Michael R. Slobasky
Mr. Slobasky began his intellectual property experience by serving for
four years as a Patent Examiner of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
where his area of expertise was electrical communications. In 1972,
he was appointed a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice,
Antitrust Division, Patent Section, specializing in patent and antitrust
litigation relating to licensing and inequitable conduct issues. After
almost four years in this capacity, Mr. Slobasky entered private practice
with the Firm and has since been involved in all phases of intellectual
property law. Mr. Slobasky's particular area of expertise is in patent
litigation and licensing matters, having been involved in several patent
infringement trials covering all areas of technology, as well as extensive
patent preparation and prosecution in the electronic and computer arts.
Mr. Slobasky has also served as an expert witness in patent infringement
litigation and has argued several cases on appeal in the U.S. Court of
Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Background
Born:
Detroit, Michigan, 1945
Undergraduate Education:
Wayne State University B.S.E.E., 1967
Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu
Engineering Honorary Societies
Postgraduate Education:
George Washington University J.D., with honors, 1971
Order of the Coif, Legal Honorary Society
Admitted to Bar for:
Virginia 1972
District of Columbia 1972
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit 1978
U.S. Claims Court 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit 1981
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit 1982
U.S. Supreme Court 1993
Memberships:
The District of Columbia Bar
Virginia State Bar
American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
