John L. DuPré

For over twenty-five years, John DuPré has practiced primarily in the areas of intellectual property litigation and trademark prosecution. Since joining the firm in 1986, he has been involved in patent litigation, patent interferences, International Trade Commission proceedings, trademark and trade dress litigation, trademark oppositions and cancellation proceedings, and copyright litigation. He also has experience in licensing matters and IP counseling.

In addition, John’s legal expertise also includes IP portfolio strategy & counseling, due diligence studies and opinions, audits, trade secret advice, alternative dispute resolution, nondisclosure agreements, technology transfer, consulting, employment, and community interest agreements.

John works with start-up, emerging and small companies as well as mid-sized corporations. He has been involved in contested patent matters in electronic, chemical, and biotechnology fields involving technologies as diverse as Recombinant Protein A, monoclonal antibodies, components for printed circuit boards, chemical compositions for stripping metals, electronic diamond testers, neural network facial recognition systems, acoustic wave analysis and synthesis systems, filtration systems for semiconductor processing, and in-line skates.

John's copyright matters have included works of art, computer game software, and architectual plans.

Publications

• Worldwide trademark protection: coverage versus costs , IAM magazine , January 2012
• Battling infringement, Nature Biotechnology, January 2011
• When to Choose Trade Secret Protection Over a Patent, IAM magazine , January 2011
• Renewing Trademark Registrations, November 2009

Professional Associations

• American Bar Association
• Boston Patent Law Association, Past-President; Past Board of Governors
• Federal Circuit Bar Association
• International Trademark Association
• Merrimack Valley Venture Forum

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court
• U.S. Court of Appeals for First Circuit
• New York
• New Hampshire