Ohlandt, Greeley & Perle, LLP
Ohlandt Greeley & Perle LLP is a diverse intellectual property law firm with the expertise to meet the varied and changing needs of a growing U.S. and international client base.
Ohlandt, Greeley & Perle, LLP
Ohlandt Greeley & Perle LLP is a diverse intellectual property law firm with the expertise to meet the varied and changing needs of a growing U.S. and international client base.
Our practice encompasses copyright, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets and the related field of advertising, marketing and public relation matters, including agency and talent negotiations, as well as advertising claims substantiation.
We serve as intellectual property counsel to general practitioners, general counsel, patent in-house counsel and corporate executives. We provide worldwide representation for our clients through our experienced lawyers and a network of international contacts.
OGP's wide range of knowledge and skills, including the extensive in-house experience of many of its professional staff, allows the firm to provide REAL BUSINESS GUIDANCE on the various aspects of intellectual property law. OGP's Practice Areas include:
-Contracts/ Transactional IP
-Copyrights
-Patents
-Trademarks
-Trade Secrets
Main Office
One Landmark Square, 19th Fl.
Stamford, CT 06901
203-327-4500
(203) 327-6401
Intellectual property issues are vital to virtually all business relationships
Mergers & Acquisitions, as well as purchase & sale agreements involving digital materials
-Domestic and international licensing of patents, trademarks and trade secrets/know-how, as well as inter-company licenses
-Advertising and public relations
-Talent agreements
-Website design
-Promotions and sponsorships
-Entertainment and educational products, including television, motion pictures and instructional aids
Managing Partner
Mr. Greeley has extensive experience in many areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, mergers and acquisitions/divestments, entertainment and employment-related issues. Mr. Greeley has also served as a patent law expert in litigation representing major multinational clients. His prior experience as a law clerk for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and a patent attorney for B.P. America Inc. provides his corporate clients with a full understanding of in-house issues.
Education
Connecticut College, BS, Chemistry
Gonzaga University School of Law, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
District of Columbia
Connecticut
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia/District of Connecticut
Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
Past Vice Chairman of the Intellectual Property Law Committee,
Westchester-Fairfield Corporate Counsel Association
Phi Alpha Delta, Associate Editor, Canadian-American Law Journal.
Member of the Board of Directors of Connecticut College's Alumni Association;
president of the Class of 1979.
Publications and Lecture Experience
Mr. Greeley has published a number of articles in the Patent and Trademark Review, Licensing, American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, Law and Business Report, Journal of International Bank Law, and les Nouvelles. Mr. Greeley has spoken before the Annual Joint Seminar presented by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association, New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association and the Pennsylvania Intellectual Property Law Association, the Westchester-Fairfield Corporate Counsel Association, the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association, Quinnipiac Law School, University of Connecticut and Connecticut College. Mr. Greeley has been a guest lecturer for Stevens Institute of Technology's Masters in Technology Management program on the topic of Intellectual Property Strategy.
Gonzaga University School of Law
Juris Doctorate,
Managing Partner
Mr. Greeley has extensive experience in many areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, mergers and acquisitions/divestments, entertainment and employment-related issues. Mr. Greeley has also served as a patent law expert in litigation representing major multinational clients. His prior experience as a law clerk for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and a patent attorney for B.P. America Inc. provides his corporate clients with a full understanding of in-house issues.
Education
Connecticut College, BS, Chemistry
Gonzaga University School of Law, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
District of Columbia
Connecticut
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia/District of Connecticut
Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
Past Vice Chairman of the Intellectual Property Law Committee,
Westchester-Fairfield Corporate Counsel Association
Phi Alpha Delta, Associate Editor, Canadian-American Law Journal.
Member of the Board of Directors of Connecticut College's Alumni Association;
president of the Class of 1979.
Publications and Lecture Experience
Mr. Greeley has published a number of articles in the Patent and Trademark Review, Licensing, American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, Law and Business Report, Journal of International Bank Law, and les Nouvelles. Mr. Greeley has spoken before the Annual Joint Seminar presented by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association, New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association and the Pennsylvania Intellectual Property Law Association, the Westchester-Fairfield Corporate Counsel Association, the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association, Quinnipiac Law School, University of Connecticut and Connecticut College. Mr. Greeley has been a guest lecturer for Stevens Institute of Technology's Masters in Technology Management program on the topic of Intellectual Property Strategy.
