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Charles L. Gholz

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Charles L. Gholz

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Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
1940 Duke Street
Alexandria, Virginia  22314
(Independent City)

Telephone: 703-413-3000
Facsimile: 703-413-2220
http://www.oblon.com



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Practice AreasPatent Litigation; Patent Interferences
 
EducationColumbia University, LL.B., 1968; George Washington University, LL.M., in Patent/Trade Regulation Law, 1973, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.S.M.E./B.S.Ec., 1965)
 
Admitted1969, New York; 1970-1982, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals; 1971, U.S. Court of Claims; 1972, District of Columbia; 1977, Virginia; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
 
MembershipsThe District of Columbia Bar (Member, Steering Committee, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Division, 1984-1986; Vice Chairman, 1985-1986); American Bar Association (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section; Chairman, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Subcommittee, Federal Practice and Procedure Committee, 1982-1983); American Intellectual Property Law Association (Chairman, Giles Sutherland Rich Moot Court Competition Subcommittee, 1973-1975; Ad Hoc Committee, Proposed Single Court of Patent Appeals, 1978-1979; Chairman, Interference Law and Practice Subcommittee of the Interference Committee, 1983-1984; Chairman, Interference Committee, 1988-1990; Vice-Chairman, Amicus Committee, 1990-1991; Chairman, Amicus Committee, 1994-1996); Association of Former Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Law Clerks and Technical Advisors (President, 1978-1979).
 
BornHastings, Minnesota, March 26, 1944
 
BiographyAssistant Technical Advisor and Law Clerk to Honorable Giles S. Rich, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1970-1972. Author of numerous articles concerning Intellectual Property Law. Lecturer in Law, George Mason University School of Law, 1992-1995.
 
ISLN907123154
 

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Aristocrat v. IGT: Another Reason Why Provoking an Interference May Be Preferable to Defending an Infringement Action
Charles L. Gholz, April 17, 2009, previously published by Intellectual Property Today on March 2009
Members of the interference bar have been telling their clients and prospective clients for years that, in many situations, provoking an interference is preferable to defending an infringement action.

Can Counsel for an Interferent Represent an Independent Fact Witness at a Deposition?
Charles L. Gholz, April 17, 2009, previously published by Intellectual Property Today on February 2009
This article is, in a sense, a follow on to Gholz and Parker, It's OK to Pay Fact Witnesses for Their Time, 13 Intellectual Property Today No. 10 at page 16 (2006). That article makes the point that there is nothing unethical about paying an independent fact witness for his or her time and...

Is It Ok To Lie To Opposing Counsel?
Charles L. Gholz, Kenneth D. Wilcox, April 17, 2009, previously published by Intellectual Property Today on April 2009
President Clinton got into trouble because he lied under oath, not because he lied. If he'd only lied to his wife, his lies would have been of concern only to the two of them -- or so we believe.



 

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