Practice Areas - IP Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Copyright
- Intellectual Property Audit
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- Patent
- Trademark
- Software
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| University | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick, B.S., 1984 |
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| Law School | Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, J.D., High Honors, 1999 |
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| Admitted | 1999, Pennsylvania and New Jersey |
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| Born | Elmer, New Jersey, June 2, 1962 |
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| Biography | Bruce George's practice includes patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution, litigation, counseling, and licensing.
Mr. George counsels corporate, university, high technology, and emerging business clients in matters involving:
· U.S. and international patent prosecution and counseling in the electrical, mechanical, telecommunication, computer software, medical device and business method arts
· patentability, infringement, validity, and freedom to operate opinions
· design around counseling
· trademark and copyright prosecution, counseling, and licensing
· trademark registration availability and freedom to use opinions
· matters of unfair competition, trade secret and domain name disputes
Prior to his legal career, Mr. George served for 14 years as a planning, design, and construction management engineer with the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As a result of that service, Bruce maintains his Professional Engineering (P.E.) license.
Representative Matters
· Small corporation with development of international patent portfolio, and freedom to operate and licensing counseling
· S&P 500 company with trademark portfolio management, and enforcement against trademark infringement and domain name cybersquatting
· Individual inventor with patent counseling and prosecution, and preparation/negotiation of a joint development agreement with a major manufacturer
· Adjunct professor with copyright counseling and licensing of educational materials
· Entrepreneurial group with patent design around counseling prior to launch of new product line
Memberships
American Bar Association
New Jersey State Bar Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
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| ISLN | 914797454 |
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Documents by this lawyer on Martindale.com | |
Litigation after the AIA: More of the Same?Bruce D. George,Michael C. Greenbaum,Jay P. Lessler,Tara Laster Marcus,Peter S. Weissman, June 5, 2013 Two provisions of the September 2011 Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) were adopted in an apparent attempt to reform certain aspects of patent litigation - Section 299 related to joinder of multiple defendants and section 298 related to advice of counsel and willful infringement....
Rehabilitate Your Patent Now: Supplemental ExaminationBruce D. George,Michael C. Greenbaum,Jay P. Lessler,Tara Laster Marcus,Peter S. Weissman, February 13, 2013 New with the America Invents Act (“Act”) is a procedure, available only to a patent owner, for supplemental examination of an issued patent. This is the first and only procedure by which inequitable conduct that occurred during the procurement of a patent may be remedied.
Legislative Attacks on Tax Strategy and Business Method Patents ContinueBruce D. George,Michael C. Greenbaum,Jay P. Lessler,Peter S. Weissman, January 25, 2013 The America Invents Act (AIA) continues the legislative attack on tax strategy and business method patents. More than ten years ago, Congress took its first swipe at business method patents by creating a prior-user defense to infringement of such patents. Congress has now created a new procedure...
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