Gonzaga University School of Law Juris Doctorate,
Of Counsel
Mr. Aker has been engaged in the practice of all aspects of intellectual property law for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to start ups, to individual inventors, including litigation in federal courts, licensing, preparation of right to use studies and patent infringement opinions, due diligence investigations, preparation and prosecution of United States and foreign patent applications, trademark applications, and advice and counsel on trademark and copyright matters. He has particular expertise in electrical, computer, mechanical and process related inventions, and in the fields of analytical instruments, and medical devices, including pacemakers, defibrillators and ultrasonic imaging systems. He has been retained as a patent expert in patent litigation.
Education
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, BS, Physics
State University of New York at Stony Brook, MS, Materials Science
St. John's University School of Law, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
New York
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Vice President/Secretary-Treasurer
Academic Experience
Mr. Aker is an Adjunct Professor of Law, at the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, where he teaches Patent Law, a Patent Practice Seminar, Patent Litigation and Computer Law. He received the law center's first annual Adjunct Professor of the Year award for dedicated and distinguished services to students.
Lecture Experience
Mr. Aker is on the faculty of The Practising Law Institute's live patent bar review course, when it is offered in New York. He has made presentations on various intellectual property law topics to the Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, the Suffolk County Bar Association and The Corporate Bar Association of Westchester and Fairfield.
St. John's University School of La
Juris Doctorate,
Of Counsel
Mr. Aker has been engaged in the practice of all aspects of intellectual property law for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to start ups, to individual inventors, including litigation in federal courts, licensing, preparation of right to use studies and patent infringement opinions, due diligence investigations, preparation and prosecution of United States and foreign patent applications, trademark applications, and advice and counsel on trademark and copyright matters. He has particular expertise in electrical, computer, mechanical and process related inventions, and in the fields of analytical instruments, and medical devices, including pacemakers, defibrillators and ultrasonic imaging systems. He has been retained as a patent expert in patent litigation.
Education
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, BS, Physics
State University of New York at Stony Brook, MS, Materials Science
St. John's University School of Law, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
New York
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Vice President/Secretary-Treasurer
Academic Experience
Mr. Aker is an Adjunct Professor of Law, at the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, where he teaches Patent Law, a Patent Practice Seminar, Patent Litigation and Computer Law. He received the law center's first annual Adjunct Professor of the Year award for dedicated and distinguished services to students.
Lecture Experience
Mr. Aker is on the faculty of The Practising Law Institute's live patent bar review course, when it is offered in New York. He has made presentations on various intellectual property law topics to the Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, the Suffolk County Bar Association and The Corporate Bar Association of Westchester and Fairfield.
St. John's University School of La Juris Doctorate,
Associate
Mr. Bartolone's practice includes preparing noninfringement, validity, and patentability opinions, as well drafting and prosecuting patent applications for a variety of national and international clients. His practice is focused primarily on the chemical and mechanical arts and related technologies, including chemical compositions used in the suncare, semiconductor, and cleaning industries, pharmaceuticals, and mechanical devices used in the food storage and preparation industries.
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Bartolone spent several years as a salesman in the field of automatic inspection and identification. The products he sold included automated visual inspection systems and one- and two-dimensional bar code identification systems, and he oversaw installations of these products in a wide variety of manufacturing environments.
Education
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,
BE, Chemical Engineering
Tulane University, JD
Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Connecticut
New York
Tulane University
Juris Doctorate,
Associate
Mr. Bartolone's practice includes preparing noninfringement, validity, and patentability opinions, as well drafting and prosecuting patent applications for a variety of national and international clients. His practice is focused primarily on the chemical and mechanical arts and related technologies, including chemical compositions used in the suncare, semiconductor, and cleaning industries, pharmaceuticals, and mechanical devices used in the food storage and preparation industries.
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Bartolone spent several years as a salesman in the field of automatic inspection and identification. The products he sold included automated visual inspection systems and one- and two-dimensional bar code identification systems, and he oversaw installations of these products in a wide variety of manufacturing environments.
