Jill M. Browning

Principal

Education

University of Virginia School of Law, J.D.
University of Virginia, B.A. in Chemistry with a Specialization in Biochemistry

Experience

Jill M. Browning joined ASHE, P.C. in 2007. Ms. Browning has many years of experience litigating patents and related causes as well as all aspects of negotiating and drafting agreements relating to intellectual property. Prior to joining ASHE, P.C., Ms. Browning was a partner at a patent law firm in the Washington, D.C. area, where she litigated patent disputes in technical areas such as pharmaceuticals including ANDA or (Orange Book) cases, medical imaging devices, telephony, wireless data transfer technology and mechanical devices. Ms. Browning also counseled clients with respect to their patent portfolios and has negotiated and drafted numerous agreements relating to patents, trademarks and copyright, including joint development agreements, license agreements, invention agreements, software development agreements and purchase agreements.

Before entering private practice, Ms. Browning also served as the Law Clerk to Judges Cacheris, Hilton, Ellis and Brinkema in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

Admissions

Supreme Court of Virginia
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Affiliations

Member, IPO Licensing Committee (2008)
Member, Board of Directors, Association of Patent Law Firms (2001-2007)
Vice President, Association of Patent Law Firms (2002-2003; 2005-2007)
Secretary, Association of Patent Law Firms (2003-2004)
Federal Circuit Bar Association
Licensing Executives Society
VSB Intellectual Property Law Section

Representative Cases

Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Baekkeskov v. Atkinson (Interference No. 105,576)

Lead interference counsel for The Regents of the University of California in a patent interference proceeding involving a method for the early detection of the onset of insulin-dependent diabetes.

Raz v. Krieg (Interference No. 105,526)

Counsel for The Regents of the University of California in a patent interference proceeding involving methods of treating asthma by administering immunostimulatory polynucleotide sequences.

Representative District Court Actions

Cornerstone BioPharma, Inc. et al. v. Sovereign Pharmaceuticals, LTD. (M.D.N.C. Civ. Action No. 06-cv-2006-JAP-PTS)

Lead counsel for defendant Sovereign Pharmaceuticals in patent litigation involving patent directed to pharmaceutical product.

Marsulex v. AE&E and Von Roll (Lebanon PA)

Counsel for defendants in trade secret misappropriation case relating to flue gas desulphurization technology.

Padcom v. NetMotion (D. Del. Civil Action No. 03-983-SLR)

Co-lead counsel for plaintiff in patent infringement litigation involving wireless data transmission.

Willinger Brothers Inc., and Tetra GmbH v. Imagine Gold LLC (E.D. Va. Civ. Action No. 1:04CV456)

Lead counsel for plaintiff in trademark and unfair competition action.

Glaxo Group Limited, et al., v. Kali Laboratories, Inc. (D.N.J. Civil Action No. 03-399)

Counsel for defendant in ANDA litigation involving a serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist.

FFPH v. Siemens Medical Solutions (D. Del.)

Counsel for plaintiff in patent enforcement litigation involving medical imaging equipment.

FFPH v. Shimadzu (D.N.J. Civil Action No. 02-2081)

Counsel for plaintiff in patent enforcement litigation involving medical imaging equipment.

Heinz Kettler and Kettler International, Inc. v. Radio Flyer (E.D. Va.)

Lead counsel for Kettler in a patent, trademark and trade dress dispute relating to ride-on toys.

Electronics for Imaging v. Pentax USA Inc. (E.D. Tx.)

Counsel for defendant in patent dispute regarding digital cameras bundled with color image editing software.

Polymeric Resources Corporation v. Nilit America (D.N.J. Civil Action No. 03-1548)

Counsel for plaintiff in trademark ownership and enforcement dispute.

Aerotel v. NACT, (S.D.N.Y. )

Counsel for plaintiff in telecommunications patent suit relating to the administration of prepaid telephone minutes.

K2 Corp. v. Solomon S.A. 50 USPQ2d 1054 (W.D. Wa. 1998) Represented defendant in defense of preliminary injunction and cross motion for summary judgment in patent dispute relating to ski equipment.

Representative Publications & Speaking Engagements

Deposition Do’s and Don’ts: The Patent Interference Bar Is Warned, by Judge Bruce Stoner and Jill Browning
“Tafas v. Dudas: Summary Judgment Hearing,” February 8, 2008
“PTO Continuation and Claim Rules Temporarily Blocked by District Court,” Oct. 31, 2007
Patent Litigation Seminar, Motions and Discovery Practice, 2005-2006
Annual Patent Litigation In House Seminar for Clients, Patent Law Discovery Practice, 1997-2003
“When is the confidential in house use of a claimed process a ‘public ‘use’?” Vol. 3, issue 2, p. 162, J. of Generic Medicines, January 2005;
Speaker, Licensing Executive Society Annual Meeting, “UCITA and Electronic Signatures”, 2002
“The Supreme Court Hearing On Festo" Association Of Patent Law Firms, Washington, D.C. (January 2002)
“Federal Circuit Court en Banc Hearing in the ongoing case of Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Inzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co. Ltd. a/k/a/ SMC”, Association of Patent Law Firms, Washington, D.C. (February 2003)
Presented multiple “Patent Law Updates” Virginia Continuing Legal Education presentations, 1999-2007
“Intellectual Property Protection", The Incubator Program of the Greater Reston Chamber of Commerce, February, 2000
“Intellectual Property Basics: Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Trade Secrets”, Open Forum, for Technology Companies in Northern Virginia, May 19, 1998