Overview
John Abramic是一位经验丰富的专利诉讼律师，能为客户处理复杂的知识产权纠纷，是美国联邦地区法院和仲裁的首席律师。John不仅在处理制药和医疗器械行业的争议方面经验丰富（包括Hatch-Waxman诉讼）、备受认可，其工作内容也涉及各种技术领域诉讼，如化学品、电子产品、机械设备和计算机软件等。客户和同行称赞他“对医疗器械和制药行业有深刻的了解、在审判期间充满信心非常可靠、作为诉讼律师能力突出以及他的领导素质和创新思维。”
John曾在超过15个核准后复审程序中代表客户，并经常代表专利申请人和专利所有人出席专利审判和上诉委员会（PTAB）的多方复审（IPR）程序。他还曾在联邦巡回上诉法院进行过答辩，并代表客户多次针对专利诉讼和知识产权诉讼提起上诉。
- Illinois
- Supreme Court of the United States
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Trial Bar
- US District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- US Patent & Trademark Office
- J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2001, with high honors; Order of the Coif; Chicago-Kent Law Review
- B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1997, with honors, Chemical Engineering
Areas of Work
Speaking Engagements
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"Changes at the PTAB Since the GAO Report on PTAB Oversight of APJ Decision Making," 2024 LES Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, October 22, 2024
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"Anticipating the Impact of AI on Drug Discovery and Future Hatch-Waxman Litigation," ACI's The Hatch-Waxman Practitioners Think Tank on Paragraph IV Disputes, Chicago, IL, October 16, 2024
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"The Effects of Heightened Enablement, Written Description and Patent Eligibility Standards on the Licensing and Commercialization of Life Science Inventions," Licensing Executives Society (LES) 2023 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October 16, 2023
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"Understanding the Federal Circuit's Application of the Blocking-Patent Doctrine Post Acorda," ACI's Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium, Chicago, IL, October 4, 2019
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"Obviousness at the PTAB," 14th Annual Door County Intellectual Property Academy, Door County, WI, July 11, 2019
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"PTAB Pharmaceutical Patent Invalidity Round-Up: Update on Wins, Losses, Appeals and the Latest Estoppel Considerations and Concerns," ACI's Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium, Chicago, IL, October 3, 2018
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"PTAB Pharmaceutical Patent Invalidity Round-Up: Update on Wins, Losses, Appeals and Supreme Court Activity," ACI's Paragraph IV Disputes Master Symposium, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2017
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"Willful Infringement After Halo: Back to the Future?," FCBA, March 15, 2017
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"Deciphering the On-Sale Bar: Clarifying 'Public Use' Under Section 102," ACI, September 19, 2016
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"Patent Litigation 2016: The Courts and the PTAB," FCBA, April 28, 2016
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"Paragraph IV Disputes," ACI, September 30, 2015
News & Publications
Press Releases
Steptoe Represents Sisecam in Acquisition of All Remaining Shares from the Ciner Group
January 3, 2025
Press Releases
Steptoe Receives Nine Individual, Four Practice Mentions in IAM Patent 1000
June 6, 2024
Press Releases
Steptoe Secures $4 Million Trial Win for American Axle After Years-Long Patent Battle
February 2, 2024
Press Releases
July 20, 2023
Press Releases
May 10, 2023
Press Releases
Steptoe Secures $40 Million Win on Behalf of Express Mobile in Patent Dispute
September 2, 2022
Press Releases
Steptoe Secures Another PTAB Victory for Trustees of Dartmouth College in Patent Dispute
August 10, 2022
Press Releases
Steptoe Receives 12 Individual, Four Practice Mentions in IAM Patent 1000
June 30, 2022
Events
Noteworthy
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IAM专利1000，诉讼：伊利诺伊州（2014年-2018年）
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伊利诺伊州“超级律师”，知识产权诉讼（2015年-2018年）
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伊利诺伊州“超级律师”，“新星”（2014年）
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法律出版公司（LBPC），《值得关注的40名40岁以下的伊利诺伊律师》（2012年）
Professional Affiliations
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义务计划，伊利诺伊州北部地区审判律师
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芝加哥大都会法律援助基金会