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Richard D. Kelly
Senior Partner RICHARD D. KELLY is the firm's Managing Shareholder. He is a partner in the firm's Litigation Practice Group and a member of the firm's Board of Directors. In addition to litigation, he actively counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property matters. He has particular expertise in the impact of U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations upon intellectual property rights. In addition to district court experience, he practices extensively before the International Trade Commission. He also has extensive patent prosecution and patent interference experience.
Mr. Kelly joined the firm in 1975 after receiving his Law degree from the Catholic University of America. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Northeastern University in 1970. Upon graduation, he joined the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as an examiner.
Mr. Kelly is admitted to the Bar of Virginia and is licensed to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Supreme Court of Virginia, the Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Federal Circuits, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and numerous Federal district courts. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), the American Bar Association (Patent, Trademark, and Copyright and Litigation Sections) and the International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association.
Representative litigations in which Mr. Kelly has been lead counsel include:
- AFG Industries, Inc. and Asahi Glass Co. v. Cardinal IG Co., Inc.
- Ajinomoto Co. v. ChemGenes
- DyStar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. Deutschland KG v. C.H. Patrick Co. and Bann Quimica, Ltd
- George E. Fulhorst, d/b/a SAF-T-NET, USA v. Mitsubishi Motors Corp., et al.
- Multi-Tech Systems Inc. v. Net2phone, Inc.
- Ricoh Corp. v. Katun Corp.
- Smithkline Beecham v. Sumika Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd., et al
- Kyorin v. Teva
- Kyorin, Senju, and Allergan v. Apotex
- Marion Merrill Dow v. Interchem, Rhone Poulenc Rorer, Inc. and Orion Corporation Fermion
- Zambon Group S.p.A. v. Pfizer, Inc., Warner-Lambert, L.L.C., and Goedecke Aktiengesellschaft
- Zambon Group S.p.A. v. Teva
- Teva v. Moehs
Mr. Kelly also has extensive experience as lead counsel in §337 actions at the International Trade Commission including:
- In re Certain Polyetheresteramides
- Certain Diltiazem Hydrochloride and Diltiazem Preparations
- Certain Semiconductor Memory Devices and Products Containing Same
- Certain Salinomycin Biomass and Preparations Containing Same
- Certain Organic Photoconductor Drums and Products Containing Same
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