Rebecca L. Hanovice

Rebecca L. Hanovice is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of the firm's Del Mar Heights office.

Areas of Practice

Ms. Hanovice focuses her practice on complex intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution.  Ms. Hanovice has represented large technology companies in patent infringement and trade secret litigation, and has experience managing discovery and substantive motion practice.  Ms. Hanovice also has experience with trademark and false advertising litigation. 

Ms. Hanovice is a registered patent attorney with experience writing and prosecuting patents for various technologies, including medical devices and pharmaceuticals.

Prior to joining Sheppard Mullin, Ms. Hanovice was an associate at Bromberg & Sunstein LLP in Boston, Massachusetts.

Education

• J.D., Cornell University Law School, 2004
• B.A., Biology and Society, Cornell University, 2001, Magna Cum Laude with Distinction in All Subjects, Phi Beta Kappa

Admissions

• California
• Massachusetts
• All California U.S. District courts
• U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
• United States Patent and Trademark Office

Mformation Technologies, Inc. v. Research in Motion, Ltd. ("RIM") (Northern District of California) – Currently representing plaintiff patent owner Mformation in its patent infringement suit against RIM, accusing RIM's Blackberry devices and related software of infringing Mformation's patents covering remote management of wireless devices.

Quantum Corp. v. Riverbed Tech., Inc. (Northern District of California) – Represented plaintiff and cross-defendant Quantum in multiple patent infringement lawsuits against Riverbed regarding data storage products utilizing de-duplication technology. The matters were resolved in a global settlement that was very favorable to Quantum.

Hambrecht Wine Group, L.P. d/b/a Belvedere Winery, L.P. v. Millennium Import LLC (Northern District of California) - While at Bromberg & Sunstein LLP, represented plaintiff Hambrecht Wine Group against the importer of Belvedere Vodka in a breach of license and trademark infringement action.  The case settled favorably for the plaintiff after the Court issued a summary judgment ruling in Hambrecht Wine Group's favor.

ScanSoft, Inc. v. Voice Signal Technologies, Inc. et al. ("VST") (Massachusetts) - While at Bromberg & Sunstein LLP, represented plaintiff ScanSoft, now Nuance, in its patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and unfair competition suit against VST.  The case focused on speech recognition technology.

Memberships

• Scholarship Committee Co-Chair and Member, Athena San Diego
• Member, San Diego County Bar Association
• Member, Lawyers Club of San Diego
• Member, Cornell Club of San Diego
• Member, AIPLA

Articles

"'Egyptian Goddess' Revises Design Patent Analysis," The National Law Journal, December 1, 2008

"E-discovery made simple(r): Practical Steps for Locating, Analyzing & Producing Electronic Documents," The Corporate Counselor, June 1, 2008

Intellectual Property Law Blog Articles

• "Federal Circuit Awards Permanent Injunction to Patentee in 'Close Case'", February 17, 2009
• "Federal Circuit's Egyptian Goddess Decision Polishes Analysis Used to Determine Design Patent Infringement", January 13, 2009
• "Summary of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Recommendations to the Incoming Obama Administration Regarding the USPTO", January 13, 2009
• "Federal Circuit Redesigns Design Patent Infringement Analysis", September 25, 2008