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New York Copyright Litigation Lawyer
Overview
Eugene LeDonne is a partner in the New York office of Frommer Lawrence & Haug LLP. Eugene's practice encompasses all aspects of intellectual property.
Throughout his career, Eugene has handled complex intellectual property litigation at both the trial court and appellate levels. He has been involved in numerous suits concerning patent, trademark, copyright, trade-secret and related antitrust claims.
Eugene's practice also includes client counselling on patent prosecution and patent opinion matters. This aspect of his practice covers a broad range of industry sectors including optics, semiconductors, communications, medical devices, imaging, Internet applications and software.
Eugene has also served as a counselor and negotiator in a number of business settings. Throughout his career, Eugene has received significant settlement and licensing fees for his clients.
Prior to joining Frommer Lawrence & Haug, Eugene was a partner at Reed Smith LLP for over 9 years. While at Reed Smith, Eugene served as the Practice Group Leader of the Intellectual Property Group in the Firm's New York office.
Eugene received his JD from The American University Washington College of Law. Eugene also received a BS in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from West Virginia University.
About Eugene LeDonne
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Year Joined Firm
- 2010
Practice Areas
- Copyright Litigation
- Intellectual Property
- Japan Business Team
- Patent Litigation
- Technology
- Trade Secrets & Unfair Competition Litigation
- Advertising, Technology & Media
Representative Clients
- Allied Signal
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania, 1991
- New York, 1998
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York
Specialties and Certifications
- Registered to Practice Before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, United States Patent and Trademark Office
Other Affiliations
- New York State Bar (Member)
- New York Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law)
Past Positions
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Patent Counsel, 1993 - 1995
- Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Maspeak & Seas, Associate, 1991 - 1993
- McAulay, Nissen, Goldberg & Kiel LLP, - 1995
- Reed Smith LLP, Partner
Education
- American University, Washington College of Law, Washington, District of Columbia, 1991
J.D. - West Virginia University, 1986
M.B.A. - West Virginia University, 1985
B.S.
Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: Graduated First in his class
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Articles
Published Works
- Supreme Court Adopts a Broad and Flexible Test for Finding an Invention to be "Obvious", May 03, 2007
Office Information
Address
745 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10151
Phone
Fax
- (212) 588-0500
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