Bill Blonigan
TEL: 858.720.8900FAX: 858.509.3691
Del Mar
12275 El Camino Real
Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92130
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Bill Blonigan
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Mr. Blonigan is an associate in the Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group in the firm’s San Diego–Del Mar office.
Areas of Practice
Mr. Blonigan’s practice focuses on patent litigation and includes matters involving copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, and trade secrets. His engineering education and work experience allow him to handle a wide variety of technologies, including electronics and medical devices. As a registered patent attorney, he also helps clients both obtain and dispute patent protection before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Education
- J.D., Boston University School of Law, Paul J. Liacos Scholar, American Journal of Law & Medicine, 2007
- The George Washington University Law School, Visiting Scholar, 2007
- Tsinghua University School of Law, Beijing, China, Foreign Student, 2006
- University of Minnesota—Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Biomedical Engineering with Emphasis in Electrical Engineering, 2003
Clerkships
- Mr. Blonigan externed at the United States Patent & Trademark Office’s Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences in 2007 (soon to be the “Patent Trial & Appeal Board” or “PTAB”).
Admissions
- Supreme Court of California
- United States Patent & Trademark Office
- United States District Court for the Central District of California
Cook, Inc. v. Endologix, Inc. (Indiana, Southern Dist.)—Represented defendant in medical-device patent litigation.
Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A. v. Tabari (California, Central Dist.)—Represented defendant pro bono to obtain favorable settlement after appeal.
Partners in Leadership, Inc. v. Questmark LLC (Pennsylvania, Western Dist.)—Represented plaintiff in trademark and copyright dispute to stop defendant’s use of proprietary sales-training materials. Secured favorable settlement for client.
Edwards Lifesciences AG v. CoreValve, Inc. (Delaware)—Represented defendant through trial in patent litigation involving self-expanding, percutaneously delivered aortic heart-valve replacement.
Rev Wheel, LLC v. American Racing Equipment, LLC (California, Central Dist.)—Represented plaintiff in trademark-invalidity and unfair-competition claims relating to after-market vehicle wheels. Secured favorable settlement for client.
Treasure Garden, Inc. v. Wanda Ying Li (California, Central Dist.)—Represented declaratory-judgment plaintiff asserting patent invalidity. Secured favorable settlement for client.
Articles
- National Reports: In re Swanson, 540 F.3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2008) (Reexamination No. 90/006,785), European Intellectual Property Review, Vol. 31, Issue 1, at N–15 (2009)
- Road Under Construction: Administrative Claim Interpretations and a Path of Greater Deference from the Federal Circuit to the Patent Office, 35 American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal 415 (2007)
- Pharmaceutical Manufacturer Sponsoring Terminated Clinical Trial Not Obligated to Continue Providing Drug to Volunteers—Abney v. Amgen, Inc., 32 American Journal of Law & Medicine 412 (2006)