Committees and Board of Governors

International and Foreign Practice

international@bpla.org

Eric Raciti

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Keith Wood

Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

Invented Here!

inventedherecommittee@bpla.org

Mark B. Solomon

Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds

Rory Pheiffer

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Aaron Connor

Reza Sadr

Pierce Atwood LLP

Contested Matters

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Rachel Emsley

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Andrej Barbic

WilmerHale LLP

Ethics and Grievances

ethics@bpla.org

Michael Heyison

WilmerHale LLP

Matthew Van Eman

McCarter English, LLP

Vice President

Rory Pheiffer

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

vice-president@bpla.org

Amicus

amicus@bpla.org

Sandra J. Badin

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C.

Leslie McDonell Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner

Heather Repicky

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Law School

lawschool@bpla.org

Susan Montgomery

Northeastern University

Andrew Beckerman Rodau

Suffolk University Law School

Business & Marketplace

businessandmarket@bpla.org

Jeremy Bond

Sanofi

Daniel Lev

Pierce Atwood LLP

Antitrust

antitrust@bpla.org

Susan Glovsky

Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

Lawrence Cogswell

Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

Board of Governors

Medical Devices

medicaldevices@bpla.org

David Lane

Johnson & Johnson

Lisa Adams

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, PC

Biotechnology

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Daniel Young Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Bo Han

WilmerHale LLP

Chemical Patent Practice

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John Hobgood

WilmerHale LLP

Rebecca M. McNeill

McNeill Baur PLLC

Corporate (In-House) Practice

inhouse@bpla.org

Jennifer Sieczkiewicz

Biogen Idec Inc..

AIPLA Moot Court

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Emma Hall

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

Carolina Save

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, P.C.

Immediate Past-President and Board Member

Gregory Sieczkiewicz

MPM Capital

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Computer Law

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Josh Matloff

Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

Lawrence Stanley

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Secretary

Michael Bergman

Bergman & Song LLP

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Board Member

Michael R McGurk

DLA Piper LLP (US)

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Licensing

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Michael Pratt

Boston University

William Worden

Pierce Atwood LLP

President-Elect

Monica Grewal

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

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President

Erik Paul Belt McCarter & English LLP

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Litigation

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Wendy Plotkin

Biogen Idec Inc.

Jeremy Younkin

Foley Hoag LLP

Treasurer

Deirdre Sanders

Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, PC

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Case Law

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Leslie Meyer-Leon

IP Legal Strategies

DavidThibodeau

Cesari and McKenna LLP

Committees

Activities and Public Relations

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Keith Toms

McCarter & English, LLP

Board Member

Nikhil Patel

Burns & Levinson LLP

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Michael Bevilacqua

WilmerHale LLP

Allison Trzo

WilmerHale LLP

Board Member

Daniel W. Young

Wolf Greenfield & Sacks P.C.

board@bpla.org

Volume 47, Issue 2

NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE

Patent Law

patents@bpla.org

Konstantin Linnik

Nutter McClennan & Fish LLP

Lin Hymel

Posternak Blankstein & Lund LLP

Pro Bono

probono@bpla.org

Sandra Brown

McCarter English LLP

Chelsea Loughran

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Patent Office Practice

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Sean Coughlin

Lathrop & Gage LLP

Emily Whelan

WilmerHale LLP

Nicole Palmer

Lando & Anastasi, LLP

New Lawyers, Law Students & Technology Specialists

newlawyers@bpla.org

Kevin MacDonald

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

Michael DeGrazia

McCarter English, LLP

Trademarks and Unfair Competition

trademarks@bpla.org

Josh Dalton

Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

Lori Shyavitz

McCarter & English, LLP

Trade Secrets Law

tradesecrets@bpla.org

Elias Domingo

Covidien

Adam Samansky

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Table of Contents

President's Message by Erik Belt

Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Alice: Making Step Two Work

Grant Submissions and Novelty: A Catch-22 for Startups

When are Method/Device Hybrid Claims Indefinite?

Update on the Patent Pro Bono Program of New England and Call For Volunteer Attorneys!

Saved by the Date? Is Your Pre-AIA Patent Still At Risk for AIA Post Grant Review?

Index

6th annual Invented Here! Announcement

BPLA Sponsors the New England Innovation Award Program of Smaller Business Association of New England (SBANE)

Report on the Giles Rich Moot Court Competition

BPLA Writing Competition Accepting Entries

Annual Judges' Dinner

IP Roundtable with Chief Judge Saris

Significant changes to the rules related to european trademarks ¡v three things you should know

What/where/when/why/how do I include this sequence in a sequence listing?

Members on the move

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Member Companies and Firms are Encouraged to Utilize BPLA’s Career Center

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