Carl J. Pellegrini Partner

Carl Pellegrini specializes in intellectual property litigation and has represented clients in a wide variety of technologies.  In addition, Carl's practice includes patent prosecution, infringement and validity opinions, license negotiations and counseling clients on IP matters.

District of Columbia, Wisconsin
U.S. District Court - Eastern, Western Districts of Wisconsin
U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

University of Wisconsin Law School (J.D.  1992)
George Washington University (M.B.A.  1989)
Marquette University College of Engineering (B.S. Electrical Engineering, cum laude 1982)

Krekeler & Scheffer, Associate (1992-97) - general litigation; personal injury, tort, business, bankruptcy
Jefferson County Circuit Court, Law Clerk (1990-91)
Wisconsin Court of Appeals, District II, Judicial Internship (1990)
IBM System Integration Division, Federal Systems, Engineer/Scientist (1982-89) - concentrated in Integrated Product Support (maintenance, training, technical manuals), primarily for submarine sonar and combat control systems; subcontractor and project management experience; software user testing and training; preparation of software requirements and contract proposals

Digital Equipment Corp. v. Intel Corp. (N.D. Cal 1997)

Energy Transportation Group, Inc. v. Sonic Innovations, Inc. et al (D. Del. 2005)

ETG, Inc. v. Sonic Innovations, Inc., et. al. (D. Del. 2005) representing Widex

Imperial USA LTD v. The Black and Decker Corp., et al (W.D. NC 2004)

In the Matter of Certain Excimer Laser Surgery Devices (USITC 1999)

Koito Mfg. LTD et al v. Turn-Key-Tech LLC et al. (S.D. Cal 2003)

Microwave Networks, Inc. v. NEC (W.D. Tex 2006)

NEC v. Harris (N.D. Cal 2004)

NEC v. Hyundai Electronics, Inc. (E.D. Va 1998)

Visual Networks v. Paradyne (D. Md 2004)

VISX Inc., v. Nidek et al. (N.D. Cal 2001)

Reality Bytes: A New Era of Electronic Discovery
Instructor: U.S. IP Litigation Seminar and Patent Trial Demonstration- Seoul, Korea and Hainan, China (2006)
"The European Economic Community's Proposed Directive Concerning General Product Safety," 10 Wisc. Int'l L.J., 400 (1992)