Paul Lerner
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Paul J. Lerner (born 1946) is a patent attorney, law professor and an author, and has been admitted to practice in Connecticut, Illinois, New York, CAFC and USPTO.
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[edit] Education
Lerner’s education includes a Bachelor of Arts in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University, an Master of Business Administration from Loyola University, a Juris Doctor from DePaul University, and post-graduate legal studies at John Marshall College of Law.
[edit] Career
Lerner was a project manager at the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute in Chicago, where he managed a technology transfer and technology forecasting team.
He then became a partner in the Hartford, CT business law firm of Pepe & Hazard LLP where he focused his practice on patent prosecution and litigation. He has led IP law departments at Olin Corp., Black & Decker Corp., and multi-national power and automation technology giant Asea Brown Boveri, Inc.
In 1999, Lerner assumed the position of Senior Vice President and General Counsel at General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property consulting firm focusing on IP strategy and valuation, IP portfolio management and valuation and of General Patent Corporation International (GPCI) a patent licensing and enforcement company focusing on assertive licensing and patent litigation on a contingency fee basis. He has also been a member of the Board of directors of GPCI since 2002. He is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).
Lerner also serves as an Adjunct Professor of Intellectual Property at the University of New Haven.
Lerner briefed and argued the design patent case In re Zahn[1], wherein the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held, as argued by Lerner, that “a design for an article of manufacture may be embodied in less than all of an article of manufacture.” The Court went on to note that the Manual of Patent Examining Procedure had an incorrect interpretation of the Court’s earlier decision in In re Blum. The Court stated its hope that this error would be corrected, as it was[2].
[edit] Publications (all co-authored by Alexander I. Poltorak)
- Essentials of Licensing Intellectual Property John Wiley & Sons, 2004 ISBN 0471432334
- Essentials of Intellectual Property John Wiley & Sons, 2002 ISBN 0471209422
- Основы интеллектуальной собственности ISBN 5-8459-0636-9 Russian translation of Essentials of Intellectual Property
- Strategic Auditing: The Key to Minimizing Litigation Bills" Corporateintelligence.com, September 2000
- Grain, Grain, Go Away examined major developments in lost profits Intellectual Property Worldwide, May 2000
- Corporate Officers and Directors Can Be Liable for Mismanaging Intellectual Property Patent Strategy & Management, May and June, 2000
- Introducing Litigation Risk Analysis Managing Intellectual Property, May 2001
[edit] References
Except where specifically noted, entire article sourced from the "About the Authors" section of the following two books:
- Poltorak, Alexander I. & Paul J. Lerner (2004). Essentials of Licensing Intellectual Property. John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0471432334
- Poltorak, Alexander I. & Paul J. Lerner (2002). Essentials of Intellectual Property. John Wiley & Sons, page vi. ISBN 0471209422
- ^ 617 F.2d 261; 1980 CCPA LEXIS 280; 204 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 988
- ^ http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/mpep/documents/1500_1502.htm
[edit] External links
- General Patent Corporation
- General Patent Corporation International
- Reviews of Essentials of Intellectual Property
- Russian translation of Essentials of Intellectual Property
- Review of Essentials of Intellectual Property by the Syracuse Science & Technology Law Reporter (SSTLR)
- Interview with the Wall Street Reporter, December 8, 2000, posted on the web site of the General Patent Corporation
- Presentation given by Paul Lerner at the 2004 annual meeting of the Licensing Executives Society.
