Patrick Burns Email & Phone Number

Patrick G. Burns is a founding shareholder at Greer, Burns & Crain in Chicago. The emphasis within his practice today is patent prosecution and opinions. An accomplished intellectual property attorney in the United States, Mr. Burns has handled litigation involving a variety of intellectual property disputes in the Federal Circuit, Federal District Courts, and the International Trade Commission. Mr. Burns is a prolific author and lecturer on intellectual property rights, and has taught in a seminar for the Patent Resources Group entitled “’Designing Around’ Valid U.S. Patents” since 1994. All aspects of patent infringement are addressed in “’Designing Around’ Valid U.S. Patents” including opinion preparation, claim interpretation, the doctrine of equivalents, the doctrine of prosecution history estoppel, legitimate design-around activities, and techniques for avoiding legitimate design-arounds. Mr. Burns is active within the IP legal community. He is a past President of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, has served on its Board of Managers, and was Chairman of its Computer Technology Committee. In addition, Mr. Burns is a past Chairman of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee of the Chicago Bar Association, and has been involved in bar association activities throughout his career. Mr. Burns was an Adjunct Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law from 2006-2013. He received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the Chicago-Kent IP Law Society in 2009 and an Alumni of Distinction Award in 2013. Now he is an Adjunct Professor at DePaul University College of Law and serves on the Advisory Board of BNA’s Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal. Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell since 1984, Mr. Burns was named an Illinois Super Lawyer by Law & Politics Magazine and a Leading Lawyer by the Chicago Law Bulletin.

Listed skills include Patent Prosecution, Patents, Intellectual Property, Patent Litigation, and 18 others.

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  Patent Attorney

  Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

  Jan 1994 - Present

  * Thirty-five years of patent, trademark and copyright prosecution* Opinions on patent infringement, validity and enforceability* Patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret litigation in the State and Federal Courts, and in the International Trade Commission* Expert Witness in Federal Court Litigation