Patent Law Practice Center

Live Seminar

Jack O’Brien

Law Offices of John A. O’Brien, P.C.

Jack O’Brien founded the Law Offices of John A. O’Brien, P.C. in 2007. He brings to the firm over 40 years experience in complex electronics, digital processing, software, communications, information and imaging technologies, semiconductors, copiers, printers and other electrical equipment. He has tried patent cases, both jury and non-jury, in the Federal Courts, and has argued appeals in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. O’Brien has been involved in all phases of international licensing and counseling, as well as in the patent prosecution and patent interference proceedings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Burt Magen

Vierra Magen Marcus & Deniro LLP

Mr. Magen is a partner at Vierra Magen. He has a degree and experience in technology, and counsels clients in a variety of advanced technologies. Mr. Magen focuses on intellectual property and related business matters, including the development, acquisition and enforcement of intellectual property rights in patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. His areas of technology are computer architecture and organization, networking technology, internet technology, computer software, computer graphics, operating systems, database software, computer peripherals, system and device level integrated circuits, semiconductor materials, devices and fabrication processes, television/video and medical equipment.

Thomas L. Creel

Law Offices of Thomas Creel

Thomas L. Creel practiced over 30 years as a first chair intellectual property litigator and counselor.

He was head of the Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Area as a partner at Goodwin Procter LLP; co-chair of the Patent Litigation Group while a partner at Kaye Scholer, Fierman, Hayes and Handler and a senior litigating partner at Kenyon & Kenyon. During government service, Mr. Creel handled administrative patent infringement claims against the U.S. government, participated in patent infringement litigation in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and was responsible for export clearances for certain types of important information. Recognized for his capabilities in the area of patent litigation, Mr. Creel has also been appointed by several federal district judges to serve as a mediator to attempt to resolve disputes, and as a Special Master to provide proper patent claim construction, supervise all pretrial discovery and recommend rulings on summary judgment motions.

Lisa A. Dolak

Professor of Law at Syracuse University

Professor Dolak’s research interests include issues at the intersections of patent law and judicial procedure, patent law and the media, and patent law and legal ethics. Her current research projects focus on media coverage of the U.S. patent system, the effects of the evolving inequitable conduct doctrine on the practice of patent law, and a reconsidered theory of subject matter conflicts. During a recent sabbatical leave, she served as law clerk to the Hon. Paul F. Michel, now Chief Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and currently serves as a member of the Federal Circuit’s Advisory Council. She teaches courses on patent law, Internet law, and practice and procedure in the federal courts. She is a registered patent attorney and a summa cum laude graduate of Syracuse University College of Law. She is a regular panelist on “The Ivory Tower Half Hour”, a public affairs discussion program airing Fridays at 8 p.m. on WCNY-TV.