John Rabena is a partner in the Washington D.C. office, and a member of the firm's Management Committee. He specializes in intellectual property litigation and has represented clients in a wide variety of technologies. He has handled cases in the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) as well as the U.S. District Courts. He also teaches trial skills seminars with the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and Georgetown University. In addition to litigation, John's practice includes license negotiation, infringement and validity opinions, and patent prosecution.
Bars
Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals - Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court - District of Columbia
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals for Maryland
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
University of Baltimore School of Law (J.D. 1994)
North Carolina State University (M.E.E. 1991)
United States Military Academy at West Point (B.S.E.E. 1987)
Expertise
Mr. Rabena's areas of expertise include internet, computer hardware and software, disk drive control code, microcode and chip design, digital, analog, and microwave circuits, computer communications, telecommunications, automotive and surgical laser technologies. He has lectured on numerous topics including defending ITC Respondents, trying complex technology issues to a jury, negotiation strategies, building an effective patent portfolio, and handling opinions of counsel. He has been quoted as a third party expert by the Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Dow Jones News, Bloomberg News Service, Washington Post, IPLaw360, and many others.
Representative Cases
In the Matter of Certain Low Antimony Phosphoric Acid (USITC 2007)
Girafa Inc. v. Amazon.com et. al. (D. Del 2007)
Microwave Networks, Inc. v. NEC Corp (WD Texas 2006)
Magna Donnelley Corp. v. Pilkington NA, Inc. et. al. (W.D. Mich. 2006)
Contois Music Tech., LLC v. Apple Computer Inc. (D. Vt 2005)
NEC v. Harris (N.D. Cal 2004)
Eaton v. ZF Meritor et al. (E.D. Mich 2004)
In the Matter of Certain Automated Mechanical Transmission Systems (USITC 2004)
Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd. et. al. v. Turn-Key-Tech LLC (S.D. Cal 2003)
VISX Inc., v. Nidek et al. (N.D. Cal 2001)
In the Matter of Certain Excimer Laser Surgery Devices (USITC 1999)
Calmac Mfg v. Dunham Bush, et.al. (E.D. Va 1998)
NEC v. Hyundai Electronics, Inc. (E.D. Va 1998)
Digital Equipment Corp. v. Intel Corp. (N.D. Cal 1997)
C.S. Telecom S.A. v. Hewlett Packard (D.D.C. 1996)
IBM Corp. v. Conner Peripherals (N.D. Cal 1994)
Associations
National Institute for Trial Advocacy - Instructor
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Publications and Teaching
Pulling the Preemptive Trigger
Injunctive Relief in the ITC Post Ebay
Invited to an ITC Party? Bring Your Redesigns