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Mr. Cataxinos is a Director and the Managing Shareholder of TraskBritt. His practice emphasizes patent preparation and prosecution and patent related litigation. Mr. Cataxinos performs patent and technology portfolio evaluations and audits for clients. He regularly advises clients on intellectual property licensing, trademark cancellations and oppositions, and patent interferences. In addition, Mr. Cataxinos has litigated numerous intellectual property matters through trial and has successfully argued appeals before the Federal Circuit in patent matters.

Mr. Cataxinos is a registered pharmacist with twenty years of industry experience in intravenous medications, pharmacokinetics, and general laboratory analysis. As the Director of Pharmacy Services for a specialty pharmacy services provider, Mr. Cataxinos created protocols and procedures for accreditation and ongoing compliance for state and federal health care agencies. He has written in the area of Drug and Dietary Supplements and drafted model protocols for FDA approval of new drugs.

Mr. Cataxinos is currently an Adjunct Professor at the University of Utah College of Law and has written and lectured extensively on the subjects of patent litigation and patent prosecution. He is named as one of The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Intellectual Property, ranked in Chambers, USA, listed among the "Utah Legal Elite" by Utah Business Magazine, and named by Mountain States Super Lawyers as among the top five percent of lawyers in the state.

    Areas of Special Expertise
  • Infringement, validity and enforceability evaluations
  • Reissue and reexamination proceedings
  • Intellectual property due diligence for mergers and acquisitions
    Education
  • University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, B.S. in Pharmacy, 1987
  • University of Utah, J.D., Law Review, 1995
    Bar Admissions
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 1995
  • Utah Bar, 1995
    Court Admissions
  • Utah and U.S. District Court, District of Utah, 1995
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1996
    Some of Mr. Cataxinos' recent successes obtained for his clients include:
  • A favorable jury verdict of patent validity and enforceability in Idaho federal court in an agricultural chemical case following a four-week trial, after first obtaining a favorable claim interpretation and finding of infringement on summary judgment
  • Successful invalidation of all claims in European Patent Office opposition proceeding
  • Successful settlement for patent owner after obtaining dismissal of antitrust counterclaims and a summary judgment finding of infringement in a chemical case
  • Successful settlements for defendants in major chemical patent case, and major nutritional supplements trade secret and trademark cases
  • Successful Federal Circuit appellate decisions in patent cases (e.g., PIN/NIP v. Platte, 304 F.3d 1235 (Fed. Cir. 2002))
  • Obtained Temporary Restraining Orders and Preliminary Injunctions in various trade secret and trademark cases
    Languages
  • Spanish
   
     
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