Education
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,
BE, Chemical Engineering
Tulane University, JD
Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Connecticut
New York
Tulane University Juris Doctorate,
Of Counsel
Mr. Coon has extensive experience handling a wide range of intellectual property legal issues, including domestic and international licensing, developing intellectual property strategies supportive of business strategies, trade secret and patent portfolio creation and management, client counseling on designing around valid patents, infringement/invalidity opinions and product clearances, oppositions, and intellectual property aspects of acquisitions and divestments. In addition to licensing agreements, he also has extensive experience with drafting and negotiating agreements relating to the protection of intellectual property, including consulting, technology evaluation, secrecy, joint development, and acquisition and divestment agreements.
Prior to joining OGRP, Mr. Coon served as in-house intellectual property counsel at Union Carbide Corporation, BASF Corporation and most recently Praxair, Inc. He has prepared and prosecuted worldwide patent portfolios involving diversified technologies, such as coatings, industrial gases, electronics, specialty chemicals and plastics, adhesives, emulsion polymers, silicones and urethane intermediates, molecular sieves, lubricants, ethylene oxide glycol/ethylene oxide derivatives, specialty polymers and composites, and agricultural chemicals.
Education
Utah State University, BS, Microbiology
John Marshall Law School, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
American Intellectual Property Law Association
John Marshall Law School
Juris Doctorate,
Of Counsel
Mr. Coon has extensive experience handling a wide range of intellectual property legal issues, including domestic and international licensing, developing intellectual property strategies supportive of business strategies, trade secret and patent portfolio creation and management, client counseling on designing around valid patents, infringement/invalidity opinions and product clearances, oppositions, and intellectual property aspects of acquisitions and divestments. In addition to licensing agreements, he also has extensive experience with drafting and negotiating agreements relating to the protection of intellectual property, including consulting, technology evaluation, secrecy, joint development, and acquisition and divestment agreements.
Prior to joining OGRP, Mr. Coon served as in-house intellectual property counsel at Union Carbide Corporation, BASF Corporation and most recently Praxair, Inc. He has prepared and prosecuted worldwide patent portfolios involving diversified technologies, such as coatings, industrial gases, electronics, specialty chemicals and plastics, adhesives, emulsion polymers, silicones and urethane intermediates, molecular sieves, lubricants, ethylene oxide glycol/ethylene oxide derivatives, specialty polymers and composites, and agricultural chemicals.
Education
Utah State University, BS, Microbiology
John Marshall Law School, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
American Intellectual Property Law Association
John Marshall Law School Juris Doctorate,
Our practice encompasses copyright, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets and the related field of advertising, marketing and public relation matters, including agency and talent negotiations, as well as advertising claims substantiation.
We serve as intellectual property counsel to general practitioners, general counsel, patent in-house counsel and corporate executives. We provide worldwide representation for our clients through our experienced lawyers and a network of international contacts.
OGP's wide range of knowledge and skills, including the extensive in-house experience of many of its professional staff, allows the firm to provide REAL BUSINESS GUIDANCE on the various aspects of intellectual property law. OGP's Practice Areas include:
-Contracts/ Transactional IP
-Copyrights
-Patents
-Trademarks
-Trade Secrets
Main Office
One Landmark Square, 19th Fl.
Stamford, CT 06901
203-327-4500
(203) 327-6401
Intellectual property issues are vital to virtually all business relationships
Mergers & Acquisitions, as well as purchase & sale agreements involving digital materials
-Domestic and international licensing of patents, trademarks and trade secrets/know-how, as well as inter-company licenses
-Advertising and public relations
-Talent agreements
-Website design
-Promotions and sponsorships
-Entertainment and educational products, including television, motion pictures and instructional aids
Managing Partner
Mr. Greeley has extensive experience in many areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, mergers and acquisitions/divestments, entertainment and employment-related issues. Mr. Greeley has also served as a patent law expert in litigation representing major multinational clients. His prior experience as a law clerk for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and a patent attorney for B.P. America Inc. provides his corporate clients with a full understanding of in-house issues.
Education
Connecticut College, BS, Chemistry
Gonzaga University School of Law, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
District of Columbia
Connecticut
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia/District of Connecticut
Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
Past Vice Chairman of the Intellectual Property Law Committee,
Westchester-Fairfield Corporate Counsel Association
Phi Alpha Delta, Associate Editor, Canadian-American Law Journal.
Member of the Board of Directors of Connecticut College's Alumni Association;
president of the Class of 1979.
