Mr Paul Ackerman > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices
200 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NY 10166
NEW YORK
United States
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Mr Paul Ackerman
Work Department
Energy, Retail and Consumer Products, Telecommunications, Unmanned Systems Group, Transportation, Antitrust and Consumer Protection, Antitrust Litigation, Commercial Litigation, International Trade, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property and Life Sciences, Copyright Counseling and Litigation, Intellectual Property and Technology Transactions, Patent Litigation, Patent Procurement and Management, Post-Grant Proceedings Practice, Trade Secrets Counseling and Litigation, Trademark – Non-Contentious, Trademark Proceedings, Litigation, Discovery and E-Discovery
Position
Partner
Career
Mr. Ackerman’s practice involves all aspects of intellectual property and technology law with an emphasis on patent litigation and trial. He has represented clients in a wide range of popular forums for patent litigation, such as the Eastern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Virginia, the District of Delaware, the Northern and Central Districts of California, and in “337 actions” before the International Trade Commission.
Mr. Ackerman has litigated both utility and design patent cases across a wide range of technologies and industries, including medical devices, cellular telephony, automotive, software, internet technology, semiconductor fabrication and testing, biotechnology, mechanical devices and glassware. He also has considerable experience in contested proceedings before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, including inter partes reviews, reexaminations and interferences.
In addition to his extensive experience as an intellectual property attorney, Mr. Ackerman has a decade of experience in the business and engineering community, through which he developed a deep appreciation for the business implications of intellectual property and technology disputes, and works closely with his clients to ensure that their business objectives are met in each representation.
Mr. Ackerman regularly speaks and authors articles on topics related to technology and intellectual property law.
Memberships
Admitted to the New York State Bar and US Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- JD, Touro College, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center, summa cum laude, Salutatorian, 1996
- BSEE, New York Institute of Technology, cum laude, 1991
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings