PAUL T. BOWEN primarily focuses on building and enforcing international patent portfolios (design and utility) and opining on the validity and infringement of patents. He has traveled abroad (e.g., to Europe, Japan and Australia) to counsel and assist clients with prosecution-related workshops and presentations, prepared briefings to defend an opposition against a European patent, and trained representatives from Japanese and Australian companies on U.S. patent law. Mr. Bowen has prepared numerous cease and desist letters, licenses, and pre- and post-litigation opinions, including providing advice on designing around patents. Mr. Bowen has prepared more than a dozen reissue applications.

Mr. Bowen has prepared briefings for, and argued before, the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences; assisted with the preparation of briefs and motions for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and various U.S. District Courts (e.g., the Western District of Michigan and the Northern District of Georgia); and assisted with conducting a jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Maryland.

From 1994 to 2000, Mr. Bowen practiced patent law at Oliff & Berridge, and from 2000-2003, Mr. Bowen practiced IP law at Pillsbury Winthrop. From 1989 to 1994, Mr. Bowen worked at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) where he examined electro-mechanical applications mainly in the field of photocopiers and printers.

Affiliations: AIPLA

Admitted to practice: Commonwealth of Virginia, District of Columbia

Admitted In: U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.