Professional experience
Charles Hieken is a Principal in the Boston office of Fish & Richardson P.C. His practice emphasizes all aspects of patents, trademarks, copyrights, proprietary information, related unfair competition and antitrust law. He has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications in various fields and trademark applications, as well as prepared and negotiated numerous patent, trademark, copyright, and other license agreements. He has also advised on numerous copyright matters. Mr. Hieken previously served as a law clerk with predecessor Fish, Richardson & Neave (1956-1957) and in private practice (1957-1987).

Litigation examples
Trial and appellate experience includes preparing all briefs and petitions in Aro I and Aro II in the U.S. Supreme Court; arguing Aro II, soliciting and successfully enforcing Bose 901 loudspeaker patent, arguing Bose in the U.S. Supreme Court, briefing and arguing trademark cases (Silenus Wines and Alford Mfg. Co. v. Alfred Electronics in Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, and Motorola v. Bose and Bose v. QSC in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals). Tried Alford v. United States in the U.S. Court of Claims. Tried Bose v. LDL and briefed and argued in Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Consultant in patent, trademark, and copyright litigation.

Prosecution examples
Prosecution of patent applications in various fields include collision avoidance radar; computers; inertial measurement devices (accelerometers, gyros); guidance, navigation, and control technologies; loudspeaker systems; numerous other complex electronic, electromechanical, mechanical, microwave, antenna, semiconductor, headphone, and medical inventions. Prosecution of trademark and service mark applications for wide range of goods and services, often overcoming repeated refusals to register. Briefed and argued numerous cases before PTO Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and predecessors, and before Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Bar admissions
Admitted to practice, Supreme Court of the United States, Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit Court of Appeals, Court of Federal Claims, Illinois, Massachusetts, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Additional information
Past president of the Boston Patent Law Association. Past chair, Antitrust Law Committee. Member of President Carter's Advisory Committee on Industrial Innovation. Lecturer on intellectual property at seminars and universities. Member, Bentley College President's Advisory Council. Listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in American Law, and Best Lawyers in America in Intellectual Property Law. Member, Board of Governors, University of Massachusetts Club. Life Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. Member, Board of Trustees, The Federal Circuit Historical Society, Harvard University Committee on University Resources.