About Richard Gearhart Richard is the principal and founder of Gearhart Law, LLC a law firm
specializing in patent services. The firm provides an array of
services in the mechanical, software and chemical arts, and includes
patent application drafting, domestic and international patent
prosecution, opinion rendering, agreement and transactional work, and
litigation support. Gearhart Law’s clients range in size from
individual entrepreneurs to multi-million dollar businesses. The firm
prides itself on giving prompt, personalized service its clientele,
while at the same time providing a unique initiative and capability to
solve complex IP problems.Richard has garnered extensive breadth of experience in the patent field during his fifteen years of practice, having written and prosecuted hundreds of patents. He is the former Head of the US Patent and Trademark group for Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation. While at Novartis, Richard oversaw over 40 patent and trademark attorneys and managed global litigation and patent prosecution. He was also involved in numerous product development activities and participated in extensive transactional and opinion work on a global basis. Richard previously served as General Patent Counsel at CIBA Vision Corporation, where he oversaw the activities of 9 patent attorneys, and actively managed US and global patent litigation, as well as patent prosecution and opinions. Richard successfully initiated and managed the case of Wesley Jessen Corp v. Bausch & Lomb, Inc. which led to an injunction against one of CIBA Vision’s major competitors, and the removal of an infringing product from the market. Before taking the helm at CIBA Vision, Richard worked at Dow Corning Corporation, as Senior Managing Counsel, and prior to that worked in private practice at the Geneva, Switzerland office of the international law firm of Jones, Day. Richard graduated from
Knox College with a
BA in Chemistry. He received his J.D. from
Case Western Reserve
University, and subsequently obtained a DES in International Law
from the Graduate
Institute of International Studies, in Geneva, Switzerland. He is
registered to practice at the
U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office, and admitted to practice in the states of New
Jersey, Illinois, Michigan and Massachusetts. |
| GlaxoSmithKline, the world's second-biggest drug
maker, agreed to pay Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. $35 million plus
royalties to resolve a patentinfringement lawsuit over the
antidepressant Wellbutrin XL. <more> |
| The U.S. District Court of Massachusetts has ruled in
favor of Genlyte Thomas Group LLC, a subsidiary of The Genlyte Group
Inc., in a patent infringement suit against Arch Lighting Group Inc.
and its Arch Lighting Systems division. <more> |
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