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PATENTS • TRADEMARKS • COPYRIGHTS • LICENSING COMPUTER • INTERNET • BIOMEDICAL • Y2K LITIGATION Robert C. Kain, Jr. ATTORNEY AT LAW B. E. ELEC. ENG., B. S. ENG. SCI. REGISTERED PATENT ATTORNEY |
Miami Office 7705 N.W. 48th Street, Suite 120 Miami, Florida 33166 (305) 530-9100 |
Education:
B.E. in Electrical Engineering and B.S. in Engineering Science - Vanderbilt University (1976).Current Experience:
J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law (1978).
Robert C. Kain, P.A. . . . Ft. Lauderdale & Miami, Fla.Technical Experience:
The firm specializes in intellectual property matters. Robert Kain has practiced exclusively in the intellectual property field for almost 20 years. He has extensive experience in domestic and international prosecution and transactional matters involving patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, computer law matters and local and national litigation. Robert Kain is a specialist in patenting computer hardware and software and protecting computer systems (including Internet-based systems) under copyright, trade secret and patent laws.
Practice involves all phases of intellectual property: patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, computer and multimedia law, related litigation in state and federal courts, arbitration and mediation of I.P. disputes, and administrative actions before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office. Internationally, we represent, through our network of foreign associates, clients before the European Patent Office and the Patent and Trademark Offices of Canada, Mexico, Japan, Taiwan, Australia, Brazil and others. Our extensive, hand-picked network of foreign associates also specialize in I.P. matters.
Practice also includes domestic and international business counseling, licensing intellectual property and facilitating transfers of technology. Specifically involved in securing U.S. and foreign patents and trademarks for electrical, mechanical and biomedical products.
Cesarano, Kain & Van Der Wall, P. L. . . . Miami, Fla.
Professional Limited Liability Company, 1995 - 1996. Members of the firm included Cesarano & Kain, P.A. and Robert J. Van Der Wall, P.A. The firm specialized in intellectual property matters.
Cesarano & Kain, P. A. . . . . Miami, Fla.
CEO and shareholder, 1990-1996. The firm specialized in intellectual property matters. Practice involved all phases of intellectual property, that is, patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and computer law, related litigation in state and federal courts.
Speaker, Broward County Bar Association CLE Seminar, Countdown to Y2K - Are You Ready, January, 1999; and author of Overview of Y2K issues...
Panelist, Florida Bar CLE Seminar, Potholes on the Infobahn - Practical Issues in Computer Law, June, 1997.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Nova Southeastern Law School, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Course: Patents. 1990 - 1995.
Guest Lecturer, Nova Southeastern Law School, Course: Trademarks & Copyrights, Topic: Copyright Protection for Computer Programs. 1993 - 1995.
Lecturer, Florida Bar Approved CLE, Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets -- A Lawyer's Summary.
Frequent lecturer on patents, trademarks, unfair competition, computer law and intellectual property for the Small Business Development Centers and local trade and professional associations.
Florida Bar Designated Field of Practice 1990 - 1996 -- Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law
Electrical and mechanical devices in general, and the following highly technical subjects: computer hardware and software, Internet-based computer transaction systems, financial transactions, computer patents, video image processing, telecommunications systems, microprocessors, analog and digital control systems, semiconductors, radar, lasers, optical devices, fiber optics, radio, cellular phone systems, mobile communications, television, medical devices such as pacemakers, defibrillators, catheters, and ultra-sound systems, non-destructive testing methods and equipment, electrical power generators, metallurgical compositions, electrical power circuits, lamps, compact disc technology, VCRs, nuclear reactors and reactor control systems, and jet aircraft engines.Prior
Experience:
Practice involved all phases of intellectual property and related litigation.Professional
1987-1990 -- Associate with the firm Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott,
West Palm Beach, Fla. (formerly Steele, Gould & Fried, Miami).
Manager and founder of the Miami branch office of Steele, Gould & Fried during 1987-1990. Practice limited to intellectual property.
1986-1987 -- Associate with John Cyril Malloy, P.A., Miami, Fla.
Practice limited to intellectual property.1984-1986 -- Associate with the Washington, D.C. law firm of Fleit, Jacobson, Cohn & Price.
Practice limited to intellectual property. Extensive experience in domestic and international patent prosecution.1982-1984 -- Patent attorney for General Electric Company, Large Steam Turbine-Generator Division.
Handled a wide range of intellectual property matters for the Division. Extensive experience in domestic patent preparation and prosecution and domestic and international licensing of technology.1981-1982 -- Patent attorney for General Electric Company, Washington, D.C. Bureau.
Conducted numerous patentability, validity and infringement searches. Drafted patent applications, validity and infringement opinions for the Company.1979-1981 -- Solo practice as Robert C. Kain, Jr., P.A., Lauderhill, Fla.
General practice including state and federal court litigation.1978-1979 -- Staff attorney for Legal Aid Service of Broward County, Florida.
State and federal court litigation involving health care matters for indigent.
Licenses and Associations:
Admitted to practice before the Florida Bar, District of Columbia Bar, New York State Bar, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Third, the Fourth, the Fifth and the Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, and registered to practice before Patent and Trademark Office (Reg. No. 32,648). Specially admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York, the Middle District of Indiana and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.Publications:
American Bar Association, member: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section and Law Practice Management Section; American Intellectual Property Law Association, member: Computer and Electronic Law Committee; Florida Bar, member: Computer Law Committee; Dade County Bar and Broward County Bar Associations; South Florida Patent Bar Association.
Corporate Names, Domain Names and Trademarks - Use and Registration Required, Law Note, Daily Business Review, September, 1999Community Service:
Overview of Y2K Issues and Solutions: Spotting the Problem Areas, paper presented at CLE Seminar, Broward County Bar Association, January, 1999
Computer Software Patents - Anything Under the Sun Made By Man, Florida Bar Journal, December, 1996
Independent Contractors and Computer Crimes -- The Impossible Prosecution?, 1 Boston U.J. Scien. Tech. Law 13, 1995
Should the Federal Circuit Vacate a Judgement of Patent Invalidity merely because the Patent was not Infringed?, ABA's Preview of U.S. Supreme Court Cases, February, 1993
Co-author, Commercial Defamation and Trade Disparagement Under Federal Law - The Newly Expanded Scope of Section 43(a) of the Lanham Act, Journal of Proprietary Rights, August, 1989
Chairperson, Facilities Task Force, Broward County Schools 1993, vice-chairperson 1992, member 1989-1997.Last updated on August 1999.
Co-Chairperson, Student Assignment Committee, Broward County Schools' Controlled Choice Magnet Program, 1994-1995.
Member, Facilities/Technology Subcommittee for the Broward Education Planning Initiative (Broward County School Board), 1993.
Vice-President Stirling Elementary PTA 1989-1997.