Ference and Associates -

Stanley D. Ference III, the principal of Ference & Associates, has a wide range of litigation experience, both before the trial courts and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has exclusive appellate jurisdiction of patent cases. Mr. Ference's intellectual property litigation experience includes patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret cases in Federal courts located in the District of Columbia and the states of California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin, and the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Reported Cases

Liberace v. Silver Screen Video, 25 USPQ2d 1938 (D.N.J. 1992) (copyright and right of publicity) (settled)

Shamrock Technologies, Inc. v. Medical Sterilization, Inc., 808 F.Supp 932 (E.D.N.Y. 1992), aff'd without opinion, 6 F.3d 788 (Fed. Cir. 1993) (trade secret and patent) (bench trial)

Shatterproof Glass Corp. v. PPG Indus. Inc., 31 USPQ2d 1605 (E.D. Mich. 1994) (patent) (settled)

Shatterproof Glass Corp. v. PPG Indus. Inc., 33 USPQ2d 1063 (E.D. Mich. 1994) (patent) (settled)

PPG Indus. Inc. v. Guardian Indus. Corp., 75 F.3d 1558 (Fed. Cir. 1996) (patent) (preliminary injunction affirmed)

International Communication Materials, Inc. v. Ricoh Corporation, 108 F.3d 316 (Fed. Cir. 1997) (patent) (denial of preliminary injunction affirmed)

Other Cases

In re Certain Aramid Fiber Honeycomb, (Investigation No. 337-TA-305, International Trade Commission) (settled)

Park v. Arnott, (Civil Action No. 89-3267, D.D.C.) (patent) (motion to dismiss granted)

Arnott v. Ioptex Research Inc., (Civil Action No. 90-0150, E.D Va.) (patent) (settled)

Ioptex Research Inc. v. Arnott, (Civil Action No. 90-1314, C.D. Cal.) (patent) (motion to dismiss granted)

MasterCard Int'l v. The He-Ro Group, Inc., (Civil Action No. 91-2672, S.D.N.Y.) (trademark counterfeiting) (settled)

Ripley Entertainment, Inc. v. Paragon Electric Co., (Civil Action No. 91-0665, D.N.J.) (trademark) (settled)

Arnott v. Alcon Surgical Inc., (Civil Action No. 91-0729, E.D.Va.) (patent) (jury trial)

Alcon Surgical Inc. v. Arnott, (Civil Action No. 91-0769, S.D. W.Va.) (patent) (motion to dismiss granted)

Smith International, Inc. v. Drilex Systems, Inc., (Civil Action No. 91-3550, S.D. Tex.) (patent) (settled)

Medical Sterilization, Inc. v. Shamrock Technologies, Inc., (Civil Action No. 92-1088, D.N.J.) (motion to dismiss granted)

Parfums Guy Laroche v. C&C Beauty Sales, (Civil Action No. 92-1393, S.D. Fla.) (trademark counterfeiting) (settled)

Parfums Guy Laroche v. Ross Stores, Inc., (Civil Action No. 92-1599, E.D. Va.) (trademark counterfeiting) (settled)

Parfums Guy Laroche v. Perfumania Inc., (Civil Action No. 92-2733, S.D.N.Y.) (trademark counterfeiting) (settled)

Chauvin International, Ltd. v. Sakkal, (Civil Action No. 92-3654, D.N.J.) (trademark counterfeiting) (settled)

Ricoh Corp. v. Int'l Communication Materials, Inc., (Civil Action No. 93-1196, W.D.Pa.) (patent, trademark, and trade dress) (settled)

Western Pennsylvania Conservancy v. Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, (Civil Action No. 94-0767, W.D. Pa) (copyright infringement and unfair competition) (settled)

PPG Industries, Inc. v. AFG Industries, Inc., (Appeal No. 94-1402, Fed. Cir.) (patent infringement) (affirmed)

PPG Industries, Inc. v. Cardinal IG Co., (Civil Action No. 94-0141, W.D. Wis.) (patent infringement) (jury trial)

PPG Industries, Inc. v. Guardian Industries Corp., (Civil Action No. 94-1112, W.D. Pa.) (patent) (jury trial)

International Communication Materials, Inc. v. Ricoh Company, Ltd., (Civil Action No. 95-767 W.D. Pa.) (patent) (settled)

Alpine Lace Brands, Inc. v. Kraft General Foods, Inc., (Civil Action No. 95-1131, D.N.J.) (patent infringement)

MemoryLink v. Florists' Transworld Delivery Assn., (Civil Action No. 94-8154, S.D.Fla.) (patent) (jury trial)

NEFCO, Inc. v. Warminster Fiberglas Co., (Civil Action No. 95-2317, D.N.J.) (patent) (settled)

PPG Indus. Inc. v. Guardian Indus. Corp., (Civil Action No. 97-0077, W.D. Pa.) (patent)

Oppedahl & Larson v. Network Solutions, Inc., (Civil Action No. 97-1496, D. Colo.) (breach of contract)

Oppedahl & Larson v. Advanced Concepts, (Civil Action No. 97-1592, D. Colo.) (unfair competition) (settled)

EK Success, Ltd. v. Binney & Smith, Inc., (Civil Action No. 97-8633 (AGS), S.D.N.Y.) (settled)

Bullion, Inc. v. RJS Precision Products, Inc., (Civil Action No. 97-6587, S.D.N.Y.) (patent) (settled)

Bullion, Inc. v. RJS Precision Products, Inc., (Civil Action No. 98-0206, N.D.N.Y.) (patent) (settled)

EK Success, Ltd. v. Uchida of America Corp., (Civil Action No. 98-2171, S.D.N.Y) (copyright)

Russ Berrie and Company, Inc. v. Emrad Ltd., (Civil Action No. 98-1577, E.D.N.Y.) (trademark)

Amalia Carrara, Inc. v. Emme Bridal, Inc., (Civil Action No. 98-2271, S.D.N.Y) (copyright)

Dan Dee International v. Emrad Ltd., (Civil Action No. 98-2018, D.N.J.) (copyright)

Lancers Manufacturer's Supply Co., Inc. v. Allegheny Sealants & Coatings, Inc., (Civil Action No. 98-875, W.D. Pa.) (false advertising)

Lyons Partnership, L.P. v. Costume World, Inc., (Civil Action No. 98-159 W.D. Pa.) (trademark and copyright)