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Jonathan S. Caplan
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- Partner
- Co-Chair, Intellectual Property
- New York
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Jonathan S. Caplan represents clients in patent litigation, counseling and prosecution, as well as in general corporate matters involving the acquisition, sale or licensing of intellectual property rights.
Jonathan litigates patent infringement actions in federal district courts across the country, in the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and in state courts, both representing patent owners seeking to enforce their rights and defending companies against allegations of infringement. His litigation work includes patent infringement actions in the Southern District of New York, the District of Delaware, the Northern District of California and the District of Nebraska, involving technologies from wireless communications to semiconductor wafer inspection equipment to immuno-assay kits and analyzers. He also handles inter partes review and ex parte re-exam proceedings before the Patent and Trademark Office.
Experience
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Representing Sirius XM Radio in patent infringement action involving multicarrier modulation technology and recently won a motion to dismiss the case.
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Advised Stone Point Capital LLC in an agreement by which funds managed by Stone Point acquired Sabal Capital Partners LLC.
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Advised Stone Point Capital LLC and its Trident funds in an investment in Gordon Brothers Group LLC, a global advisory, restructuring and investment firm specializing in the industrial, consumer products and retail sectors.
Credentials
Education
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J.D., cum laude, Temple University Beasley School of Law, 1993 -
B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 1986
Bar Admissions
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New York, 1994
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New Jersey, 1993
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1994
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S.C.A., Federal Circuit
- U.S.C.A., 3rd Circuit
- U.S.D.C., District of New Jersey
- U.S.D.C., Eastern District of Texas
- U.S.D.C., Southern District of New York
Professional Affiliations
- New Jersey Intellectual Property Law Association, President (2010)
- New York Intellectual Property Law Association
- American Bar Association, Section on Intellectual Property Law
- American Bar Foundation, fellow
- The International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys
- The Trial Lawyer Honorary Society of the Litigation Counsel of America, fellow
- Jewish Vocational Services of MetroWest, former trustee
- United Jewish Communities of MetroWest, former trustee
- Temple Beth Shalom, former board member
- United States Air Force, former officer
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