John E. Lynch is a senior counsel at IP&T Group, LLP and served as an adjunct professor of law in Georgetown University Law Center and University of San Francisco School of Law. Professor Lynch has extensive experience in intellectual property law, including patent procurement, patent licensing, freedom to operate opinions, and patent and trademark litigation. Before becoming an adjunct professor of law, he was a partner for Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, one of the largest and most renowned law firms in the United States.

Reported Cases:

Successfully litigated decisions:

• Fromson v. Advance Offset, 219 U.S.P.Q. 83;
• Fromson v. Advance Offset, 720 F.2d 1565;
• Fromson v. Advance Offset, 223 U.S.P.Q. 1132;
• Fromson v. Advance Offset, 755 F.2d 1549;
• Fromson v. Advance Offset, 837 F.2d 1097;
• Fromson v. Western Litho, 853 F.2d 1568;
• Fromson v. Citiplate, 886 F.2d 1300;
• Fromson v. Western Litho, 909 F.2d 1495;
• Fromson v. Anitec Printing Plates, Inc., 45 U.S.P.Q.2d 1269.
• Jack Frost v. Physicians and Nurses, 35 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1631 (SDNY, 1995), affirmed by the Federal Circuit, Sept. 1997.

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center (J.D.)
• Fordham College (B.S. in Chemistry)

Bar Admissions

• New York and District of Columbia
• Admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals and Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office