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September 22, 2008
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Janet Linn Strengthens Eckert Seamans’ Growing Intellectual Property Practice
The national law firm of Eckert Seamans Cherin and Mellott, LLC recently
announced that attorney Janet B. Linn has joined the firm’s White Plains office as a
Member, bolstering its growing Intellectual Property practice.
"We are very happy to have Janet join us at Eckert Seamans," said Steven
R. Kramer, Member-in-Charge of the firm's White Plains office. "She has a wonderful
depth of knowledge and experience in patent litigation and trademark
prosecution, and will be a great addition to our intellectual property
team."
Ms. Linn’s practice covers the full range of intellectual property law,
including patent, trade secrets, trademark, unfair competition, copyright, false
advertising and related antitrust issues. She has litigated cases in a
broad spectrum of technologies, from consumer products, computer programs, and
medical devices, to gas turbines and noise cancellation headphones. In
addition, Ms. Linn has substantial experience in trademark prosecution and inter
partes proceedings, copyright registration and appeals to the Copyright Office.
Before joining Eckert Seamans, she was a partner in the New York City offices
of intellectual property boutique Hopgood Calimafde, and more recently,
Morgan Lewis & Bockius.
Ms. Linn has particular expertise in pharmaceutical patent litigation under
the Hatch-Waxman Amendments, and the interplay between FDA and patent law,
having litigated Hatch-Waxman cases for more than fifteen years. In the
pharmaceutical area, she has litigated and been trial counsel in patent, trade
secret and antitrust litigations; advised on patent prosecution, Orange Book
listings, and Citizen’s Petitions; performed pre-litigation audits; and provided
patent validity and infringement opinions to pharmaceutical companies as well as
financial institutions following pharmaceutical patent issues.
Active in the profession, she is a member of the Patents Committee of
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, and Women in Intellectual Property,
and is a frequent author and lecturer on intellectual property issues. For
the past three years, Ms. Linn has been recognized by her peers as one of
New York’s
Super Lawyers®, ranking among the top five percent of
attorneys practicing in the state.
Ms. Linn earned her LL.M. in Trade Regulation from the New York University
School of Law in 1983 and her J.D. in 1977 from the State University of New York
at Buffalo School of Law, where she served as editor of the Buffalo Law
Review. In addition, she earned a Masters of Arts degree from the
University of Wisconsin in 1974 and her undergraduate degree from
the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1972.
She is admitted to practice in New York and
before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. District
Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.
About Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC (www.eckertseamans.com), a national law firm with ten offices throughout the eastern United States, provides a full range of legal services nationwide to businesses of all sizes, institutions, municipalities, colleges and universities, government agencies and individuals. Its practice areas encompass litigation, including mass tort and products liability litigation, corporate and business law, intellectual property law, labor and employment relations, aviation law, bankruptcy and restructuring, employee benefits, environmental law, construction law, municipal finance, real estate, and tax and estate law. Eckert Seamans has offices in Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Philadelphia, West Chester and Southpointe, Pennsylvania; Wilmington, Delaware; Morgantown, West Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and White Plains, New York.
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