Experience

Jim focuses his practice on pharmaceutical patent litigation, including “Hatch-Waxman” litigation, chemical patent litigation, and trademark litigation. He has experience in all phases of intellectual property law, and has practiced extensively in the chemical, biochemical, pharmaceutical and mechanical arts, and in the field of trademark, tradename and domain name protection. He has authored numerous validity and/or infringement opinions.

Education

• University of Michigan Law School
  Ann Arbor, Michigan
  J.D.
• Michigan Technological University
  Houghton, Michigan
  B.S., Chemistry

Bar Admissions

• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• All State and Federal Courts in Michigan
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for Federal Circuit, the Fifth Circuit, Sixth Circuit, and the Eighth Circuit

Professional Activities

Jim has served as a member of four judicial screening committees recommending meritorious candidates for appointments to the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan, and as an Intellectual Property Law Lecturer to the Federal Judiciary, for the Federal Judicial Center

Community Activities

• Michigan Tech Fund (Board of Trustees)
• Reformed Church (Elder)
• Aquinas College (Development Committee)
• Mel Trotter Mission (Board of Directors)
• Jonathan and David Diversity Fellowship
• Gerald R. Ford Council of the Boy Scouts of America (Board of Directors)