Publications and Lecture Experience
Mr. Greeley has published a number of articles in the Patent and Trademark Review, Licensing, American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, Law and Business Report, Journal of International Bank Law, and les Nouvelles. Mr. Greeley has spoken before the Annual Joint Seminar presented by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association, New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association and the Pennsylvania Intellectual Property Law Association, the Westchester-Fairfield Corporate Counsel Association, the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association, Quinnipiac Law School, University of Connecticut and Connecticut College. Mr. Greeley has been a guest lecturer for Stevens Institute of Technology's Masters in Technology Management program on the topic of Intellectual Property Strategy.
Gonzaga University School of Law
Juris Doctorate,
Managing Partner
Mr. Greeley has extensive experience in many areas of intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing, mergers and acquisitions/divestments, entertainment and employment-related issues. Mr. Greeley has also served as a patent law expert in litigation representing major multinational clients. His prior experience as a law clerk for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, and a patent attorney for B.P. America Inc. provides his corporate clients with a full understanding of in-house issues.
Education
Connecticut College, BS, Chemistry
Gonzaga University School of Law, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
District of Columbia
Connecticut
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia/District of Connecticut
Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association
Past Vice Chairman of the Intellectual Property Law Committee,
Westchester-Fairfield Corporate Counsel Association
Phi Alpha Delta, Associate Editor, Canadian-American Law Journal.
Member of the Board of Directors of Connecticut College's Alumni Association;
president of the Class of 1979.
Publications and Lecture Experience
Mr. Greeley has published a number of articles in the Patent and Trademark Review, Licensing, American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal, Law and Business Report, Journal of International Bank Law, and les Nouvelles. Mr. Greeley has spoken before the Annual Joint Seminar presented by the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the Connecticut Intellectual Property Law Association, New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association and the Pennsylvania Intellectual Property Law Association, the Westchester-Fairfield Corporate Counsel Association, the New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association, Quinnipiac Law School, University of Connecticut and Connecticut College. Mr. Greeley has been a guest lecturer for Stevens Institute of Technology's Masters in Technology Management program on the topic of Intellectual Property Strategy.
Gonzaga University School of Law Juris Doctorate,
Of Counsel
Mr. Aker has been engaged in the practice of all aspects of intellectual property law for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to start ups, to individual inventors, including litigation in federal courts, licensing, preparation of right to use studies and patent infringement opinions, due diligence investigations, preparation and prosecution of United States and foreign patent applications, trademark applications, and advice and counsel on trademark and copyright matters. He has particular expertise in electrical, computer, mechanical and process related inventions, and in the fields of analytical instruments, and medical devices, including pacemakers, defibrillators and ultrasonic imaging systems. He has been retained as a patent expert in patent litigation.
Education
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, BS, Physics
State University of New York at Stony Brook, MS, Materials Science
St. John's University School of Law, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
New York
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Vice President/Secretary-Treasurer
Academic Experience
Mr. Aker is an Adjunct Professor of Law, at the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, where he teaches Patent Law, a Patent Practice Seminar, Patent Litigation and Computer Law. He received the law center's first annual Adjunct Professor of the Year award for dedicated and distinguished services to students.
Lecture Experience
Mr. Aker is on the faculty of The Practising Law Institute's live patent bar review course, when it is offered in New York. He has made presentations on various intellectual property law topics to the Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, the Suffolk County Bar Association and The Corporate Bar Association of Westchester and Fairfield.
St. John's University School of La
Juris Doctorate,
Of Counsel
Mr. Aker has been engaged in the practice of all aspects of intellectual property law for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies, to start ups, to individual inventors, including litigation in federal courts, licensing, preparation of right to use studies and patent infringement opinions, due diligence investigations, preparation and prosecution of United States and foreign patent applications, trademark applications, and advice and counsel on trademark and copyright matters. He has particular expertise in electrical, computer, mechanical and process related inventions, and in the fields of analytical instruments, and medical devices, including pacemakers, defibrillators and ultrasonic imaging systems. He has been retained as a patent expert in patent litigation.
Education
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, BS, Physics
State University of New York at Stony Brook, MS, Materials Science
St. John's University School of Law, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
New York
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Vice President/Secretary-Treasurer
Academic Experience
Mr. Aker is an Adjunct Professor of Law, at the Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, where he teaches Patent Law, a Patent Practice Seminar, Patent Litigation and Computer Law. He received the law center's first annual Adjunct Professor of the Year award for dedicated and distinguished services to students.
