices, biotechnology, electronics, chemistry and chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, pharmaceuticals and Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) litigation. The firm has a long history of service to the community, the legal profession and the Philadelphia Bar Association.The firm was founded in 1926 when A. D. Caesar commenced his practice of patent, trademark and copyright law. Caesar's longtime friend, Charles W. Rivise, joined him in the practice, and the firm was known as Caesar and Rivise. Caesar and Rivise authored the renowned four-volume treatise on patent law titled Interference Law and Practice. | | Firm Size: 25 | | Stanley H. Cohen born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1935; admitted to bar, 1961, District of Columbia and Pennsylvania; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Drexel University (B.S. in Ch.E., 1957); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1961). Tau Epsilon Rho (Chancellor, Philadelphia Graduate Chapter, 1979-1981). Co-Author: "Do Chemical Intermediates Have Patentable Utility?" 29 George Washington Law Review 87, 1960, Reprinted at 43 J.P.O.S. 479, 1961. Member: Board of Directors, George Washington Law School Alumni Association, 1994-2001; Board of Managers, Alumni Association of Central High School, Philadelphia (1996-2001). Member: Philadelphia Bar Association (Member, Federal Courts Committee, 1982—); Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association; The Copyright Society of the U.S.A. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition; Litigation. Email: Stanley H. Cohen | | Manny D. Pokotilow born Paterson, New Jersey, June 26, 1938; admitted to bar, 1964, Pennsylvania; 1965, District of Columbia; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Newark College of Engineering (B.S.E.E., 1960); American University (J.D., 1964). Tau Epsilon Rho (Chancellor, Philadelphia Graduate Chapter, 1988-1990). Lecturer on Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights and the Protection of Computer Software: Philadelphia Patent Law Association, October, 1980; Dickinson' School of Law, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, May, 1982 and November, 1983, American Bar Association Conventions, July, 1985, August, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995; Philadelphia Bar Education Center, 1995—; Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, 1998; Pennsylvania Bar Institute (Intellectual Property Planning Committee), 1996—; Temple University Law School, 1985-1993; National Intellectual Property Seminar, 2000. Member: Philadelphia (Committee Chairman, 1978—; Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1984), Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations (Chairman: Proprietary Rights in Software Committee of Computer Law Division, 1988-1997; Member of Council, Science and Technology Section, 1988-1994); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (President, 2002—; Vice-President, 1999-2002; Board of Governors, 1989—); Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1982-1984; Chairman, Federal Courts Committee, 1984-1987; Chairman, Amicus Committee, 2000—); American Arbitration Association (Member, Large Complex Case Panel, 1992—); International Trademark Association (Member, Alternate Dispute Resolution Committee; ADR Panel of Neutrals); Computer Law Association; Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (Member, Advisory Council). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation; Computer Law; Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition. Email: Manny D. Pokotilow | | Barry A. Stein born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 18, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, District of Columbia; 1970, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Drexel University (B.S.E.E., 1965); American University (J.D., 1969). Tau Epsilon Rho; Eta Kappa Nu. Author, Casenote, 17 American University Law Review 101, 1967. Lecturer: Copyright, Patent, Trademark and Computer Law, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1999; Patent, Copyrights, Trademarks, Trade Secrets and Computer Law, Philadelphia Bar Education Center, 1995-1998. Contributing Editor, Intellectual Property, Impressions Magazine, 1985-1987 and 1990. Guest Lecturer on I.P. Law, Drexel University, Temple University, Widener University and Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania). Past Member of Board of Directors, Drexel University Engineering Alumni Association. Member: Philadelphia (Chairman, Computer Law Committee, 1986-1987; Chairman, I.P. Law Committee Business Law Section, 2000), Pennsylvania and American (Member, PCT Committee, Copyright and New Technology) Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; American Arbitration Association Internet and Information Technology (Member, Advisory Committee). