| BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS… | | | | perfect solution. He is incredibly competent, highly |
| "In terms of your life, 10 years is a fairly long time. In | | | | responsive, and cost-effective. You can expect that |
| terms of the number of innovations and advances in | | | | your work product will meet the highest standards, |
| software and hardware, it's an eternity and that's | | | | get done on time, and at a reasonable price. Having |
| what's made my practice challenging and rewarding," | | | | retained Robert on several matters, I can also attest |
| said Plotkin. "The irony of hitting our 10-year | | | | to the fact that he's a pleasure to work with." |
| anniversary at this time is that it coincides with | | | | |
| perhaps the most important ruling by the U.S. | | | | In 2008, the law office of Robert Plotkin was named |
| Supreme Court pertaining to patents and our clients | | | | a Go-To Law Firm for Leading Technology |
| in the Bilski v. Kappos case." | | | | Companies by American Lawyer Media. |
| | | | | |
| In Bilski v. Kappos, the U.S. Supreme Court just | | | | In addition to his law practice and academic |
| affirmed that "business methods" can be patented in | | | | scholarship, Plotkin is also an adjunct faculty member |
| the U.S., and more generally affirmed that U.S. patent | | | | at the Boston University School of Law, where he |
| law allows useful "processes" to be patented. For | | | | teaches an advanced course entitled "Software and |
| some there was hope and for many there was fear | | | | the Law." Boston University School of Law's |
| that the U.S. Supreme Court would strike down all | | | | Intellectual Property program has been named among |
| patents on business methods, computer software, | | | | the top 10 in the U.S. by U.S. News and World Report. |
| and medical diagnostic methods, nullifying thousands | | | | |
| of granted patents owned by U.S. companies, | | | | Plotkin earned his Juris Doctorate from Boston |
| universities, and inventors. | | | | University Law and holds a Bachelor of Science |
| | | | | degree in Computer Science and Engineering from |
| "As a result of this ruling, innovators will likely continue | | | | the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of |
| to flock to the U.S. for patent protection on business | | | | Technology (MIT). |
| methods and software," said Plotkin. | | | | |
| | | | | Attorney Plotkin lives with his partner, Melissa Hoffer |
| Attorney Plotkin represents clients in the computer | | | | (an environmental lawyer), in Concord, Massachusetts |
| industry throughout the U.S. and internationally. He | | | | with their Labrador Retriever and the latest addition |
| also is a thought leader in patent protection for | | | | to their family: two Nigerian Dwarf goats. |
| software, as reflected in his publications in leading law | | | | |
| journals and presentations at legal and technical | | | | For more information on Robert Plotkin, P.C., please |
| conferences worldwide. That includes the recent | | | | call 877.651.8039 or visit |
| publication of his book, The Genie in the Machine: | | | | |
| How Computer-Automated Inventing is | | | | About Robert Plotkin |
| Revolutionizing Law and Business, by Stanford | | | | Robert Plotkin, Esq. is an experienced intellectual |
| University Press. | | | | property lawyer who has written and obtained |
| | | | | hundreds of patents for clients in the computer |
| Steven K. Gold, an entrepreneur based in Lexington, | | | | hardware and software industries. He was educated |
| Massachusetts and a senior partner for | | | | as a computer scientist at the world-renowned |
| Entrepreneurship at Olin College in Needham, | | | | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and as |
| Massachusetts, says that "Over the past decade, I | | | | a lawyer at the Boston University School of Law. He |
| have worked with more than 20 patent attorneys at | | | | was trained in patent prosecution at the top-tier |
| several big law firms in New York, Boston, and | | | | patent firm of Fish & Richardson, P.C. Since |
| Philadelphia on a wide range of intellectual property | | | | founding Robert Plotkin, P.C. he has represented |
| matters. When it comes to intellectual property | | | | clients ranging from multinational corporations to |
| strategy and patent prosecution for | | | | startup companies to individual inventors. |
| computer-related technologies, Robert offers a | | | | |