Lecture Experience
Mr. Aker is on the faculty of The Practising Law Institute's live patent bar review course, when it is offered in New York. He has made presentations on various intellectual property law topics to the Eastern New York Intellectual Property Law Association, the Nassau County Bar Association, the Suffolk County Bar Association and The Corporate Bar Association of Westchester and Fairfield.
St. John's University School of La Juris Doctorate,
Associate
Mr. Bartolone's practice includes preparing noninfringement, validity, and patentability opinions, as well drafting and prosecuting patent applications for a variety of national and international clients. His practice is focused primarily on the chemical and mechanical arts and related technologies, including chemical compositions used in the suncare, semiconductor, and cleaning industries, pharmaceuticals, and mechanical devices used in the food storage and preparation industries.
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Bartolone spent several years as a salesman in the field of automatic inspection and identification. The products he sold included automated visual inspection systems and one- and two-dimensional bar code identification systems, and he oversaw installations of these products in a wide variety of manufacturing environments.
Education
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,
BE, Chemical Engineering
Tulane University, JD
Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Connecticut
New York
Tulane University
Juris Doctorate,
Associate
Mr. Bartolone's practice includes preparing noninfringement, validity, and patentability opinions, as well drafting and prosecuting patent applications for a variety of national and international clients. His practice is focused primarily on the chemical and mechanical arts and related technologies, including chemical compositions used in the suncare, semiconductor, and cleaning industries, pharmaceuticals, and mechanical devices used in the food storage and preparation industries.
Prior to attending law school, Mr. Bartolone spent several years as a salesman in the field of automatic inspection and identification. The products he sold included automated visual inspection systems and one- and two-dimensional bar code identification systems, and he oversaw installations of these products in a wide variety of manufacturing environments.
Education
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art,
BE, Chemical Engineering
Tulane University, JD
Editor-in-Chief, Tulane Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Connecticut
New York
Tulane University Juris Doctorate,
Of Counsel
Mr. Coon has extensive experience handling a wide range of intellectual property legal issues, including domestic and international licensing, developing intellectual property strategies supportive of business strategies, trade secret and patent portfolio creation and management, client counseling on designing around valid patents, infringement/invalidity opinions and product clearances, oppositions, and intellectual property aspects of acquisitions and divestments. In addition to licensing agreements, he also has extensive experience with drafting and negotiating agreements relating to the protection of intellectual property, including consulting, technology evaluation, secrecy, joint development, and acquisition and divestment agreements.
Prior to joining OGRP, Mr. Coon served as in-house intellectual property counsel at Union Carbide Corporation, BASF Corporation and most recently Praxair, Inc. He has prepared and prosecuted worldwide patent portfolios involving diversified technologies, such as coatings, industrial gases, electronics, specialty chemicals and plastics, adhesives, emulsion polymers, silicones and urethane intermediates, molecular sieves, lubricants, ethylene oxide glycol/ethylene oxide derivatives, specialty polymers and composites, and agricultural chemicals.
Education
Utah State University, BS, Microbiology
John Marshall Law School, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
American Intellectual Property Law Association
John Marshall Law School
Juris Doctorate,
Of Counsel
Mr. Coon has extensive experience handling a wide range of intellectual property legal issues, including domestic and international licensing, developing intellectual property strategies supportive of business strategies, trade secret and patent portfolio creation and management, client counseling on designing around valid patents, infringement/invalidity opinions and product clearances, oppositions, and intellectual property aspects of acquisitions and divestments. In addition to licensing agreements, he also has extensive experience with drafting and negotiating agreements relating to the protection of intellectual property, including consulting, technology evaluation, secrecy, joint development, and acquisition and divestment agreements.
Prior to joining OGRP, Mr. Coon served as in-house intellectual property counsel at Union Carbide Corporation, BASF Corporation and most recently Praxair, Inc. He has prepared and prosecuted worldwide patent portfolios involving diversified technologies, such as coatings, industrial gases, electronics, specialty chemicals and plastics, adhesives, emulsion polymers, silicones and urethane intermediates, molecular sieves, lubricants, ethylene oxide glycol/ethylene oxide derivatives, specialty polymers and composites, and agricultural chemicals.
Education
Utah State University, BS, Microbiology
John Marshall Law School, JD
Admissions/Affiliations
Registered Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Georgia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
American Intellectual Property Law Association
John Marshall Law School Juris Doctorate,
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