BOSTON—Lawrence M. Green, of Wayland, a shareholder with Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., the largest law firm in New England devoted exclusively to intellectual property law, was named a 2010 “Massachusetts Super Lawyer” by Massachusetts Super Lawyers magazine.
Green chairs the firm’s Interference Group and is a member of the Litigation, Mechanical Technologies, Biotechnology, and Trademark & Copyright Groups. His practice has spanned over 25 years and has been focused on all aspects of intellectual property with a particular emphasis on interference practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Green also handles a wide range of technologies including medical products, laboratory equipment, and textiles and manufacturing apparatus and processes. He is experienced in patent and trademark prosecution and in preparing clearance, validity, patentability, and pre-litigation opinions.
Green has successfully managed many patent litigations and interferences, including Cooper v. Goldfarb, the longest running patent interference in U.S. history. This historic multi-decade conflict involved three appearances before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, and two appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He has also had several recent successes before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, including In re Sullivan, involving a patent application for a snake venom and California v Iowa involving an interference relating to the treatment of allergies using a nucleic acid sequence that alters a person’s immune response.
Edward F. Perlman of Wayland, a shareholder at Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C., the largest law firm in New England devoted exclusively to intellectual property law, was named a 2010 “Massachusetts Super Lawyer” by Massachusetts Super Lawyers magazine.
Perlman co-chairs the firm’s Trademark & Copyright Group and is a member of its Licensing & Transactions and Litigation groups. He has extensive experience in patent and trademark matters with a primary focus on trademark and branding issues worldwide, including the selection, clearance, prosecution, enforcement, and litigation of trademarks and trade dress for companies of all sizes. He has particular expertise in the development of patent and trademark licensing strategies, including the negotiation and preparation of license and other proprietary agreements.
At the beginning of his legal career, Perlman was a Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is a member of the Legal Task Force for the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association, the International Trademark Association, Boston Patent Law Association, and Intellectual Property Owners Association.
Massachusetts Super Lawyers identifies the top 5 percent of attorneys in the state, as chosen by their peers and through the independent research of Law & Politics. About 31,000 attorneys in Massachusetts who have been licensed to practice for five years or more were surveyed.
