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Dr. Orlando Lopez

Dr. Orlando Lopez

Partner

Office Phone: 617.345.3243
Location: Boston, MA
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Bar Admissions:

Massachusetts
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Experience:

Prior to joining Burns & Levinson LLP in January 2006, Dr. Lopez was with the firm Perkins Smith & Cohen LLP. In his practice, Dr. Lopez concentrates on helping his clients, which range from individual inventors to large multinational corporations and universities, identify and protect their intellectual property and build their patent portfolios. He applies his broad technical expertise and his experience in intellectual property to counsel his clients. Dr. Lopez has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in diverse areas of technology such as nanotechnology, optics, quantum optics, software, business methods, telecommunications, wireless applications, electronic imaging, mechanical and physical devices.

Dr. Lopez has over twenty five years of experience at various high technology companies, including Polaroid, Data General, Control Data, and Science Applications., as a technical manager, program manager, engineer and researcher. His experience spans from managing product design projects, managing complex research teams involving software, IC design, optics, mechanics and electronics to being an active researcher in areas from magnetic and optical recording and electromagnetic effects to imaging science. He has broad knowledge in a variety of engineering and physical science disciplines including physical devices, optics, software, imaging science and mechanical devices.

Dr. Lopez also spent 15 years at Polaroid Corporation as a senior principal engineer, technical manager in various divisions and as a Technical Manager (licensing) /Patent Agent for the Law and Patent Department. He drafted and prosecuted patent applications in electronic imaging, optics, software, business methods, wireless applications and physical devices, and participated in licensing inventions in optics and electronic imaging.

Read the patent blog, obvIPat, co-authored by Orlando Lopez and Bruce Jobse.

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  • 8/13/2009, Jaffe Legal News Service - Legal OnRamp Files Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case on 21st Century Invention
    Orlando Lopez is noted for participating in filing amicus curiae brief, representing amicus Legal OnRamp, in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Bilski v. Doll.
  • 8/13/2009, Law 360 - Bilski Test Shouldn’t Be Sole Standard: Amicus Brief
    Orlando Lopez is noted for participating in filing amicus curiae brief, representing amicus Legal OnRamp, in the U.S. Supreme Court case of Bilski v. Doll.

Recent Articles and Publications:

Understanding the Impact of the AIA's Patent Reform Measures
Aspatore Books, 2011
Orlando Lopez wrote the chapter titled, "Understanding the Impact of the AIA's Patent Reform Measures" in the book, The Impact of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act: Leading Lawyers on Interpreting and applying the Patent Reform Act of 2011.

America Invents Act - A Paradigm Shift in Patent Law
Intellectual Property Update, September 16, 2011

Assignments and the Bayh-Dole Act After Stanford v Roche
Intellectual Property Update, July 2011

US and Canadian view on legal issues in refilling cartridges
Recycling Times Magazine, January 2011

Speaking Engagements:

The Venture Cafe - Legal Office Hours, 3.21.2013
Location: Venture Cafe (Cafe Table), One Broadway, Cambridge, MA
Role: Speaker
Topic: Startup Essentials – Funding and Protecting Your Idea and Business

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Puerto Rico Center for Innovation and Technology, 2.15.2013
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Role: Speaker
Topic: What You Should Know About the Changes in Patent Law

American Bar Association Webinar, 2.5.2013
Role: Speaker
Topic: Single Claim Restriction Requirements: The Interplay Between 35 USC § 112 and 35 USC § 121

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Navy Intellectual Property Seminar, 4.30.2012
Location: Hilton Alexandria Mark Center - Alexandria, Virginia
Role: Speaker
Topic: Leading Bloggers on Intellectual Property Law