About Robert P. Ducatman
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Patent
Education
- Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland, Ohio, 1980J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Cleveland State University, 1977B.A.
- Honors: magna cum laude
Representative Cases
- Alltel defends against patent infringement claims by EMSAT for E911 service
- Campbell Hausfeld launches patent infringement suit against DeVilbiss Air Power Co. over air compressors
- ChemMasters develops patent portfolio for polymer compositions for making cement
- Cortec Group completes sale of FFR-DSI to Olympus (2011)
- Cuyahoga County Judge obtains dismissal of conspiracy claim
- Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma acquires Boston Biomedical for US$200 million plus up to US$2.2 billion in earnouts (2012)
- Dana Corporation defends against infringement allegations by IPH (2009)
- Decorated 36-year veteran of the Cleveland police force is cleared of all charges resulting from the fatal shooting of an unarmed bank robbery suspect
- DePuy Spine prevails in trade secret misappropriation action against former employees (2012)
- Eastman Chemical prevails in patent infringement action brought by Wellman involving PET (2009)
- First American Title Insurance successfully appeals majority of adverse jury verdict in largest damages award given in economic injury case in Ohio history
- IBM obtains permanent injunctive relief and award of fees in trademark infringement suit against Shentech.com over counterfeit laptop batteries (2009)
- International Paper's Nevamar division settles favorably in patent infringement action involving decorative laminates
- Levey & Company successfully appeals $2 million jury verdict on abuse of process claim (2009)
- Nevamar settles favorably in patent infringement action involving decorative laminates
- Nevamar settles long-running patent infringement dispute involving decorative laminates for countertops
- Riverside acquires BrandMuscle (2012)
- Riverside acquires DentalPlans.com (2012)
- Riverside acquires EthicsPoint (2012)
- RPM International acquires Viapol (2012)
- Scott Fetzer establishes global patent portfolio for technologies including valves, pumps, compressors, motors, vacuums, and pneumatic power tools (2009)
- Scott Fetzer gets antitrust counterclaims tossed in trademark infringement action
- Scott Fetzer prevails in trademark infringement matter
- Scott Fetzer settles favorably in patent infringement case (2009)
- Sprint Nextel defends against claims of patent infringement for location based and E911services
- Thomas Kinkade Co. wins record breaking $1.7M in trademark infringement and cyberpiracy lawsuit
- USI Insurance Services acquires assets of First Place Insurance Agency, Inc.
- Weir Group acquires Novatech for £113m (US$176 million) (2012)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Ohio
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit
Past Positions
- Judge John M. Manos, United States District Court, Northern District of Ohio, Law Clerk, 1980 - 1982
Office Info
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