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Jonathan E. Retsky
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Jonathan E. Retsky
321 North Clark St.
Suite 3400
Chicago, IL 60654
+1 312.846.5648
+1 312.595.2250 (Fax)
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Jonathan Retsky's practice focuses primarily on patent litigation and counseling. He has specific experience in patent litigation regarding telecommunication, vehicle navigation/location and semiconductor technologies. Mr. Retsky also has experience in protecting computer software and hardware, licensing, technology transfer due diligence, and providing opinions of counsel regarding non-infringement and invalidity. Mr. Retsky has unique experience in intellectual asset management, including developing in-house IP strategies and processes.
Prior to joining Howrey, Mr. Retsky served as Corporate Vice President at Motorola, where he was responsible for Motorola's patent preparation, prosecution and maintenance activities. He oversaw a worldwide organization including 50 patent lawyers, and a portfolio of more than 25,000 patents. Mr. Retsky also managed Motorola's defensive IP litigation and matter management practices. As a design engineer, Mr. Retsky was a member of the architectural team for the Motorola 68030 microprocessor.
"I recently joined Howrey because of its unique focus in Intellectual Property, Litigation and Antitrust law. This focus provides the ideal platform for representing large, global, high technology concens that want leading-edge representation in these select practice areas. Howrey’s expansion into Europe integrates these specialty practices into a single trans-Atlantic law firm that is well suited for US-based corporations. In addition to its specialized legal focus, Howrey is also unique in its attention to client best practices and strategic law firm management."
Representative Highlights
- BFGoodrich v. Insight. Represented plaintiff in a preliminary injunction hearing. Patent covered a lightning strike detector for use in small airplanes. After 2-day trial, preliminary injunction was granted, which was affirmed on appeal.
- Micro Solutions v. Hewlett-Packard et al. Represented plaintiff-patentee on patent to parallel port interface to computer peripheral devices such as disk drives. Negotiated favorable settlement, which included Hewlett Packard exiting the parallel port computer peripheral business.
- Oasis Technologies v. Sierra Design. Represented plaintiff patent owner in preliminary injunction hearing. Patent was directed to electronic gaming system with a fixed pool of winning plays. After 3-day trial, preliminary injunction was denied.
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Admissions
Courts & Adjudicative Bodies
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Education
- University of Texas School of Law (JD, 1989)
- Bradley University (BS, Electrical Engineering, 1984)
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