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Benjamin E. Leace

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Intellectual Property Litigation Practice Group Co-Leader

P: 610 993 4208
King of Prussia, PA
Philadelphia, PA
 
 
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  • A preliminary injunction in the U.S. and coordination of a multinational effort to stop the misappropriation of a global trademark.
  • A declaratory judgment assertion of invalidity and non-infringement involving digital medical record storage and retrieval.
  • The defense of a patent lawsuit involving personal heart monitors/ electrocardiographic monitoring.
  • The defense of trademark, copyright and trade secret claims against a regional banking entrepreneur brought by a multinational bank.
  • The assertion of a patent involving electromagnetic monitoring of concrete pressure pipes.
  • The assertion of a patent involving acoustical monitoring of structures.
  • The defense in two patent lawsuits involving cough cold medicines.
  • The assertion of utility and design patents and trademarks in multiple lawsuits against infringers/knockoffs in the portable lighting field.
  • The assertion of trademarks in the evaporative cooling/humidifier field.

  • Selected Speaking Engagements

    •              Benjamin Leace Presents at Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association’s Kickoff Meeting

    •              Benjamin E. Leace Presents at PBI’s 2019 Intellectual Property Law Institute

    •              Benjamin E. Leace Receives PBI’s 9th Annual Arthur Seidel Distinguished IP Services Award

    •              Benjamin E. Leace & Christopher H. Blaszkowski Present at PBI’s 2018 Intellectual Property Law Institute

    •              Benjamin E. Leace & Christopher H. Blaszkowski Present Impact of Broadest Reasonable Interpretation in Inter Partes Review at Intellectual Property Law Institute

    •              Shareholders Present at In-House Counsel CLE Seminar

    •              Shareholder Presents at PBI’s Fourth Annual IP Law Institute

    •              Attorneys Participate in PBI’s 3rd Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute

    •              Shareholder Speaks at Advanced Seminar on Trademark Law


  • Selected Publications 

    •              Discretionary Denials Gain Momentum at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board

    •              Litigation Team Secures Serial Wins from the PTAB Upholding Patentability

    •              Federal Circuit Paves the Way for Easier Claim Amendments During Inter Partes Review

    •              IPR: Statistics Continue to Favor Petitioner’s Perspective

    •              Will Patent Reform Legislation Curb “Abusive” Litigation? – A Look at Fee-Shifting and Enhanced Pleading Under H.R. 9 and S. 1137

    •              One Year After Octane Fitness – Is Fee-Shifting An “Exceptional” Risk For Patent Trolls?

    •              Curiouser and Curiouser – Is Alice The Long Sought Troll Killer?

    •              Liability for Induced Infringement Requires a Direct Infringer

    •              Corrections to America Invents Act Signed Into Law

    •              Board Rules in favor of API Cryptek, Inc. vs. Rubicon Communications

    •              Shareholder Benjamin E. Leace Becomes PIPLA President

    •              Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Expands Attorney-Client Privilege to Protect both Client-to-Attorney Communications and Attorney-to-Client Communications

    •              United States Supreme Court May Make it Easier to Invalid Patents

    •              The Impact of Intervening Rights on Strategies for Reissue and Reexamination

    •              How Reexamination Proceedings at the USPTO Impact the Strategy and Conduct of Patent Litigation

    •              Streamlight Inc. vs TerraLUX Inc.

    •              Federal Discovery Rules Amended – No “Disk” Left Unturned

    •              Supreme Court Mandates Deferential Review of Underlying Factual Findings in Claim Construction