Cooper & Dunham LLP

Celebrating her 20^th year with Cooper & Dunham, Wendy specializes in intellectual property litigation, counseling, licensing and portfolio development, including:

• litigating intellectual property disputes in the U.S. Courts, including disputes involving patents, trademarks, copyright, false advertising and unfair competition;
• prosecuting ex parte and inter partes trademark matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• conducting intellectual property analyses and providing opinions on patent validity and infringement, and trademark clearance, validity and infringement

Wendy is an active member of the National Association of Women Lawyers, and a volunteer member of the Business Council for Peace, Inc. (Bpeace), a non-profit organization providing pro bono business consultation to entrepreneurs in war-torn regions. Wendy sat on the Bpeace Board of Directors from 2005-2008, and has traveled to Afghanistan and Rwanda to help develop its program.

Education:

• The George Washington University, J.D., 1989
• Pennsylvania State University, B.S., Physics, 1986

Bar Admission:

• New York State
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Courts of Appeal for the First, Third, Ninth and Federal Circuits
• United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the District of New Jersey
• United States Patent & Trademark Office, registered patent attorney

Representative Matters:

• Represented a major consumer appliance manufacturer as plaintiff in a patent infringement action. Obtained two preliminary injunctions against the defendants, and a $4.5 million jury verdict including a finding of willful infringement. A final Judgment of $4.8 million was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Represented a manufacturer of magnetic snap fasteners as a defendant in a patent infringement action. Obtained judgment as a matter of law at the close of the plaintiff's case at trial, resulting in a dismissal of the complaint. Also obtained post-trial sanctions against the plaintiff and its counsel.
• Represented a manufacturer of x-ray mammography products as a defendant in a patent infringement lawsuit. Obtained an order dismissing the complaint on summary judgment.
• Represented a manufacturer of magnetic snap fasteners as a plaintiff in a patent infringement action. Obtained a $4.5 million jury verdict including a finding of willful infringement, and an order awarding the plaintiff enhanced damages and attorneys' fees. A final judgment of $7.1 million was affirmed by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
• Represented a national retail chain as a defendant in a copyright infringement action. Obtained a jury verdict finding no liability.
• Represented a major optical disc replicator as a defendant in a copyright infringement lawsuit. Obtained an order awarding the defendant its attorneys' fees following grant of summary judgment against the plaintiff.

Reported Decisions:

• SEB S.A. v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., 2010 WL 398118 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
• Advanced Magnetic Closures, Inc. v. *Rome Fastener Corp., 2005 WL 1241896 (S.D.N.Y. 2005; 2008 WL 2787981 (S.D.N.Y. 2008)
• Sokolov v. *Lorad Corp. and *Hologic, Inc., 476 F. Supp.2d 130 (D. Conn. 2007)
• *Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Mitzi Int'l Handbag & Accessories, 323 F. Supp.2d 512 (S.D.N.Y. 2004); 2005 WL 78585 (S.D.N.Y. 2005); 2005 WL 351741 (S.D.N.Y. 2005), aff'd, 168 Fed.Appx. 425 (Fed. Cir.), cert. denied, 549 U.S. 822 (2006)
• Arclightz & Films Pvt. Ltd. v. Video Palace Inc. and *Cinram International Inc. et al., 67 U.S.P.Q.2d 1152 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)
• Arclightz & Films Pvt. Ltd. v. Video Palace Inc. and *Cinram International Inc. et al., 2003 WL 22434153 (S.D.N.Y. 2003)
• *SEB S.A. v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.; 137 F. Supp.2d 285 (S.D.N.Y. 2001); 77 F. Supp.2d 399 (S.D.N.Y. 1999), aff'd, 243 F.3d 566 (Fed. Cir. 2000)

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