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Adam
G.
Kelly
Partner
Adam Kelly practices intellectual property law including patent and trademark counselling, litigation, and prosecution. Mr. Kelly’s experience in the United States and abroad is extensive, including conducting due diligence, providing strategic counseling, procuring new technologies, negotiating licenses, and enforcing or defending against infringement actions in various jurisdictions throughout the world. He represents clients in the agricultural science, biotechnology, chemical, and pharmaceutical arts, as well as in the electronic arts involving network-based computer systems, gaming, and children’s toys.
In addition, Mr. Kelly has successfully represented clients in all phases of litigation from pre-suit due diligence through trial and appeal. He has successfully obtained and defended against various types of preliminary injunctive relief associated with design and utility patent infringement actions. For both branded and generic pharmaceutical companies, Mr. Kelly has provided counsel concerning product life cycle management and handled all phases of Paragraph IV disputes under the Hatch-Waxman Act.
Mr. Kelly has successfully represented both defendants and plaintiffs in a wide variety of patent infringement cases in both federal district and appellate courts. In particular, he has substantial appellate experience arguing and practicing before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Kelly has also represented clients in prosecution, opposition, and reexamination proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. and the European Patent Office in the Hague, Netherlands.
Publications/Speeches
- Speaker, PLI Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2013 (May 14-16, 2013)
- Speaker, John Marshall Law School Annual Intellectual Property Law Conference (February 22, 2013)
- Speaker, American Conference Institute 3rd Annual Paragraph IV Disputes West Coast Conference (December 4-5, 2012)
- Speaker, Perspectives from the Bench and the Bar (November 27, 2012)
- Speaker, Patents in the United States: Powerful Assets in the Modern Economy, China Intellectual Property Training Center, Beijing, China (August 8, 2012)
- Speaker, PLI Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution 2012 (May 16-18, 2012)
- Speaker, John Marshall Law School Annual Conference on Developments in Intellectual Property Law, Chicago, Illinois (February 24, 2012)
- Speaker, Recent Developments in the Biotech Patent Law Practice, IPLAC Biotech Committee CLE, Chicago, Illinois (November 18, 2011)
Media Mentions
Affiliations
- Member, Federal Trial Bar
- Member, Board of Managers, Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago
- Member, Richard Linn American Inn of Court
- Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Member, Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, Litigation Committee
- Advisor, Chicago’s First Black Entrepreneurs and Inventors Organization
- Advisor, Intellectual Property Advisory Board for The John Marshall Law School
- Adjunct Faculty Member, The John Marshall Law School
Distinctions
- Named an “IP Star” by Managing Intellectual Property magazine (2013)
- Named "Illinois Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Litigation by Thomson Reuters (2013)
- Named a “Rising Star” in Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Litigation by Illinois Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business (2011 and 2012)
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The John Marshall Law School, J.D., 2002
Purdue University, M.S., 1998, Biology
Indiana University, B.A., 1997, Biology
Illinois, 2002
United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2003
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2002
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, 2007
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2003
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