George F. Pappas

During his 32 years of practice, George F. Pappas has served as lead counsel in more than 350 cases, having appeared in federal and state courts throughout the United States.  Since 1990, he has been lead counsel in more than 150 patent cases for US and foreign companies, often coordinating with patent counsel in Germany, Japan, and Canada.

Mr. Pappas has represented clients across a broad range of industries including computer and electronics, software, telecommunications, financial services, biotechnology, medical device, and the pharmaceutical industry.

Mr. Pappas is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and Chairman of its Complex Litigation Committee.  Fellowship in the College is extended by invitation only, and only to those experienced trial lawyers who have mastered the art of advocacy and those whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of ethical conduct, professionalism, civility and collegiality.  Membership in the College cannot exceed 1% of the total lawyer population of any state or province.

Mr. Pappas is Chairman of the Editorial Committee and one of the co-authors of the recently released Anatomy of a Patent Case (2009), prepared by the Complex Litigation Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers and published in conjunction with the Federal Judicial Center.  The book has been distributed to all judges of the federal judicial branch.

At the invitation of the Federal Judicial Center (FJC) beginning in 1996, Mr. Pappas has presented programs on patent law issues at FJC workshops for district judges of the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Ninth Circuits and at 24 FJC National Workshops for federal district and magistrate judges.

He also serves as a member of the U.S. District Court of Delaware Judges’ Intellectual Property Advisory Committee and the Court’s Electronic Discovery Committee.

Representative Matters

• Representation of Microsoft in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas in a patent infringement action brought by E-Pass Technologies relating to operating system software for mobile devices.
• Representation of Synaptech and Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Janssen Pharmaceutica in patent infringement actions in the District of Delaware against seven generic companies concerning Janssen's Razadyne® drug product for the treatment of Alzheimer's Dementia.
• Representation of Ortho-McNeil in the Northern District of West Virginia and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in an ANDA case brought by Mylan Laboratories relating to a patent covering LEVAQUIN, an antibiotic.
• Representation of Becton-Dickinson and Company in a patent infringement action brought by New York University relating to Bard-Parker Protected Blade Systems.
• Representation of Manheim Auctions Inc. in the Northern District of Georgia in a patent infringement case brought by Auction Management Solutions, Inc. relating to a patent covering integration of live and remote bidders at an auction site.
• Representation of Microsoft in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in a patent infringement action brought by Peter Sklar relating to cluster user interfaces in Windows XP software.
• Representation of Ethicon in a patent infringement action brought by Dr. Stephen J. Smith and The Stephen J. Smith Trust in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado relating to application and maintenance of medication on body tissue.
• Representation of AutoTrader.com in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in a patent infringement action brought by GraphOn Corp. relating to the storage of information in a database and the publication of information on a computer network such as the World Wide Web.
• Representation of Shire Laboratories in the District of New Jersey and the Southern District of Florida in an ANDA case brought against Andrx and Watson concerning Shire’s ADDERALL XR® product for the treatment of ADHD.
• Representation of Ortho-McNeil in the District of New Jersey in an ANDA case brought against Lupin Limited and Lupin Pharmaceutical concerning Ortho’s LEVAQUIN® antibacterial product.

Honors and Rankings

• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• Chairman, Complex Litigation Committee of the American College of Trial Lawyers
• Listed as one of The Best Lawyers in America in Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, and Intellectual Property Law (2006-2010)
• Listed in Chambers USA 2006-2009 and Chambers Global 2007-2010 as a leading attorney in the area of Intellectual Property
• Washington DC Super Lawyers - Intellectual Property Litigation (2007-2010)
• Named "The Top Business Litigator in DC" by Legal Times (2007)
• The International Who’s Who of Patent Lawyers (2008)
• Listed in Who's Who in American Law, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th editions

Memberships and Affiliations

• The American Law Institute, Member (2002-Present)
• Consultative Group, Intellectual Property: Principles Governing Jurisdiction, Choice of Law, and Judgments in Transnational Disputes for The American Law Institute, Member
• Appointed by Chief Judge Garrett E. Brown, Jr. to serve as a Member of the District of New Jersey Local Patent Rules Committee
• U.S. District Court of Delaware Judges’ Intellectual Property Advisory Committee, 1998, 2001, 2003-Present (invited by active Federal Judges of the Court), Member
• U.S. District Court of Delaware Electronic Discovery Committee, Member (2003-Present)
• ALI-ABA Advisory Group on Intellectual Property, Member (2004-Present)
• Maryland Statewide Business/Technology Case Management Advisory Committee, Member (2004-Present)
• Board of Visitors of the University of Maryland School of Law, Member (2000-Present)
• University of Maryland School of Law IP Program Advisory Board, Member, (2002-Present)

Publications and Speeches

• "Managing Patent Cases Made Easy," Federal Judicial Center Phase II Orientation Seminar for Newly Appointed District Judges (February 2007)
• "Managing Patent Cases Made Easy," Federal Judicial Center National Workshop for District Judges III (August 2006)
• "A Dialogue With and Among Judges," Moderator at the Federal Circuit Bar Association Charitable and Educational Fund’s Seventh Bench and Bar Conference (June 2005)