Eric Hubbard provides clients with over 20 years of experience litigating complex patent infringement and other intellectual property matters, licensing patents, and representing clients in reexaminations before the USPTO. Eric has provided effective and efficient legal solutions for clients from diverse industries ranging from medical devices, electronics, and semiconductor processing to biotechnology and industrial chemical processing. Industry heavyweights from around the globe, including GN Resound (hearing aids), Ricoh (multifunction printers) and Honeywell (respiratory protection devices) trust Eric to lead their significant multi-patent infringement litigations.
Representative Clients and Matters
- Auditory Licensing v. GN Resound, et al. On-going multi-defendant litigation involving three patents directed to digital hearing aid technology.
- Infinity Computer Products, Inc. v. Ricoh Americas, et al. Lead counsel in on-going multi-defendant litigation involving patents directed to facsimile machines that also can perform functions including scanning and printing.
- 3M v. Sperian Protection Americas, et al. Lead attorney in on-going litigation over seven patents on disposable respiratory protection devices.
- Pernod Ricard USA LLC v. Bacardi USA Inc. Lead counsel in a bench trial of false advertising claims concerning the labeling of rum products.
- NBA v. Motorola. Litigation concluded after successful appeal to the 2nd Circuit which transformed the law of misappropriation in the digital information age. Motorola defeated misappropriation, trademark and copyright infringement claims directed to its “SportsTrac” pager, which provided the scores and statistics of NBA basketball games in “real time.”
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Education
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JD, cum laude, The University of Michigan Law School, 1987
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BA (Chemistry), Hope College, 1984
Bar Admissions
- New York
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Courts
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Memberships & Affiliations
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- New York Intellectual Property Law Association
- VPP German Patent Practitioners Association
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