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1601 Market Street, Suite 2400
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103-2307 (Philadelphia Co.)
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(Main Office) Dann, Dorfman, Herrell and Skillman specializes in the practice of Intellectual Property Law including Patent, Trademark, Copyright and related Trade Secret and Unfair Competition Law, representing clients worldwide. Technological strengths include mechanics, electronics, computers, materials, chemistry and biotechnology. At The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and The U.S. Copyright Office: The firm files and prosecutes patents, trademarks and copyright applications and handles appeals and adversary proceedings. Before Trial and Appellate Courts: The firm provides counsel for and litigates patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and related unfair competition cases, including related employer-employee agreements and restrictive covenants as well as biotechnology and software development litigation. Agreements: The firm prepares license, joint venture and invention development agreements and trademark and copyright agreements, including negotiating the terms and conditions of such agreements. Expert Witness and Independent Opinion: The firm offers arbitration services and, in patent litigation or contested proceedings, expert witnesses and independent opinions of counsel. Statement of PracticePatent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition and Related Antitrust Law, Trade Secrets, Computer Law, Intellectual Property, Prosecution, Licensing, Litigation, Dispute Resolution, Domain Name Disputes, Internet Law. Year Established: 1974
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Address1601 Market Street, Suite 2400
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2307, (Philadelphia Co.)
PhonePhone: 215-563-4100
Fax: 215-563-4044
Website
http://www.ddhs.com
Office HoursMonday: 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
John C. Dorfman (Retired Partner) admitted to bar, 1949, New York; 1950, Connecticut; 1956, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Carnegie Institute of Technology and Yale University (B.E. in E.E., 1945); Cornell University (J.D., 1949). Tau Beta Pi; Phi Alpha Delta. Vice-Chairman, 1976-1977 and Chairman, 1977-1978, National Council of Patent Law Associations. President, 1976-1977 and Director, 1977-1985 and 1987, National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation, Inc. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American (Member of Council, 1968-1972; Vice Chairman, 1981-1982, Chairman-Elect, 1982-1983 and Chairman, 1983-1984, Patent, Trademark & Copyright Section) Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (Secretary, 1962-1964; Member, Board of Governors, 1968-1970; Vice President, 1972-1974; President, 1974-1976); American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Managers, 1973-1976); Cornell Law Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1979-1982). (Retired). Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secrets.Email: John C. Dorfman
Henry H. Skillman (Member) admitted to bar, 1955, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S., 1950); Temple University (J.D., 1954). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Philadelphia and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1977-1979); American Society of Inventors (Treasurer 1972). Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Intellectual Property; Computer Law; Trade Secrets.Email: Henry H. Skillman
Roger W. Herrell (Member) admitted to bar, 1963, Virginia; 1964, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Virginia (B.E.E., 1960; J.D., 1963). Phi Alpha Delta. Co-Author: "Concurrent Use and Registration Rights," APLA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1983. Member: Philadelphia (Chairman, Economics of Law Committee, 1985-1986), Pennsylvania (Member, House of Delegates, 1979-1994) and American (Chairman, Economics Committee, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section, 1983-1985) Bar Associations; Virginia State Bar; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1980-1982; 1994-1996); American Intellectual Property Law Association; National Council of Patent Law Associations (Councilman, 1982-1984). Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secrets.Email: Roger W. Herrell
Patrick J. Hagan (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, Maryland; 1978, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Villanova University (B.S.Chem., 1970); American University (J.D., 1975). Technical Advisor and Law Clerk to Senior Judge J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1976-1978. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (Treasurer, 1984-1987; Vice-President 1993-1994; President-elect, 1994-1995; President, 1995-1996); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secrets.
Donald R. Piper, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1980, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Cornell University (B.S.E.E., with distinction, 1977); University of Pittsburgh (J.D., cum laude, 1980). Tau Beta Pi; Eta Kappa Nu; Phi Alpha Delta (Treasurer, Watson Chapter, 1979-1980); Order of the Coif. Member, University of Pittsburgh Law Review, 1978-1980. Co-Author: "Concurrent Use and Registration Rights," APLA Journal, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1983. Author: "Protecting Intellectual Property Rights," Individual Employment Contracts: Drafting and Enforcement, Pa. Bar Institute Publication No. 1994-882; "Protecting Intellectual Property Rights," Drafting Individual Employment Contracts, Pa. Bar Inst. Publication No. 1989-506. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association (Treasurer, 1989-1993; Vice President, 1995-1996; President, 1997-1998); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secrets.Email: Donald R. Piper, Jr.
