Ms. Pan specializes in patent portfolio building for large and small companies, including patent preparation, prosecution and appeals. Ms. Pan's legal expertise also extends to multi-party complex patent litigation before several U.S. federal district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Ms. Pan counsels clients in patent licensing and valuation, taking into account probabilities of infringement and invalidity.
Bars
District of Columbia, Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit
U.S. District Court - Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
George Washington University Law School (J.D. with honors 1995; Journal of International Law and Economics, editor)
The Johns Hopkins University ( 1992)
University of Virginia (B.S.E.E. 1991)
Prior Experience
Mobile Satellite System, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Engineer - Mobile Communications, Ground Station Design
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, Research Assistant
Representative Cases
IMS Technology, Inc. v. Bridgeport Machines (E.D. Va.)
In the matter of Certain Excimer Laser Systems for Vision Correction Surgery and Components Thereof (ITC)
In the matter of Intel Corp. (FTC)
MIT v. Lockheed Martin (D. Mass.)
Reynolds v. Sanada (BPAI)
VISX v. Farmington Laser Eye Center, PLLC (E.D. Mich.)
VISX v. Refractive Support, Inc. (N.D. Ohio)
Associations
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Virginia State Bar Association
Publications and Teaching
Hybrid Use of Trade Secret and Patent Protection in Green Technology
How to protect your IP with patents: 10 tips
"Using Legal and Market Principles to Expand or Contract the Damages Pool in Medical Device Litigation", Medical Design Magazine, October 2009
More Objective Patent Damages Assessments
Patent Valuations Before M&A Deals
IP's Impact on M&A and Corporate Values
Protecting Your Intellectual Property Overseas
McKesson - The Ghost of New Rules Past
Recent Patent Decisions in the Intermediate People's Court of China
Considerations for Modifying Inter-Partes Reexam and Implementing Other Post-Grant Review
Patent Valuations: Bridging Matters of Finance and Law
The Intersection Between Damages Recovery under the Patent Marking Statute and Prosecution Practice
Appealing a Rejection at the Patent Board of Appeals: Analysis of Recent Board Decisions and Non-Appeal Alternatives
Patent Damage Assessments After Rite-Hite and Grain Processing
"Construing Section 112 Paragraph 6 Claim Elements" (Sughrue Review, Nov. 1999)
"Means Plus Function Claim Limitations: A Panacea or a Trap for the Literalist" (Sughrue Review, Oct. 1997)