IP Law Alert : Intellectual Property Lawyers & Attorneys : Gibbons Law Firm : Copyrights, Patent Infringement, Unfair Competition

The recently announced Kodak bankruptcy has focused much needed attention on the intersection of bankruptcy law with IP rights.

Gibbons P.C., with robust bankruptcy and IP practices, will be participating in a live webinar on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm to address the impact of the Bankruptcy Code on IP licenses. The webinar will feature an update on case law developments and practical tips for dealing with IP licenses in a bankruptcy. Participants will be invited to a live Q & A session with the speakers at the end of the panel discussion. CLE credit will be available.

For more information and to register for the webinar, please click here.

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The Gibbons Apprenticeship Program has been featured in the first edition of Seton Hall Law At Work. This new series takes a look at innovative working arrangements between employers and graduates of the Seton Hall University School of Law.

This article focuses on the Gibbons Apprenticeship Program, a client-focused attorney recruitment and development platform that exposes recent law school graduates to the day-to-day responsibilities of law firm junior associates and trains them in a “real world” law firm environment.

Highlighted in this article is John J. Cahill, the firm’s first Intellectual Property apprentice, who has since been hired as an Associate at Gibbons. This fall, Gibbons hired its second Intellectual Property apprentice, Jillian A. Centanni.

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Jillian A. Centanni has joined Gibbons as an Apprentice in the firm's Intellectual Property Department. Ms. Centanni is the second participant in the firm's Apprenticeship Program, which Gibbons launched in 2010 to help maximize the value of its legal and client services, while also providing a solid training ground for new attorneys. John J. Cahill, Jr., the firm's first Apprentice, was recently promoted to an Associate position in the Intellectual Property Department after a one-year apprenticeship.

Ms. Centanni has a diverse background in engineering and business, having earned both a BSE in chemical engineering and an MBA with concentrations in management science and financial markets. She had previously been a process engineering intern for Lockwood Greene Consultants & Engineers (CH2M Hill). She also recently worked as a senior valuation analyst for a boutique IP valuation firm, where she valued portfolios of patents using Excel modeling. Ms. Centanni's business experience includes a financial analyst position with Scouler & Company in Chicago, where she analyzed the performance of companies with assets exceeding $50 million and identified corporate restructuring opportunities.

Ms. Centanni recently completed a legal externship with the Honorable Robert Kugler of the U.S. District Court in Camden. She had previously been a legal intern for the Honorable Karen Suter, Presiding Civil Court Judge for the Burlington Vicinage. She received her JD from Rutgers University School of Law - Camden and is a member of the American Intellectual Property Association, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the Society of Women Engineers. She is registered to practice before the United States Patent & Trademark Office and is admitted to practice in New Jersey.

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The 2011 edition of the Chambers USA Guide to America’s Leading Lawyers for Business features 10 Gibbons practice areas and 18 individual attorneys ranked in the top tiers. The firm’s Intellectual Property Department and two of its attorneys in this area were ranked among the leaders in the state.

Chambers annually rates the nation’s leading business lawyers and law firms through comprehensive interviews with top companies, attorneys, and business executives, plus extensive supplementary research. Chambers and client testimonials, excerpted from this year’s guide, include the following on the Gibbons Intellectual Property Department:

“This team owes its reputation to the exceptional depth of experienced practitioners it harbors, including former in-house counsel and a swelling number of attorneys from larger, New York IP teams. ‘The firm has invested heavily in building its IP practice and is well placed to handle work of any complexity. They are very good value for money and incredibly responsive.’”

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Gibbons P.C. has launched an apprenticeship program to help maximize the value of its legal and client services while also providing a solid training ground for new attorneys. John Cahill will serve as the firm’s first apprentice, working in the Intellectual Property Department.

“Gibbons is committed to anticipating client concerns and offering creative, proactive solutions,” says Patrick C. Dunican Jr., Chairman and Managing Director of the firm. “Given current economic realities, our attorney hiring and training practices should directly address their impact on the fees we bill our clients—though staffing client matters efficiently with the highest quality legal talent remains the most important strategy in controlling costs and increasing value.”

“Clients have clearly sharpened their focus in recent years on how law firms staff their matters, seeking lean, efficient staffing without ‘paying to train’ first-year associates,” says David E. De Lorenzi, Chair of the Gibbons Intellectual Property Department, who will oversee the firm’s first apprentice. “Our apprenticeship program is the latest constructive strategy in our firm’s response to clients’ needs, adding service and value in an ever-changing legal marketplace.”

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