Louis Wagner
E: louis.wagner@fisherbroyles.legal
T: (234) 380-2276
Cleveland Office
Practice Areas:
- Intellectual Property
- Internet & eCommerce
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
Bar Admissions:
- Ohio
- United States Patent & Trademark Office
- United States Supreme Court
- Federal Circuit
Education:
- University of Akron, JD, 1984
- Washington & Jefferson College, BA Chemistry, 1974
- University of Pittsburgh – MS Inorganic Chemistry
Corporate Experience:
- Avery Dennison – IP Counsel
- Sohio / British Petroleum – Chemist
Large Law Firm Experience:
- Hahn Loeser & Parks
- Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs
Inventor: United States Patent Nos. 4,358,610; 4,381,411; and 4,408,071
Research Chemist, Computer Programmer & Patent Attorney
Patent Prosecution
- Chemical Arts, including almost 30 years in inorganic and organic chemistry (with specialties in Pharmaceutical, Polymer Aerospace and Catalyst Arts); and
- Mechanical arts, (with specialties in Medical Devices and Seawall components and installation).
Patent, Trademark & Trade Secret Licensing
- Experienced in negotiating international licensing agreements;
- Adjunct Professor at the University of Akron teaching Intellectual Property Licensing
Reported Cases
- In re Morgan, 92-1278 (Fed. Cir. 1993)
- Edward Rodruguez & Co., v. Ohio Wholesale, Inc., 8:00 CV 912 T 30 E (M.D. FL 2000)
- JRB Co., v. Pemberton, Inc., 91 F. Supp. 2d 1112 (6th Cir. 2000)
- Aspex et al., v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 01 CV 4050 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
- Aspex et al., v. BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc., 01 CV 4062 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)
- Aspex et al., v. Global Optical Resources, Inc., 02 CV 4082 (S.D.N.Y. 2002)
- Marchon et al., v. Global Optical Resources, Inc., 02 CV 532 (E.D.N.Y. 2002)
- Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc., v. First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corporation, 04-60514 (S.D. FL 2004)
- Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., v. AmerisourceBergen Corporation et al., 04-CV-2501 (D. Colo. 2004)
- Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc., v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc., 05-CV-1083 (D. Colo. 2005)
- Corghi S.P.A. v. Golden Chest Americas, LLC et al., 06-CV-01395 (D. Nevada 2006)
Presentations & Teaching Experience
- Text, Images & Imaging – BP 2nd Annual International Information & Technology Conference – Invited Speaker
- Intellectual Property Seminar – Akron Bar Association
- Tips for Drafting Winning IP Briefs – PLI Webinar
- The New Intersection of Trade Secrets and Patents: Deciding which Protection makes the most sense in light of the America Invents Act – AIPLA presentation
- Adjunct Professor – The University of Akron
- Adjunct Professor – Kent State University
Publications
- Protecting Your Intellectual Property at Home, Abroad and in Cyberspace – Kent State University
- One Strike and … Y’er OUT – Price Waterhouse Coopers Corporate Business Forum
- Intellectual Property Law 2007: Top Lawyers on Trends and Key Strategies for the Upcoming Year, A Supreme Court Case that was never decided: But did the USPTO get the message? – Aspatore Press
- Domestic Patents – Questions you should ask your Patent Attorney – BioPharm International
- Inside the Minds, Developing an IP strategy for your company – Winning Legal Strategies, Aspatore Press
- Patents, Balancing Acts, and Tightropes – BioExecutive International