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Thomas J. Fisher is a partner in the firm's Litigation Practice Group. His focus is in litigating complex electrical and computer software patents in federal district courts and in § 337 proceedings before the ITC. Mr. Fisher has also practiced in the firm’s Electrical/Mechanical Department drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the areas of computer software, Internet-related technologies, e-commerce technologies including business method patents, digital communications, and telecommunications.
Prior to joining Oblon, Spivak, Mr. Fisher was an electrical engineer and has over twelve years of industry experience in the electrical engineering, software, and information technology areas, and owned and operated his own software consulting business. He has extensive engineering experience in developing software solutions for business and government applications, the development of modeling and simulation tools, analyst workstations, and real-time control systems including satellite ground systems and traffic control systems. He also has significant project management experience on large software development projects, as well as government contract procurement experience.
Practice areas/technologies:
Patent litigation
Electrical engineering
Software
Communications
Internet technology
Education:
University of Pittsburgh, Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering
George Mason University School of Law, Juris Doctor
Representative litigation matters:
Toshiba Corporation v. Juniper Networks, Inc. and Riverstone Networks Inc., representing Toshiba in case involving Internet routing technology
Tokyo Keiso, et al. v. SMC Corporation, et al., representing SMC in case involving ultrasonic flow meters
Certain Connecting Devices for Use with Modular Compressed Air Conditioning Units, Including Filters, Regulators, and Lublicators, representing SMC in a § 337 proceeding before the ITC involving connectors used in pneumatic control systems
France Telecom S.A. and U.S. Philips Corporation v. Novell, Inc., represented France Telecom in case involving cryptographic techniques used in digital signatures for network authentication
Emhart Glass, S.A. v. Bottero, S.P.A., Technology: represented Bottero in case involving software control of glass manufacturing process
Certain Semiconductor Memory Devices and Products Containing Same, represented Toshiba in a § 337 proceeding before the ITC involving semiconductor memories
Ricoh Corporation and Ricoh Company, Ltd. v. Pitney Bowes, Inc., representing Ricoh in a case involving the design of business office devices
Pitney Bowes, Inc. v. Ricoh Corporation and Ricoh Company, Ltd., representing Ricoh in a case involving multifunction printing devices
Bar admissions and professional affiliations:
Virginia State Bar
Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association
Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Member, IEEE's Computer Society
Other information:
Mr. Fisher lectures on U.S. patent law for the NDS Intellectual Property program at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
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20 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 397 Spring 2002 | 