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DLA Piper LLP (US) Offices
444 WEST LAKE STREET
SUITE 900
CHICAGO, IL 60606-0089
ILLINOIS
United States
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Ferlillia Roberson
Work Department
Intellectual Property and Technology; Patent Litigation; Cross-Border Litigation; International Arbitration; Antitrust and Competition; Commercial Contracts Disputes; Industrials
Position
Partner; US Co-Chair, Industrials Sector
Career
Ferlillia V. Roberson focuses her intellectual property practice on complex patent and trade secrets litigation in district court, the US International Trade Commission and proceedings before the US Patent Office. Ferlillia also advices counseling on all aspects of patent, trade secrets, and trademark related matters.
Ferlillia’s patent litigation experience covers a broad range of technologies, including consumer goods, mobile communications devices, railroad car sets, data storage systems, advanced medical devices, pharmaceuticals, industrial and manufacturing equipment and processes, biochemistry, hazardous waste materials, heat exchangers, welding equipment, GPS navigation systems and automotive devices, among others.
Ferlillia has experience representing her clients in patent and trade secrets jury trials, ITC hearings inter partes reviews proceedings and before the Federal Circuit. Ferlillia has extensive trial and courtroom experience, including handling dozens of ITC cases and district court litigations.
Memberships
The Richard Linn American Inn of Court; Board Member, Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing (LCBH); Chicago Women in IP (ChiWIP); American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); Chicago Committee Minorities In Large Law Firms; Black Women’s Lawyer’s Association of Greater Chicago
Education
J.D., Northwestern University School of Law; B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Tax > International tax
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Real estate > Real estate
- Government > State attorneys general
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Advertising and marketing: transactional and regulatory
- Industry focus > Cannabis
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Dispute resolution > E-discovery
- Tax > Financial products
- Finance > Fintech
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense