Allison M. Corder
Allison M. Corder is a registered patent attorney practicing in all areas of intellectual property law, including patent, trademark and copyright. She participates in all phases of prosecution and litigation including pre-suit investigation, infringement/validity analysis, preparation of pleadings and discovery, depositions, motions and Markman. In addition, she prepares patent opinions involving infringement, validity and inventorship as well as performs offensive and defensive analysis on strategic essential and nonessential licensing. Before becoming an attorney, Allison worked as a mechanical engineer in fields relating to linear power amplifiers, cellular phone and accessory design, heat transfer, thermodynamics and finite element analysis for cellular infrastructure hardware. Before entering private practice, she was in-house counsel for a global communication company as well as Patent Committee Chair organizing invention disclosure processing of approximately 1500 invention submissions a year and administered bi-monthly Patent Committee meetings.
Education:
Chicago Kent College of Law, Juris Doctor 2001
- Dean’s List
- CALI Academic Achievement Award: Intellectual Property for Corporate Lawyers
- Intellectual Property Certificate
- Moot Court Competitions: Giles Sutherland Rich, Charles Evan Hughes and Daley Center Trial Advocacy
University of Amsterdam, European IP Law Certificate 2000
University of Illinois, B.S. General Engineering 1996 (Mechanical Engineering Certificate)
Registered to practice in and before:
- Supreme Court of the United States
- United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois
- State of Illinois
- United States Patent and Trademark Office
Memberships:
- American Biographical Institute Board of International Research: 2009 Woman of the Year in Law
- American Bar Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
Areas of Practice:
Patent prosecution involving: - software, electrical and mechanical arts pertaining to cellular technology (CDMA, TDMA and GSM)
- financial instrument management software
- breast pumping technology
- casino gaming machines
- recreational gaming systems
- synthetic vision systems
- risk assessment processes
- microfiltration
system and methods
- safety egress apparatuses
- postal apparatuses
Patent infringement litigation involving:
- laser sintering rapid prototyping
- barcoding technology
- document management systems, including mail inserters and forms handling
- hip replacement devices
- sports equipment
- modular heating and cooling devices
- medical products
- gas grill products and accessories
- live broadcasting computer simulation
Trademark infringement litigation involving:
- restaurant services
- beaded curtains and wall hangings
products
- document management systems
- motor vehicle services
- beverage products
Copyright infringement litigation involving:
- barcoding software
- beaded curtain and wall hanging designs
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