Florida Patent Attorney
John Rizvi
PARTNER

Based upon nominations taken exclusively from practicing attorneys, John was selected as a "2004 Best of the Bar" finalist by the South Florida Business Journal. He was previously selected as a "2003 Best of the Bar" finalist and was one of only two attorneys recognized for expertise in the area of patent law.

John is AV Rated by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest rating possible, and focuses his practice on the preparation and prosecution of U.S. and international patent and trademark applications, patent and trademark validity and infringement opinions, licensing, transactional support, and all aspects of intellectual property litigation.

Before establishing his own practice, John spent several years as a Registered Patent Attorney at the internationally renowned intellectual property law firm of Fish & Neave (now merged with Ropes & Gray) in New York City. With over 200 intellectual property attorneys, the firm is recognized as one of the top patent firms in the world and was retained by Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, the Wright Brothers, and Alexander Graham Bell when they desired protection for their ideas. In 1992, the firm made history, once again, by procuring a $972 million dollar judgment against Polaroid for patent infringement. To date, this remains the largest patent infringement judgment in history. During his tenure, John enjoyed a multifaceted litigation and prosecution based practice dedicated to providing clients with effective legal barriers to competition through the application of patent, trademark, and copyright laws.

John is an Adjunct Professor at the Nova Southeastern University Shepard Board Law Center where he teaches courses in intellectual property law. He is the author and narrator of “Patent Protection: A Practical Guide for Inventors”, part of an educational audio series produced to explain the nuances of the patenting process. John has written a number of articles on intellectual property and regularly speaks to authors, inventors, and business groups in Florida and throughout the nation on issues relating to patent and trademark law. He is a member of the Licensing Executives Society, the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the New York Intellectual Property Law Association.

John received his Juris Doctorate (J.D.), from the University of Miami School of Law, and has a Bachelor of Science degree, in Civil Engineering, from the Florida Institute of Technology. During law school, he worked as a Registered Patent Agent at the Miami office of Malloy & Malloy, P.A., a Florida-based intellectual property law firm. As an engineering student, he was president of Chi Epsilon, the Civil Engineering Honor Society and an active member of Tau Beta Pi, the national engineering honor society.

He is licensed to practice in both Florida and New York and is also admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Washington, D.C. Additionally, he is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Florida Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Email: JohnRizvi@IdeaAttorneys.com

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