James, Richard W.
Mr. James' primary area of practice is
intellectual property, including patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, litigation, negotiations, opinions, due diligence, and licensing.
Representative Experience
- Enforced patents he drafted and prosecuted in a series of suits in the Federal District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania resulting in large dollar and percent royalty licenses
- Defeated claim of patent infringement in the Federal District Court for the Southern District of Texas on summary judgment and went on to win damages for patent false marking claim against plaintiff at trial.
- Achieved trademark registration over opposition filed with the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board by a much larger and older entity
- Prosecuted intellectual property for a high tech start-up and its successor and drove sales of both those companies based on that intellectual property
- Assisted clients in designing around patents for major, successful product releases; prepared non-infringement opinions for many of those products, none of which have been opposed
- Drafted and prosecuted United States and foreign patent applications in a wide range of technologies, including automated systems, computer systems, electronic devices and mechanical devices
- Overcame rejections in a variety of difficult trademark applications
Education
- Duquesne Univesity Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1997
- Executive Article Editor of Duquesne Law Review Volume 35
- Published in Duquesne Law Review Volume 34, Case Note for Qualitex Co. v Jacobson Products Co.
- Corpus Juris Secundum Award for Scholastic Excellence in Torts
- American Jurisprudence Award for Excellent Achievement in the Study of Torts
- Geneva College, B.S. in Industrial Engineering, 1985
- Graduated first in class of Industrial Engineers
Admissions
- Pennsylvania State Bar
- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania Supreme Court
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Other
- Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association, Former Board Member
- Borough of Churchill, Former Councilman
- Former Vice President of Operations for Voltec, Inc.
- Responsible for production of critical laboratory automation products, project management, application engineering and field operations
- Former Principal Engineer for Honeywell, Inc.
- Designed systems for more than 100 automation projects including the automation of all facilities at Pittsburgh International Airport, a site with a single integrated system of more than 20,000 points
- Received a dozen Honeywell awards including national recognition with his group's highest technical honor
- Allen Bradley Certified