Edward V. Di Lello
Senior Counsel
Senior Counsel
Areas of Expertise
Patent Litigation
Trademark Litigation, Including Cancellation and Interference Proceedings in
the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
Transaction-based Counseling Concerning Patent, Trademark and
Copyright Protections, Licensing and Assignment of Rights
Freedom to Practice and Validity Opinions
Valuation of Intellectual Property
Professional Summary
Since clerking for Hon. Robert W. Sweet (S.D.N.Y.) in 1994-95 Edward V. Di Lello has focused his practice on patent, trademark and copyright litigation and counseling. As a litigator, he has represented major manufacturing, communications, publishing, banking, consumer goods and biotech companies in intellectual property cases as both plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Di Lello’s patent litigation experience has covered subjects ranging from generic drugs to cellular telephony to heat exchangers. He has litigated design patents on luggage, furniture and consumer electronics products. He also has litigated trademark and trade dress cases covering a range of consumer goods, publications and business services. Mr. Di Lello has practiced before Federal district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for the Federal Circuit.
Education
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 1974
M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 1978
J.D., Columbia University, 1993
Admissions
U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Memberships
American Bar Association
Articles
“The Federal Trademark Dilution Act in 2002: Still a Long Way to Go,” Chapter in 2000 Wiley Intellectual Property Law Update (Aspen Law & Bus.)
“Blurring Under the Federal Trademark Dilution Act,” Managing Intellectual Property
“Towards a Common Law of Sentencing: Developing Judicial Precedent in Cyberspace,” (with Hon. Robert W. Sweet & Evan van Hook) Fordham Law Review
“Fighting Fire with Firefighters: A Proposal for Expert Judges at the Trial Level,” Columbia Law Review
“Functional Equivalency and its Application to Freedom of Speech on Computer Bulletin Boards,” Columbia Journal of Law & Social Problems
Decisions
Louis Vuitton v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp; 71 U.S.PQ.2D (BNA) 1507, 2004 U.S. Dist. Lexis 9387 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
Since clerking for Hon. Robert W. Sweet (S.D.N.Y.) in 1994-95 Edward V. Di Lello has focused his practice on patent, trademark and copyright litigation and counseling. As a litigator, he has represented major manufacturing, communications, publishing, banking, consumer goods and biotech companies in intellectual property cases as both plaintiffs and defendants. Mr. Di Lello’s patent litigation experience has covered subjects ranging from generic drugs to cellular telephony to heat exchangers. He has litigated design patents on luggage, furniture and consumer electronics products. He also has litigated trademark and trade dress cases covering a range of consumer goods, publications and business services. Mr. Di Lello has practiced before Federal district courts, the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit and for the Federal Circuit.
Education
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 1974
M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence College, 1978
J.D., Columbia University, 1993
Admissions
U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Memberships
American Bar Association
Articles
“The Federal Trademark Dilution Act in 2002: Still a Long Way to Go,” Chapter in 2000 Wiley Intellectual Property Law Update (Aspen Law & Bus.)
“Blurring Under the Federal Trademark Dilution Act,” Managing Intellectual Property
“Towards a Common Law of Sentencing: Developing Judicial Precedent in Cyberspace,” (with Hon. Robert W. Sweet & Evan van Hook) Fordham Law Review
“Fighting Fire with Firefighters: A Proposal for Expert Judges at the Trial Level,” Columbia Law Review
“Functional Equivalency and its Application to Freedom of Speech on Computer Bulletin Boards,” Columbia Journal of Law & Social Problems
Decisions
Louis Vuitton v. Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp; 71 U.S.PQ.2D (BNA) 1507, 2004 U.S. Dist. Lexis 9387 (S.D.N.Y. 2004)
