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 Robert H. Thornburg
Shareholder, Registered Patent Attorney
Email:
rthornburg@addmg.com
Miami Office:
777 Brickell Ave, Suite 1114,
Miami, FL 33131-2867
Telephone:
305-374-8303 (Miami)
407-841-2330 (Orlando)
Facsimile:
305-374-8306
Practice Areas:
Admitted:
- 2003: Florida
- 2003: Illinois
- 2006: United States Patent & Trademark Office
- United States District Courts: Southern, Middle and Northern District of Florida; Northern District of Illinois
- United States Courts of Appeals: Federal, Seventh
and Eleventh Circuit
Education:
- 2004: L.L.M. in Intellectual Property Law, The John
Marshall Law School, with honors
- 2002: J.D., University
of Florida Levin College of Law, with honors, The Order
of Barristers, Certificate Degree in Intellectual Property
- 1999: B. S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre
Dame, cum laude.
Biography:
Mr. Thornburg is a Registered Patent Attorney with extensive experience in the areas of patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and related technology litigation. He also represents clients in the areas of patent and trademark prosecution, domain name disputes, and electronic discovery counseling. His experience in patent prosecution includes CPAP respiratory interfaces, high efficiency cogeneration HVAC systems, medical devices, consumer products, pharmaceuticals and "green" technologies.
Mr. Thornburg is currently a trustee of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. Robert is also an active member of the Florida Bar. He currently serves on the Executive Counsel of the Business Law Section, where he is the Vice Chair of the Intellectual Property Law Committee. He is also a past Chair of the section's Computer Law Committee. Additionally, he serves on the Florida Supreme Court Trial Technology Committee, and the Florida Bar Civil Rules Subcommittee on Electronic Discovery. He is Treasurer of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida. Mr. Thornburg serves on the board of directors of the Notre Dame Club of Miami, as well as on the executive committee of the University of Florida Law Alumni Counsel.
Mr. Thornburg is an active lecturer on topics relating to intellectual property and electronic discovery and has served as a visiting lecturer at the University of Florida College of Law, Florida State University College of Law, and the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering. He also has participated in various panels, including Thomson LegalWorks' 2006 A-Z Electronic Discovery in Miami. While in law school, he served as Vice-Chair of the Moot Court Board, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Technology Law & Policy, and President of the Florida Intellectual Property Law Association.
Recognition:
- Florida Super Lawyers 2011, 2010: Rising Stars
- Florida Trend Legal Elite, Up and Comers 2010
- 40 Under 40 Outstanding Attorneys of Miami-Dade County, 2009
Publications:
Mr. Thornburg has authored the following publications:
- Electronic Discovery in Florida, The Florida Bar Journal, Vol. 80, No. 9 (October 2006)
- Trade Secrets in the Digital Age, ABA SciTech Law Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 1 (May 2006)
- Trademark Survey Evidence: Review of Current Trends in the Ninth Circuit, 21 Santa Clara Comp. & High Tech. L. J. 715 (2005)
- Choice of Law in International Copyright: The Split of Authority Between the Second and Ninth Circuits Regarding Extraterritorial Application of the Copyright Act, 10 J. Tech. L. & Pol’y 23 (2005)
- L.L.M. Dissertation, Trademark Surveys: Development of Computer Based Survey Methods, 3 J. Marshall Rev. Intellectual P. L. (2004)
- Stadium Naming Rights: An Assessment of the Contract and Trademark Issues Inherent to Both Professional and Collegiate Stadiums, 2 VA. Sports & Ent. L.J. 328 (2003)
- Florida Privacy Law: Application of Intentional Tort Principles and Florida’s Right to Privacy as Safeguards to Private Dissemination of Private Information, 4 Fla. Coastal L.J. 139 (2003)
- The Impact of Copyright Law on Distance Education Programs: How Fair Use and the CONFU Guidelines May Shape the Future of Academia, 27 S. Ill U.L.J. 321 (2003)
Affiliations:
- The Florida Bar: Intellectual Property Committee, Chair (2011)
- The Florida Bar (Business Law Section Executive Counsel (2005-2011): Intellectual Property Law Committee, Vice Chair (2008-2011); Computer Law Committee, Chair (2006-2007), Vice Chair (2005-2006))
- Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida, Treasurer (2011), Secretary (2010)
- Miami-Dade Bar Association (Young Lawyers & Intellectual Property Law Committees)
- Orange County Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section, Chair of Morning at the Federal Courthouse 2006)
- The Illinois Bar (Young Lawyers Division)
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