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"Dariush Keyhani is a founding member of the law firm of Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC, a boutique law firm that focuses its practice on intellectual property matters. Mr. Keyhani heads the litigation practice of the firm and consults clients on all aspects of intellectual property law. At any given time, Mr. Keyhani is lead counsel in multiple intellectual property related litigation/disputes in U.S. federal courts around the country and has regularly achieved favorable results defending and enforcing intellectual property rights of domestic and international clients. Prior to forming Meredith & Keyhani, PLLC, Mr. Keyhani was invited to serve as a visiting professor of intellectual property law at the National University in South Korea where he taught graduate law courses in intellectual property law to examiners at the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). He also previously worked at the international law firm of Pillsbury Winthrop LLP as well other highly regarded Manhattan and New York law firms where he focused on intellectual property litigation matters. Mr. Keyhani was also the founder and first Editor-in-Chief of the Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal that is now subscribed to by the leading law schools in the United States and is regularly cited. Mr. Keyhani regularly publishes in academic law journals as well as trade journals on a variety of intellectual property law, international, and civil procedure issues and is regularly invited as a guest speaker and panelist at international forums on intellectual property law. Mr. Keyhani serves as an adjunct on the faculty of SUNY Buffalo School of Law where he teaches courses on intellectual property law and litigation. Mr. Keyhani is admitted in the Southern District of New York, Eastern District of New York, and Western District of New York, New Jersey District Court and NJ Bar and is regularly admitted pro hac vice in federal courts around the country. Mr. Keyhani is bilingual and proficient in multiple languages. Of Counsel Tel: 716.853.5100 Fax: 716.853.5199 Practice Areas: Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Education: LL.M. (Intellectual Property Law), New York University School of Law (candidate) J.D., State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law M.S., Molecular Immunology, University of Rochester School of Medicine M.S. Ed., University of Rochester Graduate School of Education B.A., Cum Laude , University of Rochester Admitted To Practice: New Jersey Eastern District of New York Southern District of New York Western District of New York New Jersey District Court Professional Associations: Member of the American Bar Association Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association Representative Publications Academic publications: In progress, Personal Jurisdiction and Intellectual Property Infringement over the Internet (article); Bulova Wrongly Decided: A Case against Extraterritoriality of Trademark Law, 6 CHI. KENT J. INTELL. PROP. _____ (forthcoming, 2007); U.S. Patent Law and Extraterritorial Reach, Vol 7, TUL. J. TECH. & INTELL. PROP. 2005; 35 U.S.C. 287(c) and Patent Infringement of Medical Procedure Patents, Vol 3, BUF. INTEL. PROP. J. 2005 (co-author); A Comparative Look at Jurisdiction, Extraterritoriality & Cyberspace, Journal of American-Canadian Studies, spring 2003 (Chungnam National University Press). Professional/trade publications:Intellectual Property: What's hot in 2006? New Jersey Lawyer , Dec. 26, 2005. Biotech start-ups & the Importance of an effective patent Strategy. SiliconIran , June/July 2002." | 