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Practice Areas
Intellectual Property
Litigation
Education
Widener University School of Law, J.D. (1998)
Drexel University, B.S.E.E. (1992)
Admissions
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Memberships
Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Member, Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association Robert A. McKinley
Mr. McKinley's intellectual property practice spans patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets law. He concentrates his practice on intellectual property litigation (including Internet-related domain name disputes) and represents high technology companies in acquiring, managing and enforcing intellectual property rights.
Rob's litigation practice is founded upon his broad experience in transactional matters, such as prosecuting patent applications in the electrical, electromechanical and computer-related arts; prosecuting trademark applications; negotiating licensing agreements; and providing legal opinions on patentability, patent validity and infringement.
Areas of Practice
Intellectual Property Protection
Rob has represented a broad range of companies, serving as co-counsel in the following matters:
Planet Hollywood v. Hollywood Casino - Defense of Hollywood Casino in a trade dress infringement case in which Planet Hollywood alleged it suffered $300 million in damages as a result of Hollywood Casino's use of a Hollywood theme in its casinos in Mississippi, Louisiana and Illinois. After several days of testimony, the district court denied Planet Hollywood's claim for relief in its entirety.
Villanova University v. Villanova Alumni Educational Foundation - Representation of Villanova University in a lawsuit against its former booster club in which the University sought a preliminary injunction to prevent the club from using the names "The Wildcat Club" and "Villanova Alumni Educational Foundation" and variations thereon although the club had done so for 25 years without a written licensing. Accepting the University's argument that a licensing agreement should be implied, after a full evidentiary hearing, the court granted the injunction.
Chiswick, Inc. and Russell & Miller Inc. v. S. Walter Packaging Corporation - Defense of S. Walter Packaging in a dispute over the domain name "bagsandbows.com." Chiswick filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum claiming common law rights to the mark "BAGS & BOWS" and requesting that the Forum transfer the domain name "bagsandbows.com" from S. Walter Packaging to Chiswick. In a unanimous decision, the three-member panel denied Chiswick's request.
CIC Global v. Motorola - Representation of CIC Global (an Exelon Capital Partners and Orion Ltd. Company) in a patent infringement and trade secret misappropriation case against Motorola involving pre-payment electric meter technology. After the exchange of hundreds of thousands of pages of documents and the depositions of several key Motorola engineers and business people in Phoenix, Arizona, the case settled.
Dorland Corporation v. Dorland Data Networks - Representation of Dorland Corporation in a trademark infringement action in which Dorland sought a preliminary injunction to prevent Dorland Data Networks from using the marks "DORLAND" or "DHI," or any variation thereof, for advertising agency services for others. After a brief discovery period, defendant acknowledged Dorland Corporation's sole and exclusive rights to the "DORLAND" marks for such services and agreed to entry of a stipulation, approved by the court requiring it to cease its use of such marks for such services.
STERIS v. Bioquell - Representation of plaintiff STERIS in a patent infringement case involving hydrogen peroxide gas vaporizers used by pharmaceutical companies and others for bio-decontamination of instruments and rooms. After two months of discovery, and one week before the start of a preliminary injunction hearing, the other side stipulated to the entry of an Order prohibiting it from marketing its infringing product. Because such vaporizers are used to counter the current threat from SARS and bio-terrorism, the victory was a significant one for the client.
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