Angie Hankins is actively involved in all aspects of intellectual property, including patent prosecution and litigation and client counseling. Her litigation practice has involved all aspects of discovery, trial and appeal before the Federal courts and the International Trade Commission. Her patent cases have involved liquid crystal displays, cameras, computer software, mechanical devices and pharmaceuticals.

Ms. Hankins has drafted and prosecuted numerous patent applications for high technology companies in areas such as telecommunications, computer software and hardware and mechanical devices. In particular, Ms. Hankins has drafted and prosecuted patent applications involving medical software, circuit breakers, fuel injection and braking systems and telecommunications systems.

Ms. Hankins also has counseled clients on patentability and infringement. In particular, Ms. Hankins has performed patentability and infringement analysis for cellular communication systems, telecommunication buses, methods of injection molding and mechanical and biomechanical devices.

Ms. Hankins also works with clients to protect their intellectual property rights from the inception of their business, through financing and beyond and has drafted and negotiated technology agreements, including distribution and licensing agreements.

Prior to completing law school and throughout college, Ms. Hankins worked at Bell Communications Research (BELLCORE). Her responsibilities at BELLCORE included developing software for Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line III and a test-plan for data link path protection switching. In addition, Ms. Hankins served as a communications specialist in the U.S. Air Force.

SELECTED PRACTICE HIGHLIGHTS

Asserted patents for single use cameras resulting in a jury verdict and damages award of approximately $30 million.

Asserted General Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Orders granted by the International Trade Commission (ITC) resulting in the largest penalty in the history of the ITC.

Worked with high technology companies to assess patent portfolios, assert patents and draft and prosecute patent applications.

Counseled clients regarding licensing and distribution agreements, claims of infringement and the patentability of inventions.

Memberships

Board of Trustees, Stevens Institute of Technology; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; New York Intellectual Property Law Association

Activities

Author, Sundance v. DeMonte: Federal Circuit Overrules District Court’s Holding of Non-obviousness, The Intellectual Property Strategist, March 2009; Panelist, Women in Intellectual Property Law, New York State Bar Association, June 11, 2008; Moderator, Observations on the U.S. Government’s Position in Quanta v. LG, Continuing Legal Education Program, New York Intellectual Property Association; Panelist, The Personal Side of Diversity: Solutions Learned from First-Hand Accounts of Diverse Attorneys, Law Firm Diversity Conference, American Conference Institute, May 16, 2008; Moderator, Enforcement of Intellectual Property at the ITC, Continuing Legal Education Program, New York Intellectual Property Association, December 8, 2006; Author, Does Bankruptcy Absolve Patent Infringement Liability? Patent Strategy & Management, June 2006; Moderator, Ruminations on the Vanishing Trial: The Role of the Federal Circuit and the Fact Law Distinction, Continuing Legal Education Program, New York Intellectual Property Association, January 13, 2006; Panelist, Representing the Micro Entrepreneur: Intellectual Property Basics, Continuing Legal Education Program, City Bar Justice Center Neighborhood Entrepreneur Law Project, July 12, 2005; Moderator, Duty of Disclosure: Update and In-House Perspectives, Continuing Legal Education Program, New York Intellectual Property Association, May 20, 2005; Author, You’re Not Exhausted: U.S. Patent Rights Are Not Exhausted by Foreign Sales, The Intellectual Property Strategist, March 2005; Author, Internet Pop-Up Advertisements: Do They Infringe? The Practical Litigator, January 2005

Admitted to Practice

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 2001; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 2000; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and District of New Jersey, 1999; New York, 1999; New Jersey, 1998

Education

J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1998

B.E., High Honors in Electrical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, 1995; Tau Beta Pi