Robert R. Axenfeld
Principal

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Practice Areas

Patent Law and Patent Litigation
Intellectual Property
Commercial Litigation
Business Transactions

Practice Focus

Robert R. Axenfeld is a registered-patent attorney, and assists clients with intellectual-property (IP) matters throughout the United States and worldwide.  He has over two decades of in-house and private-practice experience in obtaining, litigating, and licensing patents, trademarks, copyrights, domain names, trade secrets, and other IP.

Robert has extensive experience assisting clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, including patent-application preparation and prosecution, trademark and service mark registration, trademark cancellation and opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and patent appeals before the Board of Appeals and Interferences.

He also has significant experience litigating patent, trademark, unfair competition and other IP cases throughout the United States.  Robert also has substantial experience reviewing, negotiating and drafting licenses and technology agreements.  Examples of such agreements include: patent licenses, software licenses, web-based agreements and policies, master-services, joint development, technology-transfer, marketing, manufacturing, distribution and development agreements.

Robert has represented clients in intellectual property matters involving a wide range of technologies and industries:

Aerospace	Energy	Military	Ophthalmic-Surgical Devices
Algae Filtration	Environmental	Mechanical	Paper
Apparel	Equine	Medical Equipment	Pharmaceutical
Beverage	Gas & Oil	Medical Devices	Power Systems and Devices
Communications	Information Services	Medical Systems	Processors
Computer	Insurance	Network Systems	Semiconductor
Education	Internet and Digital Media	Operating Room Equipment	Simulators
Electronics	Life Sciences	Optical	Software

 

Education

L.L.M., in Trial Advocacy, Temple University Beasley School of Law
J.D., Franklin Pierce Law Center
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Temple University

Bar and Court Admissions

Pennsylvania
Washington
District of Columbia
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
United States Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Points of Distinction

Robert has successfully litigated patent, trademark, and copyright infringement cases in federal court, as well as represented clients in trademark proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.  In one case, Robert discovered witness tampering on the part of an officer of a publically-traded company.  The discovery led to sanctions in excess of $1M dollars being awarded against the publically-traded company, and in favor of his client.  Other substantial successes (as either lead counsel or lead-patent counsel) include successfully defeating a motion for preliminary injunction for patent infringement against print-control companies, successfully defending ophthalmic-surgical-device companies against multiple patent infringement cases, and dismissing a trademark infringement action against an author and radio host.  In addition to IP litigation successes, Robert also served as in-house counsel to Unisys Corporation and Lucent Technologies, Inc., where he worked on over 100 intellectual property agreements and licenses.

Previous-Judicial Experience

While attending law school, Robert clerked as an Extern for the Honorable Alan D. Lourie of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.  He also interned for the Honorable Judge Martin F. Loughlin, and James R. Starr, Clerk of Court, both of the United States District Court, for the District of New Hampshire.

Publications/Speeches

“Business Methods: Are They Still Patentable?” The Legal Intelligencer, April 21, 2008.

"The Shifting Sands of § 101 and § 112 Requirements for Computer Program-Related Inventions," The International Lawyer, Vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 1994, pp. 29-45

"Overcoming 35 U.S.C. § 101 Rejections of Electronic and Computer Inventions," ABA Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, CLE Program, Spring, 1993;

"Preparing & Prosecuting Electronic & Computer Related Patent Applications: Overcoming Statutory Subject Matter Rejections," 33 IDEA 297, 1993.

Patents

Sole inventor on U.S. Patent Nos. 5,991,886 and 6,269,448

Contact Info:
Email:	raxenfeld@offitkurman.com
Office Phone:	267.338.1320
Fax Phone:	267.338.1335
Mailing Address:	Ten Penn Center 1801 Market Street Suite 2300 Philadelphia, PA 19103