Education
New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, B.S., Ceramic Engineering, 1982
Franklin Pierce Law Center, J.D., 1985
Biography
Douglas A. Miro litigates patent, trademark, unfair competition and trade secret cases in district and appellate courts throughout the country. Mr. Miro is involved in patent litigation and patent prosecution in a wide variety of arts, including mechanical, electrical, ceramics, steel making, refractories, medical devices, and Internet related technologies. He counsels businesses and hospitals on a broad range of intellectual property issues, including establishing intellectual property programs, and on licensing and technology transfer matters. Mr. Miro also works in other intellectual property fields including copyrights, deceptive trade practices, and in all phases of intellectual property litigation.
Admissions
United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1984
New York State, 1986
United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 1988
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1990
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, American Ceramic Society, and Executive Committee, New York State Bar Association, Intellectual Property Section – Co-Chair of Trade Secret Section
Selected Publications
Fraud On The Trademark Office? A New Standard Of Proof May Have Eliminated It, APLF Website, November 18, 2009 [Read Article]
Sea Change for Attorney-client Privilege, Quoted in CFO.com, April 17, 2007
[View PDF]
Game and Toy Creation - Part 2 - Protecting Your Idea, Quoted in TDmonthly, August, 2006 Vol. V - No. 8 [View PDF]
Day of Reckoning In BlackBerry Courtroom Drama, Quoted in IPLaw360 - Portfolio Media, Feb. 23, 2006 [View PDF]
Only One In Ten Patent Lawsuits Decided At Trial: Survey, Quoted in IPLaw360 - Portfolio Media, Feb. 16, 2006 [View PDF]
BlackBerry Users Can Relax: NTP Won't Shut You Down, Quoted in The Washington Post, December 12, 2005 [View PDF]
A Blackberry Squeeze, Quoted in Bloomberg News Nov. 30, 2005 and in Newsday, Dec. 1, 2005 [View PDF]
Cases applying 'TrafFix' focus on functionality, The National Law Journal - Monday, October 23, 2003. [View PDF]
Who Owns the Invention, You or the Person You Hired, e-Patent Litigation Report , January, 2001 [View PDF]
Recently quoted in Bloomberg News (and nationwide newspapers that picked up the story), Washington Post and IPLAW 360 on the NTP v. Blackberry case and other issues.
Awards and Honors
New York "Super Lawyers" for IP, 2006 & 2009
Keramos Honor Society, New York State College Of Ceramics at Alfred University 1981
Lectures
Lecturer - Social Media - Get in The Game!
Professional Women in Healthcare Trade Organization, Port Jefferson, NY July 2009
Lecturer - Intellectual Property Litigation Basics & Basic Litigation Tools
NYSBA Intellectual Property Law Section, CLE, Hauppauge, NY May 2008.
Presenter, Intellectual Property Protection Strategies, NYSBA Intellectual Property Law Section, Fall Meeting at Lake George, October 2006.
Moderator, Panel Discussion on Injunctive Relief in Patent Cases, Was eBay Correct?, NYSBA Intellectual Property Law Section, Fall Meeting at Lake George, October 2006.
Co-Chair of NYSBA Intellectual Property Law Section Roundtable, Managing Your Intellectual Property Arbitration, October 2006.
Faculty Member, Practicing Law Institutes (“PLI”) Program on Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution, 2001-2008.
Lecturer, Bridge the Gap IP Program, Long Island Marriott, Uniondale, New York, October 2005.
Lecturer, PLI Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2004: A Boot Camp for Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing.
Moderator, Panel Discussion, the Supreme Court’s Festo Decision: the Doctrine of Equivalents Survives - the Festo Debate and its Impact on U.S. Patent Laws and Practice, NYSBA Intellectual Property Law Section, Fall Meeting at Lake George, October 2004.
Lecturer - Ethical Issues in Patent and Trademark Searching and Written Opinions. NYSBA Intellectual Property Law Section, Fall Meeting at Lake George, October 2004.
Other
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