Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property

Joseph A. Capraro, Jr. | Proskauer

Editor: Please tell us about your professional background. Capraro: After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in the mid-'80s, I worked as an electrical engineer for five years in the defense electronics industry. In 1990, I made a transition to the law...

Intellectual Property

Eric Grondahl | McCarter & English, LLP

Editor: Please describe your practice area. Is there a concentration of McCarter’s IP practice in the Hartford office? Grondahl: My own practice is a nearly even split of prosecution and patent litigation. The firm as a whole has over 70 IP attorneys, and in Hartford we have eight IP/IT...

Intellectual Property

John DiMatteo, Amir R. Ghavi | Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (H.R. 1249) (the “America Invents Act” or the “Act”), enacting the most significant update to U.S. patent law in over 50 years. In its own words, Congress passed the legislation to...