About Mr. Richard Bernard Lazarus

Mr. Richard Bernard Lazarus is a lawyer practicing patent application, intellectual property, appeals and 11 other areas of law. Richard received a B.S. degree from Purdue University in 1967, and has been licensed for 52 years. Richard practices at Barnes & Thornburg LLP in Washington, DC.

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Services

Areas of Law

Intellectual Property
Litigation
Other 12
- Patent Application
- Appeals
- BT Venture Tech
- Business Methods
- International IP
- International IP Litigation
- IP Strategy and Management
- Nanotechnology
- Opinions
- Patent Interferences
- Patent Litigation
- Patent Services: Counseling, Prosecution and Litigation

Practice Details

Firm Information

Position
Of Counsel

Firm Name
Barnes & Thornburg LLP

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Experience

Bar Admission & Memberships

Admissions
1974, Maryland
1979, District of Columbia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2004

Bar Fellowship
including five months in the Office of the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Commerce, and five months as science advisor to U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Charles Mosher. After returning to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, he was appointed to the staff of the then Assistant Commissioner for Patents, where he served for eight years. His duties included investigation and speaker on fraud and duty of disclosure issues (37 CFR 1.56), petitions, and PCT matters. Mr. Lazarus represented the U.S. as one of two delegates to PCT meetings in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1990 and 1991. As the first manager of the PCT Legal Affairs Branch, he hired and trained many examiners, attorneys, and other staff. In 2000, Mr. Lazarus was appointed an Administrative Patent Judge on the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and served until he joined Barnes & Thornburg in 2001.
Mr. Lazarus is the author of "PCT and Patent Validity" published in Volume 87, No. 10, of the October 2005 edition of the Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office, and "Patent Cooperation Treaty - Implementation v. U.S. Law" published in 5 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 640 (2006). He is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Patent Lawyers Club of Washington, and the Patent Office Practice (U.S.) Standing Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners Association. Mr. Lazarus is admitted to practice in Maryland, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. His degrees are from Purdue University and the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. Mr. Lazarus has been appointed as Adjunct Instructor at Georgetown University (summer 2008).
Publications
· Patent Cooperation Treaty - Implementation v. U.S. Law
· PCT and Patent Availability
Events
12/07/2009, Attorney Presentation - "Hidden Problems in PCT Cases"
01/15/2008, Patent Cooperation Treaty Strategy in Patent Litigation
10/01/2007, Richard Lazarus Web Cast covering Patent Cooperation, Treaty Infringement, and Interference Issues
05/25/2006, The Role of the United States in World Intellectual Property Law
05/25/2005, Richard Lazarus Presents at IP Law Conference on Trademark Confusion Surveys
Education & Certifications

Law School
Catholic University of America
Class of 1972
J.D.

Other Education
Purdue University
Class of 1967
B.S.

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