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Mr. Hanley's practice focuses on patent infringement litigation, but he has broad-based intellectual property litigation experience that includes trade secret, trademark, trade dress and design patent cases. In 2002, Mr. Hanley won a jury verdict of $47.5 million, the fourth largest jury verdict in an intellectual property case that year, as lead counsel for the plaintiffs in Applera Corp. v. Micromass UK Ltd. (D. Del. 2002).
Mr. Hanley has represented clients in cases spanning a variety of complex technologies, including mass spectrometry and other analytical instrument technologies, medical devices, telecommunications, computer hardware and software, and satellite systems. Mr. Hanley has appeared in federal courts in numerous jurisdictions around the country and has argued several cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Mr. Hanley also counsels and assists clients on issues relating to the validity, enforceability and infringement of intellectual property rights, and on the procurement and transfer of intellectual property. Notable clients Mr. Hanley has represented include Applera Corp., Airbus Industrie, Aesculap AG, Applied Materials, BAE Systems PLC, Boston Scientific Corp., Conner Peripherals, Medinol Ltd., MDS Sciex, Media 100, Oscar Mayer Foods Corp., PerkinElmer, Inc. and Pittards PLC.
Mr. Hanley is active in bar association work, especially the American Bar Association Sections on Litigation and on Intellectual Property, where he has served on committees on Federal Practice and Procedure and Industrial Design. He is also active in the Federal Circuit Bar Association and the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association. Mr. Hanley has presented papers and speeches on numerous topics relating to intellectual property litigation, such as the presentation of damages evidence to juries and managing discovery costs in patent litigation. He has served as an arbitrator in patent disputes. He is the Chair of Kenyon & Kenyon's Associates Committee.
Representative Cases
Federal Circuit Arguments
Applera Corp. v. Micromass UK Ltd. (2003)
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. v. Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (2001)
Oscar Mayer Foods Corp. v. ConAgra, Inc. (1994)
Trials
Northpoint Technology Ltd. v. MDS America,Inc. (S.D. Fla. 2003)
Applera Corp. v. Micromass UK Ltd. (D. Del. 2002)
Scimed Life Systems, Inc. v. Johnson & Johnson (D. Del. 2001)
Cordant Technology, Inc. v. Alliant Techsystems Inc. (D. Del. 1999)
Miles Inc. v. Cookson America, Inc. (Del. Chancery 1994)
Oscar Mayer Foods Corp. v. ConAgra, Inc. (W.D. Wisc. 1993)
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. First Nationwide Savings (S.D.N.Y. 1982)
Polaroid Corp. v. Eastman Kodak Co. (D. Mass. 1982)
Other Recent Cases
Waters Technologies Corp. v. Applera Corp. (D. Del.)
University of Manitoba v. Waters Technologies Corp. (D. Del.)
Aesculap AG & Co. KG v. Walter Lorenz Surgical, Inc. (N.D. Cal.)
Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. v. Scimed Life Systems, Inc. (S.D. Ind.)
Interactive Gift Express, Inc. v. Compuserve Inc. (S.D.N.Y., Fed. Cir.)
BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS New York
Registered Patent Attorney: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin
Professional Organizations
The American Bar Association Sections on Litigation and on Intellectual Property and past service on Industrial Design and Federal Practice and Procedure committees; the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association and the American Institute of Aeronautics. | 