Robert D. Katz has been practicing intellectual property law for over 30 years, and his practice has encompassed virtually every aspect of intellectual property law. He has been first chair in a large number of patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, and trade secret cases including jury trials, and has also handled arbitrations and mediations. He has obtained and opposed preliminary injunctions and briefed and argued appeals in State and Federal Courts throughout the country. Robert has also handled patent interferences, reissues, and reexamination proceedings as well as trademark oppositions and cancellations in the United States Patent and Trademark Office. In addition to his active litigation practice, he has counseled clients on patent and trademark validity and infringement issues, has negotiated and drafted numerous license agreements, and has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in many different areas of technology. Those technologies emphasize inorganic and organic chemistry, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, but also include medical devices, materials science, polymer chemistry, nanotechnology, semiconductors, nuclear energy, and green energy. He was selected as a charter member of the prestigious Conner Inns of Court and has had an AV rating for excellence from Martindale Hubbel for many years, the highest rating from his peers. He has served as an expert witness in several patent and trademark cases. He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (Chair, Biotech Patent Appeals Committee), the New York Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Robert has also lectured on intellectual property law at Stern Graduate School of Business at New York University, Columbia University School of Business, University of Hong Kong, and Chinese University of Hong Kong. He has taught a course on Advanced Patent Prosecution and Amendment Practice at the Practicing Law Institute. He received his B.A. degree in Chemistry from Columbia University and his J.D. degree from Case Western Reserve University, where he was an Editor of the Law Review. He is admitted to the New York and Illinois State Bars; the United States Supreme Court; the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the Northern District of Illinois (Trial Bar); and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth and Federal Circuits. He is a registered patent attorney.