ERNEST V. LINEK
Attorney
In over thirty years of practice, Ernest Linek has successfully prosecuted
hundreds of U.S. and international patent applications in fields including
natural product chemistry, polymer chemistry, pharmaceuticals,
biotechnology, electroplating, semiconductors, and photoreceptors. Non-
chemical utility patents and design patents obtained by Mr. Linek have
included household storage containers, police safety equipment, toys,
games and sporting goods.
In addition to his patent practice, Mr. Linek's trademark practice has
resulted in his assisting clients in the selection and registration of
hundreds of new trademarks and service marks, both in the United States
and abroad, including Community Trademark and Madrid Protocol filings. He is also very active in
providing client counseling and opinions regarding the validity and infringement of patents and
trademarks.
Mr. Linek has extensive litigation experience and has successfully protected his client's interests in
numerous Federal District Courts and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Specific
areas of litigation have included trademark infringement, trade dress infringement, design patent
infringement and utility patent infringement actions.
Mr. Linek also provides his clients with counseling and legal opinions regarding issues of validity and
infringement of both patents and trademarks. On multiple occasions, Mr. Linek has served as a patent
expert in litigation.
Mr. Linek also devotes time to the education of future lawyers, and he has been a guest lecturer at
Franklin Pierce Law School in Concord, New Hampshire and at Northeastern Law School in Boston,
Massachusetts.
Mr. Linek earned his B.S. degree in Chemistry (with a minor in computer science) in 1975 from the
State University of New York, College at Fredonia, and his M.S. in Organic Chemistry in 1977 from the
University of New Hampshire. He earned a J.D. degree in 1982 from Seton Hall University. From 1977
to 1984, Mr. Linek was employed by the multi-national pharmaceutical company --Merck & Co., first as
a research chemist, then as a patent agent and finally as a patent attorney.
He is admitted to practice in the states of New Jersey and Massachusetts, as well as the Federal
District Courts thereof. In addition, Mr. Linek is admitted in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District
of Wisconsin, and the Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Federal Circuits. He is also active in
numerous professional organizations, including the New York Academy of Science, the American
Chemical Society, the American Bar Association, the Boston Bar Association, the Massachusetts Bar
Association, the Federal Circuit Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association
and the Boston Patent Law Association.
Mr. Linek was selected to appear on the 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 New England Super
Lawyers list published by Thomson Reuters. The listings were published in Boston Magazine and in the
legal publication, New England Super Lawyers.
AV Peer Review Rated by the LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Ratings.
Mr. Linek practices in the Boston office of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
Office
28 State Street
Suite 1800
Boston, MA 02109-1705
T 617.720.9600
F 617.720.9601
[email protected]
Education
B.S. 1975, State University of New
York at Fredonia
M.S. 1977, University of New
Hampshire
J.D. 1982, Seton Hall University
Bar Admissions
1982, New Jersey
1985, Massachusetts
Court Admissions
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit
U.S. District Court for the District of
Massachusetts
U.S. District Court for the District of
New Jersey
U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Wisconsin
Practice Areas
Appellate Litigation
Copyright
Design Patents
Jury Trials
Litigation
Patent Prosecution
Trademarks
Industries
Chemistry & Chemical Engineering
Internet, E-Commerce & Business
Methods
Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals
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