Professional Experience

Donald J. Curry joined the firm in 1986. His has extensive experience in patent, trade secret and copyright litigation in the computer, pharmaceutical and chemical industries, including extensive experience in patent damages issues, as well as general counseling on intellectual property matters.

Mr. Curry has been lead counsel for IBM in several litigations involving technologies such as local area networks, e-Commerce, client/server systems and point of sale devices. He has also litigated on behalf of Bristol Myers-Squibb, American Maize Products Co., Essilor and other companies.

His litigation experience include representing:

• IBM against Fair Isaac on claims of patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, breach of contract and copyright infringement in connection with IBM’s business process management software.
  
  
• IBM against Sky Technologies in a lawsuit charging IBM with patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation and breach of contract on patents related to automated contract negotiation software.
  
  
• IBM against Datapoint Corporation in connection with a patent infringement lawsuit involving “Fast Ethernet” standards for local area networks.
  
  
• IBM against Valutron in a patent lawsuit relating to point of sale devices.
  
  
• IBM against Berkeley in a patent lawsuit relating to personal computer technology.
  
  
• IBM against McElwee in a patent lawsuit relating to computerized kiosk devices.
  
  
• Essilor against Vision-Ease Lens in a patent and breach of non-disclosure agreement case involving ophthalmic lenses.
  
  
• Bristol-Myers Squibb against Rhone-Poulenc Rorer in a patent lawsuit relating to anti-cancer drugs.
  
  
• American Maize Products against Grain Processing Corp. in a patent lawsuit relating to food additives.
  
  
• Hoffman La-Roche against Organon on a patent relating to nucleic amplification and detection.
  
  
• Union Carbide in a patent and trade secret case relating to gas treating solvents. 

Mr. Curry is currently the Pro Bono Coordinator for the firm.
 

Awards and Recognition

Donald Curry was named a recipient of the 2010 Burton Award for Legal Achievement for his article, “Will The Supreme Court Push Back Again On The Patent Pendulum?” originally published in the February 2009 issue of Intellectual Property Today.

Education

J.D. cum laude, Fordham University School of Law, 1980
M. Eng., Engineering and Applied Physics, Cornell University, 1974
B.S., with distinction, Engineering Physics, Cornell University, 1973

Bar Admissions

State of New York, 1981; Federal Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York

Professional Activities

American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association; Federal Circuit Editor for the ABA Appellate Practice Journal (1990-1998); author of articles on Computer Law for the NYIPLA Intellectual Property Law Annual (1994-1999); Phi Kappa Phi; Tau Beta Pi; Pro Bono Committee of the Federal Circuit Bar Association; Advisory Board Member, Legal Aid Society's Community Development Project