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James Murphy

Shareholder

Polsinelli PC

James Murphy, a Shareholder at Polsinelli, has successfully represented clients in all facets of intellectual property with a focus on practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). James has been involved in hundreds of contested Patent Office proceedings including inter partes review, covered business method review, post-grant review, and reexamination.  James has equally represented both patent owners and petitioners giving him unique insights into the process.

By focusing his practice on Patent Office post-grant review proceedings and the complexities associated with those processes, James has developed and implemented numerous strategies to leverage these proceedings with regard to licensing, infringement litigation, Hatch Waxman, and International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings.

In addition to his experience in post-grant proceedings, James uses his combined legal and business background to assist in-house counsel and company executives in developing their IP and corporate strategies to help protect market share and minimize exposure to risk.

He has assisted clients in a variety of technical areas, including:

  • Smartphones
  • Computer networking
  • Video games
  • Semiconductors
  • Proteomics
  • Real time PCR
  • Single cell diagnostics
  • Smart grid and energy management

James also takes an active role in counseling start-up companies from helping with corporate structure and planning, to advising on intellectual property strategies and assisting them with funding rounds from seed to Series A and beyond.

Recent Articles by James Murphy

Patent Office Updates the Trial Practice Guide

The Patent Office has begun a planned series of updates to the Practice Guide, with the first such update having been released in August 2018. The August 2018 Practice Guide updates are intended to bring the Practice Guide into conformance with the Patent Office’s current view on best practices. Importantly, these updates do not generally reflect new practices, but rather appear to gather in one place the analysis used by existing PTAB decisions in determining commonly disputed procedural issues.

Past Events with James Murphy

PTAB Masters™ 2022

January 24–27, 2022

IPWatchdog Virtual PTAB Masters™ 2022

January 24, 2022 @ 10:30 am - January 27, 2022 @ 4:30 pm EST