Chan Law Group-Intellectual Property And Business Law
Lisa A. Karczewski
Description
Lisa A. Karczewski is an Associate with Chan Law Group LLP. Ms. Karczewski focuses her practice on intellectual property litigation and patent and trademark prosecution. With seven years of experience in the specialty of intellectual property law, Ms. Karczewski has successfully prepared and prosecuted over fifty utility patent applications in the technical areas of aerospace, biomedical, chemical, mechanical, and pharmaceuticals before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Ms. Karczewski has also successfully litigated intellectual property cases in the federal courts as a member of the Firm's litigation team.Education
- Bachelor of Science, Biological Sciences, Michigan State University, 1992 -- State of Michigan Competitive Scholarship (1988-1992).
- Juris Doctorate, with distinction, Intellectual Property Law Concentration, University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, 2000.
- Managing Editor, and Staff Writer, McGeorge Law Review, 2000; authored Comment: Biotechnological Gene Patent Applications: The Implications of the USPTO Written Description Requirement Guidelines on the Biotechnology Industry, 31 McGeorge L. Rev. 1043 (2000), reprinted in 33 Intell. Prop. L. Rev. 187 (2001) -- judged by the editors of West Group as one of the best Intellectual Property scholarly articles of 2000 and reprinted in the highly respected Intellectual Property Law Review.
Professional Affiliations
- Admitted: State Bar of California, the Central District Court of California, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, registered patent attorney before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office.
- Member: American Chemical Society, American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Bar Association; Beverly Hills Bar Association: Sections on Business Law, Entertainment Law, and Intellectual Property, Internet & New Media Law; and Southern California Biomedical Council. Ms. Karczewski is currently listed in Marquis Who's Who in America; and Marquis Who's Who of Emerging Leaders.
Representative Intellectual Property Matters
- Amini Innovation Corp. v. Anthony California, Inc., et al., United States District Court for the Central District Court of California, Case No. CV 04-9369 SJO (SSx). Defended a furniture importer accused of infringing a design patent for bedroom furniture. The Firm won on summary judgment on plaintiff's single design patent infringement claim.
- Successfully prepared and prosecuted over fifty utility patent applications before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Exemplary utility patent applications include: Stent with Non-Linear Links and Method of Use [USSN: 09/892,129; Filing Date: June 25, 2001; USPN 6,635,083]; Hybrid Intravascular Stent [USSN: 10/033,380; Filing Date: December 27, 2001; USPN 6,866,805]; Multilayer Stent [USSN: 10/132,925; Filing Date: April 26, 2002; USPN 6,623,520]; Platelet Inhibitor Eluting Ablation Catheter [USSN: 10/123,830; Filing Date: April 15, 2002; Publication Application No. 20030195503]; Drug-Eluting Stent and Delivery System with Tapered Stent in Shoulder Region [USSN: 10/353,219; Filing Date: January 27, 2003]; and Methods of Application of Schisandrin B in the Preparation of Anticancer Medications [Publication Application No. 20050119337; Filing Date: November 24, 2004].
Prior Work Experience
- Associate Attorney, Fulwider, Patton, Lee & Utecht LLP -- handled patent prosecution and litigation in the areas of biomedical (medical devices), life sciences (cell/molecular biology and gene/cell-based therapies), and chemistry (polymer chemistry, drug delivery, and therapeutics).
- Summer Law Clerk, Office of Patents & New Technology at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory/California Institute of Technology -- negotiated and drafted software licensing agreements.
- Medical Research Assistant, Tulane University School of Medicine, Endocrine Polypeptide & Cancer Institute, in the laboratory of Dr. Andrew V. Schally, Nobel Laureate in Medicine; and Research Assistant, William Beaumont Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology, in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Borrelli. Coauthored a research article in a national peer-reviewed scientific publication: Borrelli, Michael J., et al., Thermotolerance Expression in Mitotic CHO Cells without Increased Translation of Heat Shock Proteins, 169 J. CELL. PHYSIOL. 420 (1996).