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Bruce D. George: Lawyer with Blank Rome LLP

Bruce D. George

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Philadelphia,  PA  U.S.A.
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Practice Areas

  • IP Litigation
  • Intellectual Property
  • Copyright
  • Intellectual Property Audit
  • IP Licensing & Contracts
  • Patent
  • Trademark
  • Software
 
University Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick, B.S., 1984
 
Law SchoolRutgers University School of Law, Camden, J.D., High Honors, 1999
 
Admitted1999, Pennsylvania and New Jersey
 
BornElmer, New Jersey, June 2, 1962
 
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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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 Examination
Bruce 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 Continue
Bruce 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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Bruce D. George
Blank Rome LLP
18th & Cherry Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103-6998




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