Robert E. Pershes
Partner
Litigation
Intellectual Property

Practice Area And Professional Expertise

• Served as Vice President of the Firm’s Board of Managers.
  
  
• Registered Patent Attorney.
  
  
• Licensed Professional Engineer.
  
  
• Patent, Trademark & Copyright Infringement Litigation.
  
  
• Patent and Trademark Application Preparation & Prosecution.
  
  
• Patent Infringement & Validity Opinions.
  
  
• Proceedings before Patent and Trademark Trial and Appellate Boards.
  
  
• Construction Litigation.
  
  
• Specialist in patents having been registered to practice as a patent attorney by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  
  
• Has successfully led trial teams in patent, trademark and copyright infringement and ownership disputes in Florida, Texas, California, Pennsylvania and New York.
  
  
• Assists clients in the preparation of patent and trademark applications, their prosecution with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and Appeals before the Patent and Trademark Trial and Appeal Boards.
  
  
• Has represented inventors, manufacturers, distributors and importers on issues relating to infringement liability, validity opinions, licensing technologies, protecting trademarks and confidentiality obligations.
  
  
• Using Intellectual Property Audits, assists clients in management of intellectual property assets.
  
  
• Has utilized background as a licensed professional engineer to litigate numerous construction disputes for owners and contractors regarding public works, hospitals, Corps of Engineers.
  
  
• Recognized as one of the Top Lawyers in South Florida™ in the 2007 - 2010 editions of the South Florida Legal Guide.
  
  
• Recognized as one of Florida’s Super Lawyers™ in the 2007 edition of Law & Politics, as voted by his peers.
  
  
• Martindale - Hubbell Rating of AV, which indicates very high to pre-eminent legal ability and very high ethical standards as established by confidential opinions from the members of the Bar.

Presentations
Frequent lecturer for the Florida Bar and other organizations, he has addressed such topics as Copyright Infringement of Construction Plans, Understanding Critical Path Method and Architectural/Engineering Liability.

“Mechanics’ Lien Foreclosure,” Annual Construction & Litigation Seminar (March 4, 2009)

Education
New York University (LL. M., 1980)
New York Law School (J.D., 1976)
City College of the City University of New York (B.S., Engineering, 1969)

Courts & Bar Associations
Florida Bar (1980)
New York (1977)
United States District Court, Southern District of Florida – Trial Bar
United States District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado (2003)
United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Eleventh Circuits
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Court
United States Supreme Court
Registered: United States Patent and Trademark Office
Member: American Bar Association Forum Committee on the Construction Industry
Member: Florida Bar (Construction Law Committee)
Member: Florida Bar (Intellectual Property Committee)
Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Professional & Civic Affiliations
Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member: Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Professional Engineer: New York and New Jersey