Robert J. Hess

Robert J. Hess prosecuted domestically patent, trademark and copyright applications and coordinated obtaining patent and trademark protection internationally. He has conducted patent studies concerning infringement, patentability, right-to-operate, trademark clearance and trade secret clearance. Representative technologies include the fields of energy production, telecommunications, ophthalmology, surgical implants, exercise and rehabilitation equipment, food preparation, sports equipment, timepieces, pad locks. He strategized patent and trademark disputes and have been instrumental in successfully resolving many in a cost efficient manner to the benefit of clients.

Prior to entering the field of patent law, Robert J. Hess worked as a mechanical engineer. The projects he helped engineer included nuclear power generation facilities, coal power generation facilities, co-generation facilities and college boiler rooms and ventilation systems. He helped engineer systems affecting energy conservation improvements, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, plumbing, mechanical piping support loads and provided various engineering directives at construction sites of power generation facilities.

FIRM AFFILIATIONS

Robert J. Hess is an independent contractor for the firm of Davidoff, Malito & Hutcher LLP. and for the firm of Nugent & Smith, LLP.

CONTINUING LEGAL EDUCATION ATTENDANCE/PARTICIPATION:

2009: 25th Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar; Tips and Strategies for Using the Patent Prosecution Highway

2008: What Every Lawyer Should Know About Intellectual Property Litigation

2007: Intellectual Property Owner's Association Annual Meeting

2006: 22nd Annual Joint Patent Practice Seminar, NJIPLA Patent Litigation, Nuts & Bolts CLE (Successful Lawyering, Personal Injury and Tort Law, Residential Real Estate, Wills, Trusts & Estates and Probate Court, Advanced Litigation: Tips Everyone Should Know, Basic Litigation I and II, Understanding the Recent Mammoth Changes in the Rules of Professional Conduct

2005: E-Discovery, 2005 Advanced PCT, Legal Ethics, Duty of Disclosure Update and In-house Perspective, 21st Annual Joint Patent Practice, SOX Mandates for Intellectual Property, Business Valuation Primer for Attorneys, NJIPLA Patent Litigation Seminar, What Every Officer & Director Should Know About D&O Liability

2004: Patent Claim Construction, Trademark Practice & Industrial Design Update

2003: Attorney-Client and Work Product Privileges, CLE Fall One-Day Program, Living With New Corporate Governance & Corporate Regime, Should the Ethical Rules Be Revised to Permit Ownership Interests By Non-Lawyers in Law Firms to Create Multidisciplinary Practices,

2002: Practicing Before the USPTO and EPO: Convergence or Divergence of US and European Law?, Attorney-Client and Work Product Privilege

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