• New York University School of Law, J.D.; Moot Court Board, Jessup International Law Moot Court Team; ASCAP Nathan Burkan Memorial Prize for Copyright Law;
  University of Washington - Seattle, Ph.D., History of Science and Technology; Thomas M. Power Prize; Smithsonian Institution Research Grant; Waller Fellowship;
  Cornell University, B.A., History, cum laude.

• Substantial experience litigating before Federal Circuit and District Courts throughout the United States.

Bob’s practice emphasizes all aspects of intellectual property litigation.  His experience also includes patent counseling, prosecution, and drafting infringement and patentability opinions.  His practice has involved a variety of technologies, including medical devices, chemical processing instrumentation, medical imaging equipment, automotive technology, semiconductor memory products, business methods, consumer products, sporting goods, and copyrighted photographs.

A Bigger Picture:

Before joining LL&A, Bob was a Principal in the litigation group in the Boston office of Fish & Richardson P.C., where he counseled clients on a variety of intellectual property matters and represented their interests in litigation in state and federal courts and in the prosecution of patents before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  The subject matter of his work has included tissue biopsy instruments, ligament suture anchors, artificial knees, dental implants, breast pumps, pharmaceutical handling and delivery systems, chemical purification and chromatography apparatus, automobile engines, medical imaging devices, semiconductor memory products, on-line financial service business methods, compact disc labeling machines, in-line roller skates, electrical lighting systems, construction and carpentry equipment, armored electrical cable, fire sprinkler systems, copyrighted photographs, and footwear trademarks. 

Bob’s litigation experience includes practice before both trial and appellate courts.  Bob argued before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to secure affirmance of summary judgment (that he also helped his client obtain) that thirty models of Rollerblade brand in-line roller skates did not infringe the Plaintiff’s patents.  The Court affirmed in a unanimous precedential opinion, V-Formation, Inc. v. Benetton Group S.p.A. et al., 401 F.3d 1307 (Fed. Cir. 2005), commenting on a cutting edge issue of the role of a patent’s cited prior art in construing the patent claims.  Others of Bob’s cases have been featured in publications including the New York Times and Fortune Small Business magazine.

In the May 2006 issue of Boston Magazine, Bob was recognized by Massachusetts Super Lawyers as a "Rising Star," a designation granted to approximately 2.5 percent of the best up-and-coming attorneys in the state.

Bob’s interest in intellectual property law grew out of his study of the history of invention and scientific discovery.  He began examining the history of science as an undergraduate at Cornell University, where he also undertook a broad education in the sciences.  Bob went on to earn a Ph.D. in the history of science and technology from the University of Washington.  Bob is the co-author of Instruments and the Imagination, a widely acclaimed book about the history of scientific instruments, which is published by Princeton University Press.

Bob is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts in Massachusetts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and he is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

When not working, Bob enjoys spending time with his family.  He and his wife Betsy, an artist and architect, have three children.  Bob has the good fortune of two left-handed sons and hopes that they will one day anchor the Red Sox pitching staff; he has already asked them if they can get him tickets (they are still in negotiations).