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Computer Law; Internet and Information Technology; Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition and Related Litigation. Email: Barry A. Stein | | Martin L. Faigus born Cleveland, Ohio, January 6, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, District of Columbia; 1969, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Case Institute of Technology (B.S., Met. Eng., with honors, 1963); Georgetown University (J.D., 1967). Tau Beta Pi; Alpha Sigma Mu. Co-Author: Casenote, 53 Geo. L.J. 498. Lecturer, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Matters. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Computer Law; Internet Law; Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition and Related Litigation. Email: Martin L. Faigus | | Eric S. Marzluf (Partner) born Columbus, Ohio, January 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, South Dakota; 1975, District of Columbia; 1983, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (B.S.Ch.E., 1971); University of South Dakota (J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association; The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of South Dakota; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition and Related Litigation. Email: Eric S. Marzluf | | Robert S. Silver born Bridgeport, Connecticut, April 24, 1958; admitted to bar, 1988, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Boston College (B.S., Chem., magna cum laude, 1980; M.S., Chem., with distinction, 1982); Villanova University (J.D., 1988). Chair of Firm's Litigation Committee. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association. Fellow: Litigation Counsel of America. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition; Biotechnology; Chemical Pharmaceutical and ANDA Litigation. Email: Robert S. Silver | | Michael J. Berkowitz born Brooklyn, New York, September 8, 1962; admitted to bar, 1991, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Lehigh University (B.S.I.E., 1984); Widener University School of Law (J.D., 1991). Immediate Past Chancellor, Louis D. Brandeis Law Society. Member, Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Co-Chair, Professional Recruiting Committee. Member, Marketing Committee. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association (Elected, Board of Governors; Co-Director, Charity Run). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition; Litigation. Email: Michael J. Berkowitz | | Scott M. Slomowitz born Newark, New Jersey, March 25, 1961; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1993, New Jersey; 1994, District of Columbia; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Delaware (B.E.E., cum laude, 1983); Temple University (J.D., 1992). Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Member); Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering Member). Former flight controls engineer with Boeing Helicopters. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: Hebrew. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Computer Law; Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition. Email: Scott M. Slomowitz | | Mona Gupta born India, July 17, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Pennsylvania. Education: Drexel University (B.S.E.E., magna cum laude, 1991); Rutgers University at Camden (J.D., 1994). Member, Calendar Committee, Historical Society of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); South Asian Bar Association (SABA). Languages: Hindi. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent, Trademark and Copyright; Computer Law; Unfair Competition; Litigation; ANDA Litigation. Email: Mona Gupta | | David M. Tener born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; 1994, District of Columbia; 1995, Virginia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: La Salle University (B.A. in Chemistry, General University Honors, 1985); Temple University (M.A. in Chemistry, 1989); Villanova University (J.D., 1992). Staff Member, Villanova Environmental Law Journal, 1991-1992. Member: Philadelphia and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Internet Law; Litigation. Email: David M. Tener | | James J. Kozuch born Ford City, Pennsylvania, March 24, 1950; admitted to bar, 1985, Pennsylvania, U.S. Distict Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Cornell University (B.S.M.E., 1972); Lehigh University (M.B.A., 1976); Temple University (J.D., 1985). Registered Professional Engineer, Pennsylvania, 1977—. Member: National Roster of Neutrals, American Arbitration Association (AAA), 2003—; Legal Affairs Committee, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1990-2000; Selection Committee for ASME's Thomas Edison Patent Award, 2000-2006 and 2008—; Board of Directors, Association of Patent Law Firms (APLF), 2005—. Recipient, Trial Advocacy Award for Achievement in the Field of Trial Advocacy, The Barristers Society, Temple University School of Law. Member: Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; Bar Association of Lehigh County. