Elizabeth Ferrill is an “undisputed expert on design patents” who is “always updated and enlightening others with her deep knowledge,” “very involved in the design bar,” and “gives her clients an outstanding service” as noted in Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000. She focuses her practice on all aspects of design patents, including prosecution, counseling, post-grant, and litigation.
Elizabeth counsels clients who hold design patents as well as those accused of infringement. She has experience with design patents related to consumer and industrial products, medical devices, transportation and construction vehicles, and graphical user interfaces and icons. She has prosecuted families of design patents before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), directed prosecution in foreign countries, and argued appeals before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). She has a special interest in strategic counseling related to acquiring for worldwide protection for designs. She also litigates design patent matters at the U.S. district court level that include trade dress claims. In addition, she has appeared before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Elizabeth also has extensive experience in utility patent litigation in the areas of software- and hardware-related technologies. Elizabeth’s litigation experience includes pre-litigation analysis, managing discovery in all aspects of fact and expert discovery, orchestrating complex claim construction analysis and briefing, and summary judgment briefing. She has experience in discovery dispute resolution, expert and fact witness preparation and depositions, and settlement negotiations. Elizabeth has been recognized by Intellectual Asset Management as a leader in patent litigation and transactions in the D.C. area, and nationally for design patents.
Before beginning her legal career, Elizabeth graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and served five years on active duty as a communications officer. She was stationed at Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C., coordinating and overseeing testing of joint intelligence software systems, and at Thule Air Base, Greenland, where she served as the flight commander in charge of base communications.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Elizabeth D. Ferrill
- Transaction Authentication Claims Using Known Computer Components Are Patent Ineligible - (Posted On Tuesday, August 31, 2021)
- All the Expenses of the Proceedings, Just Not Expert Witness Fees - (Posted On Thursday, August 26, 2021)
- Spotlight on Upcoming Oral Arguments – September 2021 - (Posted On Wednesday, August 25, 2021)
- Place of Business Cannot Be Imputed to Related Companies Who Maintain Corporate Separateness - (Posted On Monday, August 09, 2021)
- “Shall Be” Language May Not Effectuate a Present Automatic Assignment of Rights - (Posted On Thursday, August 05, 2021)
- Spotlight on Upcoming Oral Arguments – August 2021 - (Posted On Monday, August 02, 2021)
- Clarifying Pleading Requirements for Patent Cases - (Posted On Monday, August 02, 2021)
- Court Rejects Pre-Litigation Acts to Manipulate Venue - (Posted On Thursday, July 08, 2021)
- Federal Circuit Says No to Incorporating Argument by Reference - (Posted On Thursday, July 01, 2021)
- Applicant’s Unreasonable Delays During Patent Prosecution Can Lead to Prosecution Laches - (Posted On Thursday, June 17, 2021)