Vincent T. Pace (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (B.S.E.E., 1971); Drexel University (M.S.E.E., 1976); Temple University (J.D., 1982). Member: Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; ASM International; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secrets.Email: Vincent T. Pace
Stephen H. Eland (Member) admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Drexel University (B.S.M.E., cum laude, 1991); Villanova University (J.D., cum laude, 1994). Tau Beta Pi; Pi Tau Sigma. Associate Editor, Villanova Law Review, 1993-1994. Member: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secret.Email: Stephen H. Eland
Kathleen D. Rigaut (Member) admitted to bar, 2000, New Jersey and Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Virginia Wesleyan College (B.A., 1982); Rutgers University (Ph.D., 1992); Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 1999). Recipient, National Research Service Award, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1989-1990. Co-Author: Chap. 6 "Antibodies in Biopharmaceutical Drug Design and Development," Humana Press 1999; Teaching Assistant, Anatomy & Physiology Lab, UNDNJ, 1991-1992. Member: Philadelphia and American Bar Associations; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Association of University Technology Managers; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Biotechnology Patents; Biotechnology Patent Prosecution; Patent; Trademark; Copyright; Trade Secrets.Email: Kathleen D. Rigaut
Niels Haun (Member) admitted to bar, 2003, Pennsylvania. 2001, registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Villanova University (B.E.E., 1985); University of Rochester (Ph.D., Optics, 1993); Temple University School of Law (J.D., 2003). Tau Beta Pi; Sigma Pi Sigma; Eta Kappa Nu. Member: American Bar Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; OSA.Email: Niels Haun
ASSOCIATESClement A. Berard, Jr. (Senior Associate) admitted to bar, 1982, New Jersey; 1983, New York; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Pennsylvania). Education: Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (B.S.E.E., 1963); Drexel University (M.S.E.E., 1969); New York Law School (J.D., summa cum laude, 1982). Member, New York Law Review, 1980-1981. Author: "Patent Law: Suppression and Concealment Through Inaction .....," New York Law School Law Review, Vol. XXVII, No. 1, 1983; "Inventorship Under the New Interference Rules," Second Annual Joint Patent Seminar, New York, N.Y., 1986; "Interference Estoppel with Respect to Involved and Uninvolved Applications," Fourth Annual Joint Patent Seminar, 1988; "DOD Data Rights -- The Sequel IV (Deciphering the DFARS)," 1996. Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association; Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patent; Copyright; Trademark; Trade Secret.Email: Clement A. Berard, Jr.
Lynn C. Fischer (Associate) born Turnersville, New Jersey, October 9, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Pennsylvania and New Jersey; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Rutgers University, Camden (B.A., 2001; J.D., 2004; M.S., Biology, 2008). Member: Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent Law.Email: Lynn C. Fischer
Roger W. Herrell, Jr. (Associate) born Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1975; admitted to bar, 2006, Pennsylvania; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1997); Georgetown University (Ph.D., 2006); The George Washington Law School (J.D., 2006). Author: "The molecular basis of vitamin D receptor and beta-catenin crossregulation," Journal: Molecular Cell 2006 Mar 17; 21 (6):799-809; "Beta-catenin binds to the activation function 2 region of the androgen receptor and modulates the effects of the N-terminal domain and TIF2 on ligand-dependent transcription," Journal: Molecular and Cellular Biology 2003 Mar; 23(5):1674-87. Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution.Email: Roger W. Herrell, Jr.
Robert C. Netter, Jr. (Associate) born 1975; admitted to bar, 2007, Pennsylvania. Education: Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1997); University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D., 2002). Registered USPTO 2004. (Ph.D). Practice Areas: Biotechnology Patent Prosecution; Biotechnology Patents.
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