Alan J. Morrison Joins Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP

Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP (www.cplplaw.com), a preeminent specialist in intellectual property law, announces Alan J. Morrison has joined the firm as partner. He is widely known for his expertise in all aspects of US and international patent prosecution in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. CPLP serves a worldwide roster of companies from a diverse range of industries including avionics, pharmaceuticals, electronics, heavy machinery, biotechnology and telecommunications.

Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP, a preeminent specialist in intellectual property law, is pleased to announce that Alan J. Morrison has joined the firm as a partner.

Morrison is widely known for his expertise in all aspects of U.S. and international patent prosecution in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.

He has represented numerous universities, research institutes and corporations, helping them protect such groundbreaking inventions as recombinant antibodies, catalytic nucleic acids, microarrays, targeted stem cell delivery methods and DNA sequencing techniques. He also has prepared opinions and counseled clients on issues of patentability, inventorship, infringement and invalidity.

“Alan is a welcome addition to Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane’s already significant biotechnology and pharmaceutical practices,” says Managing Partner Martin B. Pavane. “The breadth and depth of his corporate and private practice experience in the U.S. and overseas, combined with his longstanding client relationships furthers this firm’s continued success and high standing in the global intellectual property arena.”

“Joining Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane’s group of exceptional intellectual property professionals ensures that my clients will have access to the best legal resources in their industries,” Morrison notes. “This is a talented team from which any client would benefit.”

During Morrison’s years in both private and corporate practice, he has also prepared numerous biotechnology and pharmaceutical contracts, including licenses, joint development agreements, collaboration agreements, feasibility study agreements and technology transfer agreements.

Morrison speaks Chinese and has lectured extensively in the U.S., Europe, Asia and Africa on a variety of U.S. patent law topics.

He received his B.A. in Biochemistry at the University of California – Berkeley, an M.S. in Biological Chemistry from the University of Michigan, his M.Phil. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from Columbia University and his J.D. from Yeshiva University. He is admitted to practice in New York and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Additionally, he is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the New York Intellectual Property Law Association and the American Bar Association.

Contact information:
Alan J. Morrison, Partner
Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP
551 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10176
ph 212.687.2770
fax 212.972.5487
amorrison@cplplaw.com
www.cplplaw.com

Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane LLP is an intellectual property firm serving a worldwide roster of companies from a diverse range of industries including avionics, pharmaceuticals, electronics, heavy machinery, biotechnology and telecommunications.

Cohen Pontani Lieberman & Pavane is unique in its focus on intellectual property litigation that infuses every aspect of its IP work in prosecution of patents, trademarks, and copyrights; in drafting opinions and licenses, and in due diligence and transaction work. It is CPLP’s philosophy that no legal activity is so routine that it does not have the potential to become the weak link in IP protection, resulting in legal exposure or porous rights. Hence, the firm views all IP matters as potential litigations to be won or avoided and is positioned to provide world-class litigation services, as well as other highly skilled IP services to achieve wraparound IP protection at the highest level.