Areas of Expertise

Intellectual Property Litigation

Patent Prosecution

Copyright

Trademarks

Licensing

Professional Summary
Mr. Hartoonian has worked in all aspects of intellectual property including prosecution and litigation. His technological concentrations include electronic devices, biotechnology, mechanical inventions, mass spectrometry, children's toys and costumes, e-commerce, new media, and business methods. He also has drafted patent license agreements and worked on copyright and trademark litigation matters. Mr. Hartoonian works on Hatch-Waxman patent litigation involving pharmaceutical products.

Education
B.S., Johns Hopkins University, Biomedical Engineering with an Electrical Engineering concentration, 2000, Dean's Scholar
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2003

Admissions
New York
U.S. District Courts for the Southern
and Eastern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships
New York State Bar Association
New York Intellectual Property Law Association
Association of the Bar of the City of New York
Armenian Bar Association

Articles
“International Briefing - How to Determine and Correct Inventorship,” Managing Intellectual Property by Edward Weisz, Partner, and Mher Hartoonian, Associate

“IP Expert Advice: How to determine and correct inventorship in U.S. patents,” EDN-Electronic Business by Edward Weisz, Partner & Mher Hartoonian, Associate

“IP Expert Advice: U.S. inventorship and priority disputes over geography,” EDN-Electronic Business by Mher Hartoonian, Associate & Edward Weisz, Partner

Decisions
Pharm. Res., Inc. v. Roxane Labs. Inc., No. 03-3357, 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 81628, 2006 WL 3231427 (D.N.J. Nov. 8, 2006).