Gerard O'Rourke

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Attorney at Law

Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

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Activities: Notable Presentations and Speaking EngagementsModerated Judges Panel and presented paper at Association of Corporate Patent Counsel Meeting in February, 2006

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Activities: EducationB

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Activities: , 1990, Johns Hopkins University

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Activities: , cum laude, 1993, Villanova University School of Law, Villanova Law Review

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Activities: Admitted to bar, 1994, Delaware

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Activities: Admitted to practice before the U

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Activities: District Court for the District of Delaware

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Activities: Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

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Activities: and the Supreme Court of Delaware

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Activities: He is also registered to practice before the U

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Activities: Patent and Trademark Office

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Activities: Vice Chair, Delaware State Bar Intellectual Property Section, 2005 &ndash

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Activities: Awards & HonorsListed in Best Lawyers in America for Intellectual Property Law, 2006 &ndash

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Activities: Organizations & AffiliationsIntellectual Property Owners Association

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Activities: American Intellectual Property Law Association

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Activities: Federal Circuit Bar Association

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Activities: Prior Legal ExperiencePartner, Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP, Wilmington, Delaware

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Activities: Representative Lead Counsel CasesSaint Clair v

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Activities: BenQ (D

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving cell phones)Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique v

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Activities: AU Optronics Corp

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Activities: Del

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving VA mode LCDs)Honeywell International, Inc

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Activities: AU Optronics Corp

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Activities: Del

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving diffusion films in LCDs)Guardian v

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Activities: AU Optronics Corp

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Activities: Del

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Activities: )(patent infringement compensation films in TN mode LCDs)Colida v

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Activities: BenQ, (S

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Activities: Cal

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving cell phone design)Ditzik v

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Activities: Mich

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving computer monitor design)F&G v

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Activities: Fla

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving computer mice)Rohm and Haas Co

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Activities: MicroBlend Technologies, (C

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Activities: Cal

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Activities: )(patent infringement paint on demand)Rohm and Haas Co

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Activities: Smiland Paint Company (C

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Activities: Cal

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving paint on demand)M & M Technologies, Inc

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Activities: Gurtler Chemicals, Inc

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving fluid repellents)Other Representative Cases with Technological AreaMcKesson Information Solutions, LLC v

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Activities: Epic Systems Corp

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving internet-based personal health pages)

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Activities: In re Elonex Phase II Power Management Litigation (D

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving power management in computer monitors)Versus Tech

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Activities: , Inc

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Activities: Radianse, Inc

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving RFID systems in health care area) ActivCard, S

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Activities: VASCO Data Security International, Inc

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving authentication tokens)M&M Technologies v

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Activities: Ecolab, Inc

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Activities: , (Minn

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Activities: Arbitration )(breach of contract relating to fluid repellents)Trolinder (Texas A&M) v

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Activities: Monsanto, (N

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Activities: Tex

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Activities: )(inventorship dispute involving transgenic cotton) Rhone-Poulenc v

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Activities: DeKalb Genetics, (M

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving transformed corn)Bayer AG v

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Activities: Housey Pharmaceuticals (D

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving screening method for drug candidates)Rohm & Haas v

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Activities: ActiChem (E

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Activities: Pa

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving biocides)Rohm & Haas Co

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Activities: Lonza (E

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Activities: Pa

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving biocides)Henkel Corp

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Activities: Allco (D

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Activities: )(patent infringement involving copper extractants) Representative Published DecisionsCommissariat A L&rsquo

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Activities: Energie Atomique v

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Activities: Samsung Electronics Co

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Activities: , Ltd

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Activities: , 430 F

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Activities: 2d 366 (D

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Activities: 2006)(granting motion to disclose information to clients)

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Activities: Pfizer Inc

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Activities: Applied Biotech, Inc

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Activities: , 2005 WL 2416982 (D

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Activities: 2005)(granting summary judgment of liability in Pfizer&rsquo

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Activities: s favor on breach of contract claim)

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Activities: Bayer AG v

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Activities: Housey Pharmaceuticals, Inc

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Activities: 2001)(granting motion to dismiss and construing scope of 35 U

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Activities: 2003)