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Alternative Dispute Resolution; ANDA Litigation. Email: James J. Kozuch | | Salvatore R. Guerriero born Wynnewood, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania; 1999, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 1999, New Jersey; 1999, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Education: Drexel University (B.S., 1990); Widener University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member: Philadelphia Bar Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%); Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition; Internet Law; Trademark Prosecution; Copyright Prosecution; Litigation. Email: Salvatore R. Guerriero | | William J. Castillo born Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, June 1, 1965; admitted to bar, 1997, New York, New Jersey and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 2005, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Temple University (B.A., cum laude, 1990; J.D., 1996); New York University (M.A., 1993). Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York, 1997-1998; New York State and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; French-American Chamber of Commerce. Languages: ench and Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%). Email: William J. Castillo | | Francis M. Linguiti born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1950; admitted to bar, 1983, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Pennsylvania (B.S.E., 1972; M.S.E., 1979); DePaul University (J.D., 1983). Member: Philadelphia Bar Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property(100%). Email: Francis M. Linguiti | | Michael J. Cornelison (Partner) born Cincinnati, Ohio, February 9, 1963; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; 1997, District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.S.E.E., 1985); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1994). Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office. Software Engineer, Bendix Field Engineering Corporation and American Systems Corporation, 1985-1995. Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Computer Law; Telecommunications Law; Patent Prosecution; Client Counseling; Copyright; Trademark; Trade Secret; Patent Law; Litigation. Email: Michael J. Cornelison | | Bruce J. Chasan born Beverly, Massachusetts, January 12, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Massachusetts; 1973, Virginia; 1974, District of Columbia; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th, 9th and District of Columbia Circuits; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, Pennsylvania; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., Chemistry, 1967); University of Oregon (M.A., Biochemistry, 1969); Boston College Law School (J.D., 1972). Trial Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Land and Natural Resources Division, Pollution Control Section, 1974-1976. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Philadelphia, 1976-1984. Associate Solicitor, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2001. Member: Virginia State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Philadelphia Bar Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (Board of Directors, 2001-2003). Languages: French. Practice Areas: Patent Infringement Litigation; Intellectual Property; Environmental Law; Personal Injury; Toxic Torts; Subrogation; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage. Email: Bruce J. Chasan | | Gary A. Greene born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, May 31, 1960; admitted to bar, 1992, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Villanova University (B.M.E., 1982; LL.M., 1994); Widener University (J.D., 1992). Research Editor, Editorial Board, 1991-1992 and Staff, 1990-1991, Delaware Journal of Corporate Law. Registered Professional Engineer, Virginia, 1987 and Pennsylvania, 1989. Member: Philadelphia Bar Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition; Litigation. Email: Gary A. Greene | | Nicholas M. Tinari, Jr. born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1958; admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Drexel University (B.S., Electrical Engineering, cum laude, 1981); Temple University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2001). Research Editor, 2000-2001 and Staff Member, 1999-2000, Temple Law Review. Electronic and Software Engineering Consultant, Tinari Engineering. Design Engineer, Clifton Precision Division, Litton Industries 1981-1989. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution; Litigation; Trademarks; Copyrights. Email: Nicholas M. Tinari, Jr. | | William C. Youngblood born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, May 24, 1965; admitted to bar, 1999, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Drexel University (B.S.Ch.E., 1988); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 1998). Former Associate: Litigation Department, White and Williams LLP, Philadelphia; Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. Former Arbitrator, Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania. Member: Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; American Institute of Chemical Engineers. [Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Reserve, 1988-2002; Major, U.S. Army Reserve, 2002—]. