Pete Pappas is a member of Sutherland's Intellectual Property Practice Group, where he concentrates primarily in chemical patent prosecution and also handles mechanical patent prosecution, federal trademark prosecution, licensing and other intellectual property transactions, validity and infringement opinions, and litigation support. He has substantial experience in prosecuting patents for packaged beverage manufacturing, colloids, food chemistry, renewable energy, polymeric nonwoven products and manufacturing equipment, paper technology, water treatment, flexible packaging, textiles, agricultural chemicals, printing, carbon black, polymer extrusion equipment, latex gloves, xerography, electro-chemistry, electro-luminescence, ceramics and other aspects of polymer technology. Pete is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Representative Experience Pete's extensive experience in the area of patent law includes: · Serving as lead outside chemical patent counsel for CP Kelco, FAMECCANICA.DATA SpA and Printpack. · Prosecuting a patent, which is the subject of recent successful enforcement in Kleen-Tex v. Mountville Mills. · Authoring an amicus curiae brief with the Intellectual Property Owners Association on a petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Supreme Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit for Ferring B.V., et. al v. Meijer, Inc., et. al (2010). · Authoring an amicus curiae brief with the IPO in the en banc rehearing of the Ariad v. Eli Lilly case by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals concerning the written description requirement for patents (2009). Professional Honors and Awards · Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of intellectual property (2010, 2011) · Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2008-2011) · Named among the "Georgia Legal Elite" by Georgia Trend magazine (2008, 2009) · Recipient of the Fellows Award from the University of Alabama Department of Chemical and Bioengineering (2007) Professional and Community Involvement · Member, U.S. Patent Office Practice Committee, Intellectual Property Owners Association · Member, Licensing Executives Society · Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers · Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Georgia · Former Executive Committee President, Lawyers Club of Atlanta · Member, Atlanta Bar Association · Former Board Member, Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers Recent Publications and Speaking Engagements · Co-author, "Forgotten Gems: How Successful Outlicensing Strategies Maximize the Value of Patent Portfolios," Partnering Perspectives (Summer 2010) · Co-author, "Upcoming Changes to European Patent Examination Procedures," Patent Strategy & Management (August 2009) · Speaker, Webinar: "Patents and the Written Description Requirement: Meeting Section 112 Disclosure Obligations After Ariad v. Lilly" (June 10, 2010) · Speaker, "The Implications of Ariad in the Predictable and Unpredictable Arts," 6th Annual IP Hot Topics Luncheon (April 28, 2010) · Speaker, IPO Webinar: "Ariad v. Lilly: What Are The Lessons?" (April 6, 2010) · Speaker, "Compact Prosecution," 20th Annual Conference on USPTO Law and Practice (December 7, 2009) · Panelist, "Patent Prosecution Hot Issues," 15th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute (November 11-15, 2009) Industries Biotechnology and Life Sciences Clean Technology Consumer Products News Sutherland Attorneys, Practices Top Chambers USA 2011 Rankings
April 14, 2011 More than 40 Sutherland Attorneys Recognized as 2011 Georgia Super Lawyers
March 24, 2011 Sutherland Advises Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield Equipment AG in Acquisition of Drilling Systems International Ltd.
September 17, 2010 Sutherland Earns Top Chambers USA 2010 Rankings
July 7, 2010 Sutherland's James H. Johnson, Jr. to Testify Before House Judiciary Committee
May 4, 2010 Sutherland Attorneys Named 2010 Georgia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
March 1, 2010 Legal Alerts Legal Alert: The Written Description Requirement Revisited, Giving Caution to Biotech Patent Owners
February 28, 2011 Legal Alert: Written Description Requirement Affirmed, However Practical Implications Still In Question
March 25, 2010 Legal Alert: Copying Products is Risky Business: Inducing Patent Infringement
February 16, 2010 Legal Alert: Upcoming Changes to European Patent Examination Procedures
June 1, 2009 Legal Alert: Tafas v. Doll
March 27, 2009 Legal Alert: PRO-IP Act Promises Increased Focus on IP Rights and Expanded Counterfeiting Remedies
January 5, 2009 Legal Alert: Patent Examination Guidelines and New Rules Update
October 17, 2007 Publications Forgotten Gems: How Successful Outlincensing Strategies Maximize the Value of Patent Portfolios
Summer 2010 Partnering Perspectives Upcoming Changes to European Patent Examination Procedures
August 2009 Reprinted with permission Patent Strategy & Management Events The 2011 Corporate Intellectual Property Institute
November 15, 2011 Webinar on Written Description Requirement after Ariad v. Lilly
June 10, 2010 6th Annual IP Hot Topics Luncheon
April 28, 2010 IPO Webinar - Ariad v. Lilly: What Are The Lessons?
April 6, 2010 20th Annual Conference on USPTO Law and Practice
December 7, 2009 IP Institute's 15th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law
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