Practice

 

Patents, Patent Litigation, Patent Dispute Resolution and Settlement,

Licensing, Antitrust Matters involving Intellectual Property, Law and Economics

 

Professional Experience

 

Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps, 2006-2007

 

Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich, 1997-2004

 

Fish & Neave, 1973-1976 and 1994-1997

 

Genentech, Inc., Associate General Counsel, 1980-1982

 

Townsend and Townsend, 1976-1980, 1982-1993

 

John Schlicher has provided advice on patents, conducted patent litigation in the District Courts and Courts of Appeals, prepared and negotiated licenses and other technology agreements, provided advice and conducted litigation on antitrust claims involving patents, prepared and prosecuted patent applications, and handled appeals in the Patent and Trademark Office. 

 

He has represented clients in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostics, medical device, chemical, scientific instrument, computer, electronics, semiconductor, semiconductor equipment, office equipment, audio recording, software and many other industries. 

 

His clients have included Alps Electric, Becton Dickinson, Bridgestone-Firestone, Coca-Cola, Corning Incorporated, Dolby Laboratories, Fairchild Semiconductor, Genentech, Mitsubishi Electric, Ricoh, and Samsung Electronics.

 

Technical Work Experience

 

During his senior year at Northwestern University, he conducted a research project under the supervision of Professor James A. Marshall.  This work was published in “Synthesis of Bicyclo-5,4,0-Undecanones Via Olefin Cyclization,” Marshall, J.A., Andersen, N.H., Schlicher, J.W., Journal of Organic Chemistry, 35(3) : 858, 1970. 

 

He was admitted to the PhD program of the Chemistry Department of Stanford University and did chemistry research at Stanford as a Research Fellow. 

 

He also worked as a research scientist in the Institute of Organic Chemistry at Syntex Corporation, Palo Alto, California.

JOHN W. SCHLICHER

PATENTS, PATENT LITIGATION, PATENT DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND

SETTLEMENT, LICENSING, ANTITRUST, LAW AND ECONOMICS