John L. Strand

 John Strand focuses his practice on the enforcement and defense of intellectual property rights in patents, trademarks, and domain names. He has assisted clients in a number of industries including airport and border security and detection services, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, internet-based sales, yacht brokerage, telematics, home warranty, and snowboard design. He has applied his training to manage all aspects of litigation from inception through trial, including managing discovery, taking and defending numerous depositions including fact, inventor, expert, arguing motions, preparing witnesses for trial, and taking direct testimony at trial.

• Lead associate in six-week long trial which resulted in $185 million jury verdict, enhanced damages, and attorneys’ fees award for large medical device company.
• Together with Michael Albert and Michael Rader, won Massachusetts’ largest jury verdict of 2007 in a patent infringement case for medical device company Diomed, Inc. in a trial against two infringers of Diomed’s patent on a method for laser vein treatment.
• Performed lead role in several trademark infringement suits, representing clients in yacht brokerage, home warranty, and automotive services.
• Succeeded in transfer of numerous domain names under Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy, with arbitrations having multiple complainants, respondents, and domain names, and including one arbitration involving over 40 domain names.
• Obtained summary judgment of patent validity for plaintiff, despite challenge involving several references not originally before USPTO.
• Participated in several mediations, obtaining settlements favorable to clients.

While in law school, John served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Mel Greenberg of the Massachusetts Appeals Court.

John has been named one of the Massachusetts Super Lawyers’ "Rising Stars" in the field of intellectual property litigation in 2008 and 2009.

In 2007-09, John taught trademark law as an adjunct professor at Northeastern University School of Law.

Dickinson College, B.A., Political Science

Northeastern University School of Law, J.D.

Massachusetts

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit