Background
Murtaugh, John Patrick was born on February 23, 1952 in Orrville, Ohio, United States. Son of Bernard Francis and Helen Jane (Ellsworth) Murtaugh.
Murtaugh, John Patrick was born on February 23, 1952 in Orrville, Ohio, United States. Son of Bernard Francis and Helen Jane (Ellsworth) Murtaugh.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1974). University of Michigan (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude. Case Western Reserve Univerrsity (Bachelor of Arts, in Chemistry, summa cum laude, 1989).
Phi Beta Kappa.
Associate Editor, 1976-1977 and Senior Editor, 1977-1978, Michigan Law Review.
Worked at Pearne, Gordon, McCoy & Granger (Cleveland, Ohio) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secret, Unfair Competition, and Related Intellectual Property Law. Admitted to the bar, 1978, California. 1979, United States. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.
1981, Ohio.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit. 1989, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, 1976-1977 and Senior Editor, 1977-1978, Michigan Law Review.
Company-Author: Ohio Civil Practice, Banks-Baldwin Law Public Company, 1988. Law Clerk to Honorary John A. Danaher, United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1978-1979.
Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association, Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association.
With roots dating back to the 1910"s, Pearne, Gordon is one of the largest and oldest intellectual property law firms in Cleveland. Its attorneys have experience in all areas of technology, including electronics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, computers, digital signal processing, software, medical devices, polymers, biotechnology, nuclear science and machine design, and their activities include not only patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution but also licensing and consulting.
Members of the firm are experienced in all facets of intellectual property litigation and have handled patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition lawsuits in court and patent interferences and trademark oppositions and cancellations before the Patent and Trademark Office. The firm works closely with patent and trademark law firms in Canada, Mexico, South America, Europe and the Far East to provide full international service to its clients.
Member Ohio Bar Association, Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association, Notre Dame Club Cleveland, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elaine Zack, August 12, 1989.