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Related Practices
- Litigation
- Patents
- Trade Secrets and Unfair Competition
- Electrical, Computer and Software Technologies
- Mechanical Technologies
- Intellectual Property Transactions
Education
Georgetown University, J.D., 1968
University of Notre Dame, B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1965
John W. Kozak
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Mr. Kozak's practice is focused on intellectual property litigation and counseling. He has acted as trial counsel in both jury and bench trials, and is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. His practice has involved a range of diverse technologies, including electrical and fiber optic connectors, telephone and facsimile equipment, television, microprocessors, semiconductors, digital numeric controllers, lasers, machine vision, computer software, geophysical surveying equipment, food processing equipment, agricultural chemicals, adhesives, abrasives, and immunoassays. He also has considerable experience in both domestic and international negotiations and licensing.
Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Kozak served as a patent advisor to the Office of Naval Research's Naval Weapon Center, Corona Laboratories.
Professional Affiliations
- Licensing Executive Society (LES)
- Association Internationale Pour La Protection De La Propriété Industrielle (AIPPI)
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC)
- The Lawyers Club of Chicago
- Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
Honors
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated (Highest Rating) – Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the area of Intellectual Property Law, 2007-Present
- Named in the Illinois Super Lawyers list, Intellectual Property Litigation, 2005-2010
- Selected by peers as a Leading Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law – Leading Lawyers Network
- Listed in Who's Who In America and Who's Who in American Law
- Listed in America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Chambers USA
- Listed among the Top Lawyers in Illinois in Intellectual Property Law – Chicago Lawyer
Bar Admissions and Registrations
- District of Columbia, 1968
- Illinois, 1968
- Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Member, Trial Bar)
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
- U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
