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DAVID K.S. CORNWELL STERNE, Director Tel: Fax: Email: KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX 202 772 8580 202 371 2600 [email protected] ELDORA L. ELLISON, Ph.D. STERNE, Director Tel: Fax: Email: KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX 202 772 8508 202 371 2600 [email protected]
David K.S. Cornwell heads the CleanTechSM Industry Group and the Patent Forensics Practice Group at intellectual property specialty law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC. He is also a director in the Mechanical Group. His technological experience is primarily in the areas of energy and mechanical engineering. Mr. Cornwell specializes in patent litigation in the fields of consumer product protection, clean energy and clean technology, biotechnology, computers and related technologies. He has numerous offensive and defensive litigation experiences to his credit in the fields of utility patents, design patents, trade dress, unfair competition, and trade secret law, and is known for his creative litigation strategies. Mr. Cornwell has been lead counsel in over sixty patent cases and has been lead trial counsel in numerous Markman hearings and other evidentiary proceedings. He has experience before the International Trade Commission, and has been the lead attorney before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interference in complex patent interference proceedings. He has also served as an expert witness in matters focused on design patents and inequitable conduct. He is viewed as a trusted advisor to Fortune 1000 companies headquartered around the world. Prior to joining the firm in 1987, Mr. Cornwell was associate patent counsel for the University of California at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and worked as a patent examiner in the field of missile guidance systems. In law school, he worked as a graduate research assistant for the University of Cal