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Patent Prosecution(20%); Pharmaceutical and ANDA Litigation(80%). Email: William C. Youngblood | | Marc B. Bassler born Winchester, Virginia, May 12, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Pennsylvania; 2003, Virginia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute (B.S., 1995); Clemson University (M.S., 1998); College of William and Mary (J.D., 2001). Member: Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Bar Associations; Intellectual Property Owners Association. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Pharmaceutical and ANDA Litigation; Patents; Copyrights; Trademarks; Intellectual Property. Email: Marc B. Bassler | | David B. Gornish born Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, September 25, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Drexel University (B.S.M.E., 2001); Temple University (J.D., 2004). Member, Louis D. Brandeis Law Society, 2005—. Author: "Hill-Rom and the Revised Rule on Patent Abstracts," BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, Vol. 68 No. 1690, pp. 643-645; "Patent Abstracts May Now Be Used to Construe Claims," The Legal Intelligencer, Vol. 231 No. 104 (Philadelphia, Nov. 29, 2004). Co-Author: "Valuation of Intellectual Property for Litigation," Pennsylvania Bar Institute, PBI No. 2005-3991, pp. 23-52. Member: Montgomery and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. Email: David B. Gornish | | Joseph F. Murphy born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Saint Joseph's University (B.S, Biology, 1989); University of Virginia (Ph.D., Physiology, 1997); George Washington University (J.D., 2006). Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1999-2005. Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Biotechnology Patent Prosecution; Chemical Patent Prosecution; Biotechnology; Chemical Intellectual Property; Pharmaceutical Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property. Email: Joseph F. Murphy | | Douglas Panzer (Associate) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; 2007, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey. Education: Washington & Lee University Washington & Lee University (B.A., Economics, 1998; B.S., Computer Science, 1999); American University (J.D., 2006). Member: Philadelphia and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Copyrights; Copyright Litigation; Copyright Registration; Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation; Computer and Software Patents; Computers and Software; Computer Contracts; Computer Software Law; Computer Technology; Information Technology; Information Technology Licensing; Software Copyright; Software Licensing; Software Protection. | | OF COUNSEL | | Alan H. Bernstein admitted to bar, 1959, District of Columbia; 1960, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Drexel University (B.S. in Ch.E., 1955); George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1959). Tau Beta Pi; Tau Epsilon Rho (Member, Executive Committee, 1978-1994). Certified by Federal Court for Early Mediation Program. Lecturer: Current Developments in Patent Law, Practicing Law Institute, 1976, 1980 and 1982; Patent Trial Advocacy, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, American Bar Association, November 1984; Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education, 1995-1997, 2000; Lecturer for Evening Program, Temple University Law School, 1985-1992; Lecturer for CLE Credit on patent and other Intellectual Property topics, 1994-2000. Co-Course Planner for CLE Program sponsored by Pennsylvania Bar Institute, March 22 and 23, 2000. Adjunct Professor, Patent Law, Drexel University, 1998-2002. Adjunct Professor, Patent Litigation, Temple University Law School, 2000—. Member, Civil Service Commission of Abington Township, 1975-1978. Member, Board of Governors, Philadelphia Patent Law Association, 1979-1981. Member, Board of Governors, Jewish Employment Vocational Service (JEVS), 1979-1988 and 1992-1995 and Assistant Secretary, 1988-1992, Public Policy Committee, 2002—; Completed Pennsylvania Bar Association Mediation Course (20 hours). Member, Public Policy Committee, 2002—. Chairman, Subcommittee for Revision of Model State Trademark Act, U.S. Trademark Association, 1984-1985. Member of Panel and Speaker, Joint Patent Law Association Conference, 1985, 1988 and 1996-1997. Special Trademark Counsel: Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., 1970-1993; Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America, 1978-1993. Member of Board of Trustees, Pop Warner Little Scholars, Inc., 1992, 1993. Member: Philadelphia and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1979-1981); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Unfair Competition; Biotechnology; Chemical and Pharmaceutical Litigation(80%); Arbitration(10%); Mediation(10%). Email: Alan H. Bernstein | | Allan H. Fried born Montreal, Canada, March 11, 1939; admitted to bar, 1984, Pennsylvania; 1990, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: McGill University (B.S., 1960); Yale University (Ph.D., Molecular Biophysics, 1967); Temple University (J.D., 1984). Member: Pennsylvania Bar Association. Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Biotechnology Patents; Molecular Biology Patents; Pharmaceutical Patents; Patent Litigation. Email: Allan H. Fried |
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