Charles Wolfe concentrates his practice in patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation, licensing and counseling. He has extensive experience representing clients before U.S. courts, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office. His experience includes:
· managing large U.S. and international patent portfolios
· prosecuting patent applications, reissue applications, ex parte and inter partes re-examinations and interference proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
· counseling on patent infringement, validity and enforceability and related issues
· prosecuting and defending patent infringement actions before U.S. district courts and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
· technology licensing and due diligence investigating
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Wolfe served as a patent examiner for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Mr. Wolfe has received the highest possible rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
Representative Matters
· IP counsel to global manufacturer of electrical connectors for communications, industrial, medical, and military markets
· IP counsel to global manufacturer of component and subsystem devices for automotive communications, aerospace, rail and other transportation industries and industrial applications
· Litigation counsel to generic pharmaceutical companies in Paragraph IV Hatch-Waxman patent infringement actions
Memberships
American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Virginia Bar Association
Events
SUCCESSFULLY LITIGATING METHOD OF USE PATENTS
[Event]
Generics, Supergenerics & Patent Strategies Conference, London, England
May 16, 2007
Charles R. Wolfe, Jr. and Brian Wm. Higgins
CONSOLIDATING FORCES IN THE GENERICS MARKET
[Event]
Generics, Supergenerics & Patent Strategies Conference, London, England
May 15, 2007
Charles R. Wolfe, Jr.
Publications
PATENT REFORM BILL PASSES SENATE
[Alert]
Intellectual Property & Technology Update
September 2011 (No. 6)
Jay P. Lessler, Michael C. Greenbaum, Tara Laster Marcus and Charles R. Wolfe, Jr.
THE COURTS AND CONGRESS TAKE AIM AT PATENT FALSE MARKING LAWSUITS
[Alert]
Intellectual Property Litigation Update
March 2011 (No. 1)
Brian Wm. Higgins, Jay P. Lessler and Charles R. Wolfe, Jr.
BEWARE OF THE MARKING TROLL: RECENT FEDERAL CIRCUIT DECISION REQUIRES GREATER CAUTION IN MARKING PATENTED PRODUCTS
[Alert]
Intellectual Property and Technology Update
April 2010 (No. 1)
Charles R. Wolfe, Jr.
MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS PATENTS SURVIVE BILSKI
[Alert]
Intellectual Property and Technology Update
November 2009 (No. 3)
Charles R. Wolfe, Jr. and Minh-Quan Khuc Pham
THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT OVERRULED PRECEDENCE AFFECTING BIOTECHNOLOGY INVENTIONS
[Alert]
Intellectual Property and Technology Update
April 17, 2009
Minh-Quan Khuc Pham and Charles R. Wolfe, Jr.
FEDERAL CIRCUIT ANNOUNCES PATENT ELIGIBILITY TEST AFFECTING "BUSINESS METHOD" INVENTIONS
[Alert]
Intellectual Property and Technology Update
November 2008 (No. 1)
Charles R. Wolfe, Jr. and Minh-Quan Khuc Pham
UPDATE ON NEW U.S. PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE RULES
[Alert]
Intellectual Property and Technology Update
October 2007 (No. 4)
Charles R. Wolfe, Jr. and Peter S. Weissman
THE U.S. PATENT & TRADEMARK OFFICE MAKES SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO PATENT PROCEDURES
[Alert]
Intellectual Property and Technology Update
September 2007 (No. 2)
Peter S. Weissman and Charles R. Wolfe, Jr.
U.S. SUPREME COURT OPENS A BLUEPRINT LOOPHOLE FOR PATENT INFRINGERS
[Alert]
Intellectual Property and Technology Update
May 2007 (No. 2)
Katherine Pauley Barecchia and Charles R. Wolfe, Jr.
MAJOR DECISION ON PATENT OBVIOUSNESS
[Alert]
Intellectual Property and Technology Update
May 2007 (No. 1)
Charles R. Wolfe, Jr.
News
BLANK ROME'S TRADEMARK PRACTICE RECOGNIZED FOR MOST FILINGS IN 2011
[Press Release]
January 12, 2012
Zachary A. Aria, Katherine Pauley Barecchia, Jamie L. Bertha, Kenneth L. Bressler, Steven L. Caponi, Lisa Casey Spaniel, et al.
Cases and Deals
NUTRITION 21 RECEIVES SETTLEMENT IN PATENT INFRINGEMENT SUIT
[Case]
December 2006
Thomas P. Dwyer, Charles R. Wolfe, Jr., Brian Wm. Higgins and Minh-Quan Khuc Pham
Blank Rome's IP team represented Nutrition 21 as they achieved successful settlement in the patent litigation case against General Nutrition Corporation (GNC), which included an acknowledgment by GNC that the Nutrition 21 patents are valid.
PROTECTING AUTOMAKER'S TRADEMARK IN ACCELERATED LITIGATION
[Case]
November 3, 2005
Susan B. Flohr, Charles R. Wolfe, Jr., Victor M. Wigman and Dennis P. McCooe
European automaker wins settlement before trial.
Recognition
BLANK ROME'S TRADEMARK PRACTICE RECOGNIZED FOR MOST FILINGS IN 2011
[Ranking]
January 2012
Timothy D. Pecsenye and Charles R. Wolfe, Jr.