John F. Sweeney is a partner in Locke Lord LLP's New York office and the former Chair of Locke Lord's firm-wide Intellectual Property Law Department. Mr. Sweeney has been involved in patent, trade secret and trademark litigation since 1973. Mr. Sweeney is recognized in Chambers Global as “a highly respected patent litigator who finds creative and innovative ways to solve disputes” and in Chambers USA as having “exceptional courtroom skills and grasp of technology”. He also appears in the Guide to the World's Leading Patent Law Experts; is one of a select number of attorneys named to The Best of the Best USA 2010 in the field of patent law; and is included in The Best Lawyers of America.
His litigation experience includes patent, antitrust, trademark and trade dress bench and jury trials and appeals. Mr. Sweeney has acted as a lead trial counsel for The Procter & Gamble Company; Boehringer Ingelheim Corporation; Bombardier, Inc.; ISCO (Illinois Superconductor Corporation); C.R. Bard, Inc.; Dot Hill Systems Corporation; Finisar Corporation; Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, AG; Tile Council of America; Timet; Arthur D. Little, Inc.; Unigene Laboratories, Inc.; Daichi-Sankyo; Upsher-Smith Laboratories; Texas Memory; Volkswagen; Audi AG; W.L. Gore & Associates; and Hannover Life Reinsurance Company of America in numerous cases. He has had extensive jury trial practice and has argued many times in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Before entering legal practice, Mr. Sweeney worked as a mathematician and computer analyst for the U.S. Army Strategy and Tactics Analysis Group.
Education
- J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1973
Member of National Moot Court Team (1971-72)
William E. Leahy Outstanding Advocate (1971) - B.S., Mathematics, Carnegie-Mellon University, 1968
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1974
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1980
Admitted To Practice
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1981
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1974
- D.C. Court of Appeals, 1992
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1974
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1984
Publications & Presentations
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Contributor,
"Looking Ahead 2011: IP Litigation,"
Locke Lord
(January 26, 2011)
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Author,
"Injunctions,"
The Practising Law Institute: Patent Litigation, Chapter 10
(2001)
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Presentation,
"What Is the Zurko Case And What Does It Mean?,"
American Conference Institute Seminar on "Tactical Considerations And Strategies For Success In Litigating Patent Disputes," Washington, D.C.
(March 9-10, 2000)
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Author,
"Trying A Patent Case To a Jury And the Federal Circuit At the Same Time,"
The IP Litigator
(2000)
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Co-Author,
"The Doctrines of Equivalents And Prosecution History Estoppel: What Has Warner-Jenkinson Changed?,"
The Practising Law Institute
(1999)
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Co-Author,
"The On-Sale Bar To Patentability: Understanding The Doctrine's Past, Present, And Future,"
The Practising Law Institute
(1998)
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Co-Author,
"Significant Developments in Patent Litigation in 1995,"
The IP Litigator
(March 28, 1996)
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Co-Author,
"Inequitable Conduct Developments,"
The Practising Law Institute
(1995)
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Co-Author,
"Using U.S. Courts And International Treaties To Protect Against Infringement Abroad And At Home,"
The Practising Law Institute
(1994)
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Co-Author,
"Antitrust Law: The Year In Review,"
NYIPLA Intellectual Property Annual
(1993)
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Co-Author,
"Heading Them Off At The Pass -- Can Counterfeit Goods of Foreign Origin be Stopped at the Counterfeiter's Border?,"
The Trademark Reporter
(1993)
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Co-Author,
"The Rocky Road to Harmonization: Complications Raised by the Impending United States Transition to a First-To-File Patent System,"
Locke Lord
(1993)
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Co-Author,
"How To Handle Litigation Of A Patent: Defenses,"
The Licensing Journal, Stamford, CT
(December 1992, January 1993, and February 1993)
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Co-Author,
"Equitable Defenses In Patent Litigation,"
The Practising Law Institute
(1991)
Professional History
- Partner, Locke Lord LLP
- Partner, Morgan & Finnegan
- Mathematician and Computer Analyst, U.S. Army Strategy and Tactics Analysis Group
Professional Affiliations & Achievements
- Member, American Bar Association (1975)
- Member, New York County Lawyers Association (1981)
- Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1981)
- Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association (1990)
- Member, New York Intellectual Property Law Association
- New York Intellectual Property Law Association
- President (2000)
- Secretary (1996 - 1998)
- Member, Board of Directors (1992 - 1995)
- Named, The Best Lawyers in America, Intellectual Property Law
- Selected as a Leader in Intellectual Property: Patent, Chambers USA
- Named, Chambers Global, Intellectual Property Law
- Named Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine (2006-2010)
- Named, The Best Lawyers in America, Litigation/Intellectual Property, Litigation/Patent (2013)
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