Gerry Elman

With 42 years of varied experience as a practicing attorney, he is also a widely published author on technology and the law. He was a pioneer in developing a legal practice relating to biotechnology, as well as one of the first attorneys to work with computers and online information technology. He has been accorded the highest rating, AV, in the peer-reviewed Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, and 10.0/10 Superb on Avvo.com.

As a Deputy Attorney General of Pennsylvania, he conducted litigation on behalf of the Commonwealth, primarily involving antitrust or utility regulation. Later, as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, he participated in civil and criminal investigations and complex litigation, including a trial of five pharmaceutical companies accused of fraud on the U.S. Patent Office.

He returned to private practice in 1982. At the beginning of that year, Gerry founded the legal journal Biotechnology Law Report along with publisher Mary Ann Liebert. Since then he has continuously served as its editor-in-chief. He has forged an alliance with the California Western School of Law in San Diego, where Professor Robert Bohrer and a team of his law students edit and contribute scholarly articles for the journal.

Since the early days of 1982, Gerry has been an avid advocate of computer-mediated communication, which has now become commonplace on the Internet. Via computer, he has taught intellectual property management on the University of Phoenix online campus. From 1994 to 1999 he served as the sysop for intellectual property/legal matters in the Ideas, Inventions & Innovations Forum, on CompuServe.

Gerry is the webmaster and a member of the board of the the Stanford Club of Philadelphia.

Gerry Elman’s Specialties:

patents, trademarks, copyrights, intellectual property, antitrust, Internet law, cyberlaw, biotechnology law, computer law, dispute resolution, expert witness, intellectual property mediation, intellectual property arbitration

Gerry Elman’s Experience

Outside Patent and Trademark Counsel

Quick-Med Technologies, Inc.

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; QMDT; Pharmaceuticals industry)

August 2004 — Present (5 years 4 months)
President

Elman Technology Law, P.C.

(Privately Held; Legal Services industry)

October 1988 — Present (21 years 2 months)

Our motto: STRATEGIC LAWYERING. CULTIVATING INNOVATION.
Founder & Editor-in-Chief

Biotechnology Law Report

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

January 1982 — Present (27 years 11 months)

For 25 years have supervised publication by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., of this journal for lawyers and regulatory affairs professionals on issues relating to biotechnology.
Faculty Member

University of Phoenix Online Campus

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; APOL; E-Learning industry)

May 1994 — July 1996 (2 years 3 months)

Taught the first online courses on Intellectual Property Management at the University of Phoenix Online.
Trial Attorney

Antitrust Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Law Enforcement industry)

October 1976 — September 1982 (6 years )

Did civil and criminal investigations of suspected anticompetitive activity. Litigation in federal court on whether patent for tetracycline was gotten by fraud on Patent Office.
Trial Attorney

U.S. Department of Justice

(Legal Services industry)

1976 — 1982 (6 years )
Deputy Attorney General

Pennsylvania Dept. of Justice

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Government Administration industry)

October 1972 — October 1976 (4 years 1 month)

Chief of Antitrust Unit and member of Litigation Section of Penna. Dept. of Justice. State Public Utility Commission regulatory proceedings; civil antitrust litigation in federal courts; investigation of anticompetitive behavior in gasoline industry; defended Governor in state court.
Patent and Trademark Attorney

Rohm and Haas Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ROH; Chemicals industry)

October 1968 — October 1972 (4 years 1 month)

Preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications; generation of license agreements; and general intellectual property advice for health products and enzymes groups and MicroMedic Systems joint venture with Battelle.

Gerry Elman’s Education

Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management

Business 1969 — 1972
Columbia University School of Law

J.D. , Law , 1964 — 1967

Research assistant to Prof. Harlan Blake for Blake & Pitofsky casebook on antitrust law.

Activities and Societies:

Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, Columbia Law School News
Stanford University

M.S. , Chemistry , 1963 — 1964

Generated computer programs in Algol at the "Stanford Computation Center" the year the first computers with integrated circuits were unveiled. Teaching assistant in chemistry. Thesis on digital computer analysis of spectrophotometric data under Prof. John Brauman in the lab of Prof. Carl Djerassi.
University of Chicago

S.B. , Physical Sciences (Chemistry) , October 1959 — June 1963

Activities and Societies:

Founder and editor of Particle student science journal, teaching assistant in chemistry, Zeta Beta Tau fraternity, National Merit Scholar.
Senn High School
Senn High School

Additional Information

Gerry Elman’s Websites:

Gerry Elman’s Groups:

Licensing Executives Society, Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court (former board member and webmaster), Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Ass'n (former chair, Patent Legislation/PTO Coordination cmte.), American Bar Ass'n, International Technology Law Ass'n (formerly the Computer Law Association), World Technology Network

Drug Information Association - BioPharmaceutical professionals
On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
Vistage Trusted Advisors
Facebook.com
Patent Law Group
Bionanotechies
University of Chicago Alumni
Bright Ideas & Entrepreneurs
Philadelphia Area New Media Association (PANMA)
Economist Group
Philadelphia Technology Group
Licensing Executives Society (U.S.A. and Canada), Inc. (LES US/C)
Global Intellectual Property & Business Lawyers
Rohm and Haas alumni group
LI Live - Philly
Startup Specialists
Patent and Intellectual Property Practitioners
Licensing Executives Society International
Stanford University Alumni
IP Lawyers
Tweeple
Cyberspace Law Committee (ABA Section of Business Law)
Tech Lawyers
Jewish Business Network (Philadelphia)
Antitrust Lawyer Network
Information Technology & Intellectual Property Law Group
Intellectual Property Litigation Attorneys
Life Sciences Lawyers
International club of boutique law firms
International Technology Law Association (ITechLaw)
twitter innovators Innovation & Creativity Network of Tweeters
International Intellectual Property Lawyers Group
Computer, Internet, Telecommunications and Technology Lawyers, Attorneys and Legal Counsel
Intellectual Property Strategists
BioFlorida - Florida Biotech Network
IP Practitioners and Clients
Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court
Top World Leaders
TRIZ
Philadelphia Privacy Network
Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association - PIPLA
Legal Tweeters
Lawyers & Legal Professionals using JD Supra
Google Wave Users Group
Deal Flow Source
BioPharma Deal Flow
Vistage Trusted Advisors - Greater Philadelphia Subgroup
PIPLA's Chemical & Biotech Practice Committee