Anthony P. Venturino

Anthony P. Venturino
Partner, Novak Druce + Quigg LLP
300 New Jersey Avenue, NW/ Fifth Floor/ Washington, D.C. 20001/ 202.659.0100/ [email protected]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Anthony P. Venturino has prepared numerous U.S. and PCT patent applications, trademark applications and opinions, and
participated in major litigations for domestic and international clients. He has also been responsible for complex activities
including negotiating and drafting agreements, conducting due diligence for multi-million dollar technology acquisitions,
and counseling senior management on intellectual property issues.
Mr. Venturino has corporate and law firm experience including having been a chemical engineer with Exxon and a patent
counsel with U.S. Surgical Corporation. His fields of technical expertise include chemistry, oil, gas and coal processing,
metallurgy, surfactants, polymers, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices. He is also a licensed professional
engineer in New Jersey.
AWARDS
• “AV” rating from Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, the highest rating given to participating attorneys
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
• Licensing Executives Society International, Co-Chair of Chemicals, Energy, Environment & Materials Committee,
2008-11, Vice-chair Communications Committee 2011-present
• Licensing Executives Society USA/Canada, Chair, Chemicals, Energy & Materials Committee, 2006-07
• American International Property Law Association (AIPLA), Co-Chair IP Practice in Europe Committee, 2006-07
• National Association of Patent Practitioners, President, 2004-05
PUBLICATIONS AND SPEECHES
• Creative Solutions for Structuring and Maintaining Deals and Transactions: Best Practices, AIPLA May 2010
Spring Meeting.
• Comparing EU and US Antitrust Evaluation of Technology Transfer Agreements, LESI 2005 Annual Meeting.
• Crossing the Line from Agreeing to Agree to Agreements, The Licensing Journal, Vol. 24, No. 9 (October 2004).
• A Summary of Updates to the 21st Century Strategic Plan (2003).
• United States Supreme Court Makes Landmark Patent Decision Relating To Infringement By Equivalents (2002).
• "Drawing the Line Between Licensing Unpatented Goods and Illegal Tying," IDEA, Vol. 33, No. 3 (1993).
• "Standards of Review - Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit" Patent Law Annual, Southwestern
Legal Foundation (1988).
• "Valid United States Patents: Prosecution and Litigation Aspects of the Duty of Disclosure," A.I.I.P.I., Vol. 32, No.
9 (1987).
• "How to Promote Your Invention to a Patent Committee," Chem Engineering (McGraw-Hill) (August 5, 1985).
COURT ADMISSIONS
• United States Patent Office
• District of Columbia
• New York
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Western District of Texas
EDUCATION
• George Washington University, J.D. cum laude (1987)
• Manhattan College, M.E. Chemical Engineering (1979)
• Manhattan College, B.E. Chemical Engineering magna cum laude (1978)