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Eric Lucas
Biography
Eric is a registered patent attorney with a technical background in computer science.
While much of his work does involve complex patent infringement litigation, he has also litigated copyright infringement and trade secret misappropriation claims, as well as matters involving fraud, breach of contract, and various other business torts.
Eric has significant trial and appellate experience around the country in various federal and state courts, as well as before the International Trade Commission and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Eric also advises clients on various intellectual property matters, including issues involving trademark and trade dress, art law, designing around patents, and avoiding copyright infringement of proprietary source code.
Practice areas
- Intellectual property litigation
- Intellectual property
Selected experience
- Volkswagen Group of America in winning first-of-its kind writ of mandamus from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacating WDTX denial of motion to dismiss or transfer for improper venue. Dealerships in WDTX not proven to be agents of Volkswagen.
- Nichia Corporation, as lead counsel, in a 3-patent ITC Investigation in which all asserted claims were found not infringed, not supportive of a technical domestic industry, and/or invalid.
- Nichia Corporation in winning motion to dismiss in C.D. Cal., invalidating asserted LED patent for lack of written description and indefiniteness.
- SS&C as plaintiff in trade secret litigation, resulting in $44M jury award, plus fees, against a key competitor.
Education
- B.S., Computer Science, George Mason University, 2011
- J.D., University of Maryland, 2014
Admissions
- Attorney-at-Law, New York, U.S., 2015
- Patent Attorney, United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2017
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 2017
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, 2017
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2017