
Frank Porcelli
- Title
- Senior Principal
- Offices
- Boston, Delaware
- Phone Numbers
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- o: 617-521-7808
- porcelli@fr.com
Overview
Testimonials
"Frank Porcelli … [has] exceptional appellate expertise." — Intellectual Asset Management (IAM), 2011
Professional associations
- Member, Board of Trustees, American Inns of Court (2012-2016); Chair, First Circuit Advisory Committee (2013-2016); Liason to the Board for the Linn Alliance of Intellectual Property American Inns of Court (2011-2016)
- Member of the Board, Linn Alliance of Intellectual Property American Inns of Court (presently 25 IP inns comprise the Alliance) (2012 to present), including member of the following Alliance inns: the Alan D. Lourie Intellectual Property American Inn of Court in Boston (member of Founders Committee, Executive Committee, and a Master of the Inn), New York City (Conner Inn), and Washington (Giles Rich Inn); formerly active in Northern District of New York (IP & Innovation Inn) and Philadelphia (Ben Franklin Inn); one of the first recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal of the Linn Inn Alliance (2011)
- Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association (1996 to present); recipient of the Enduring Leadership Award of the FCBA Charitable and Education Fund (2009)
- Member, Federal Circuit Historical Society (since its founding in 1999 to present)
- Member, Hispanic National Bar Association (2019 to present); Region 1 participant in legislative lobbying in Massachusetts; mentor, Young Lawyers & Law Students National Speed Mentoring Program (2022)
- Member, Boston IP Law Association (formerly known as Boston Patent Law Association) (1972 to present); president (1990-1991); co-chair, Amicus Committee (2022 to present)
- Committee Chair, AIPLA Chemical Practice Subcommittee on Legislation (1987-1989)
- Committee Chair, AIPLA Chemical Practice Subcommittee on Judicial and Administrative Decisions (1989-1991)
- Committee Chair, AIPLA Chemical Practice Committee (1991-1992)
Pro bono activities
- Led Federal Circuit appeal in Gaylord v. U.S. on copyright damages
- Participated in legislative lobbying for the Hispanic National Bar Association
- Served as a mentor for the Hispanic National Bar Association's Young Lawyers & Law Students National Speed Mentoring Program
Education & teaching positions
- Co-instructor for Patent Litigation Workshop at Harvard Law School, Spring 2013-Spring 2015, with Bob Hillman and Larry Kolodney of the Fish Boston Office, and Spring 2016 and Spring 2018 with Larry Kolodney and Chris Dillon of the Boston office.
- Instructor on Pharma and Biotechnology Litigation in Patent Resources Group Continuing Legal Education course “Pharma & Biotech Strategies” (2000 to 2010)
- The Harvard Law School John A. Reilly Visiting Professor from Practice in Intellectual Property Law (academic years 1998-1999 and 2000-2001) and Visiting Professor of Law from Practice (academic year 2001-2002), teaching Patent Law