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John R. Fuisz is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department and concentrates his practice on patent and related technology litigation.
Prior to joining the Firm, John was in private practice where he litigated patent infringement suits and prosecuted patent applications. He has presented arguments before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also sat as the Director on the Board of Fuisz Technologies, a publicly traded drug delivery company based in Northern Virginia.
Since joining McDermott in 1999, John's practice has focused almost exclusively on representing clients in patent infringement lawsuits. He has also represented clients in related technology litigations such as 35 U.S.C. §146 actions and breach of technology related contracts. He has appeared before the ITC and District Courts, including such popular venues as the Northern District of California, the Eastern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Virginia and the District of Delaware.
John has represented technology companies including Hitachi Ltd., Creative Labs, Medtronic and Research Corporation Technologies in multi-patent cases taking on major technology companies such as EMC, Apple, Edwards LifeScience, Boston Scientific, and Microsoft. Some of the technical areas that he has represented clients include:
Hard Disk Drives
RAID Storage Systems
Prepaid Telephone Cards
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Stent-Grafts
Implantable Infusion Pumps
Portable Insulin Pumps
Television and VCR Tuners
Blue Noise Masks
Portable Digital Music Players
John has been quoted in publications including The New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the International Herald Tribune and has been a guest on Bloomberg Radio. His publications include "The Chaos to Come," Legal Times (2007), "To Practice Law, You Need A Patent License," IPLaw360 (2006), "Whose Tax Law Is It?," Legal Times (2006), "Ensuring The Viability of Procuring Patents in the US," International News, "The Advertising Injury," The Recorder (1996) and "Changing the Standard of Factual Review Determinations in Section 141 Appeals," Intellectual Property Today (1997). He is also a contributor to McDermott publications including "Ensuring the Viability of Procuring Patents in the United States," International News (2006), "Non-Infringement Opinion Negates Intent and Precludes Finding of Induced Infringement," Intellectual Property Update (2006), "State Court Decision of Patent Ownership Is Not Subject to District Court Review," Intellectual Property Update (2007) and "Absent Proof of Control or Collusion, Injunction Does Not Extend to Acts of Related Companies," Intellectual Property Update (2001).
John is admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia and registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education:
Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law, J.D., 1992
George Washington University Law School, LL.M. (with highest honors), 1996
Georgetown University, B.S, 1989 | 