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James P. Muraff's practice includes all aspects of intellectual property, including domestic and foreign patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and unfair competition, including counseling, investigations, transactions, prosecution and litigation, with a primary focus in the computer software, computer hardware, electronics and Internet technologies and business methods.Jim is regularly involved with software and Internet clients for transactional, licensing and general intellectual property law counseling. Within this primary focus, James practice includes significant patent, trademark and copyright litigation experience. He has represented clients in relation to various technologies in patent, trademark, unfair competition, copyright and trade secret cases in the federal courts. He has been involved with all of the related aspects of these cases, such as discovery and discovery motions, as well as the preparation of numerous motions for summary judgment, motions to dismiss and trial preparation. Several of these cases have included foreign parties and international issues.Jim is a registered patent attorney, and his practice includes significant patent counseling and patent application preparation experience. He practices before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on a regular basis, and has significant experience in the patent application preparation and prosecution of computer software, methods of doing business, e-commerce, Internet, computer hardware, electrical and mechanical patent applications. In addition, he has experience in reexamination and reissue in several of these technologies.Jim has industry experience as a software engineer and as a systems analyst, including software programming and support for micro controllers, as well as personal, mini and mainframe computers. His industry experience includes the areas of at least building controls and computer networks.Jim has also served as a testifying legal expert within a patent infringement action. He is a contributing author to Patent Claim Construction in the Federal Circuit and has been for many years. He also teaches U.S. Patent Law at the University of Illinois at Chicago - John Marshall Law School, and has done so for many years.Jim has been listed in Best Lawyers from 2016-2023 for Patent Law.

Listed skills include Trademarks, Trade Secrets, Intellectual Property, Patents, and 17 others.