John C. Garvey | Attorney
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About John
John C. Garvey was born in Washington, D.C. in 1953. Mr. Garvey received a degree in electrical engineering from Duke University and a law degree from the George Washington University. He was admitted to membership in the Bar of the District of Columbia in 1979.
During his career, Mr. Garvey has worked extensively in the area of intellectual property client counseling including conducting infringement and validity studies in a wide variety of technologies including voice messaging equipment, cellular telephone technology, facsimile equipment, modems, fiber optic devices, semiconductors and photographic equipment. Mr. Garvey has experience in negotiating patent, trademark and copyright licensing and settlement agreements and product distribution agreements. Mr. Garvey also has experience in proceedings before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, and the International Trade Commission, and has experience in litigation in the U.S. Federal Courts with respect to a variety of technologies including cellular telephones, voice messaging equipment, fiber optics devices, printers and mail opening equipment.
Mr. Garvey has acquired broad experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications in a wide variety of technical areas, including communication systems; computers; high definition television; electronic circuits; semiconductors; numerically controlled machines; mechanical systems; photographic equipment and optical devices.
Mr. Garvey has been a speaker at the District of Columbia Bar Association and at a seminar for members of Japanese companies stationed in Washington on the issue of patent infringement in the United States. Mr. Garvey has also presented a seminar in Japan on the topic of multimedia. In addition, Mr. Garvey has given presentations at a number of companies in Japan on a variety of U.S. patent issues including infringement. Mr. Garvey has also been a guest speaker before the Canadian Bar Association on the topic of U.S. Patent Litigation. Mr. Garvey is an author of "Overview of an Infringement Analysis" Intellectual Property Management , Vol. 46, No. 8, August 1996; and "Recent Trends in the Patentability of Computer Related Inventions: Is a Method of Doing Business Patentable?", International Legal Strategy , Vol. V-11, November 1996.
Mr. Garvey is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the federal district and appellate courts of the District of Columbia, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
In addition to being a member of the American Bar Association, Mr. Garvey holds memberships in a number of other groups, including: the District of Columbia Bar Association, the Federal Circuit Bar Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Admission
District of Columbia
1979
Education
The George Washington University Law School
Staas & Halsey LLP Highlights
Intellectual Property, Business