Daniel Kazhdan, Ph.D., an associate in Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP’s Washington D.C. office, has won the Rossman Memorial Award for his article Beyond Patents: The Supreme Court’s Evolving Relationship with The Federal Circuit. The article focuses on the increasingly contentious relationship between the United States Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
The winner of the Rossman Memorial Award is selected by a panel of three judges who are leading professionals in the intellectual property field. Judges consider all articles submitted to the Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society over the course of a year, awarding the individual whose article provides the greatest contribution to the field of patents, trademarks or copyrights. Factors that are taken into consideration include accuracy, depth of research, originality, readability, timeliness of the subject and potential for impact on the existing system.
The Rossman Memorial Award was established in 1972 by the Patent and Trademark Office Society and the friends of Dr. Joseph Rossman. Dr. Rossman was an Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society for many years and was the author of numerous articles on patent law. Additional information about the Rossman Memorial Award and the Patent and Trademark Office Society can be found here.
Kazhdan practices intellectual property law, with a focus on patent litigation. Before attending law school he received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California—Berkeley. While attending Berkeley Law School, Kazhdan served as the submissions editor on the Berkeley Technology and Law Journal and as an editor of the California Law Review.
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