
Frank Porcelli
- Title
- Senior Principal
- Offices
- Boston, Delaware
- Phone Numbers
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- o: 617-521-7808
- o: 302-652-5070
- porcelli@fr.com
Overview
Professional associations
- Linn Alliance of Intellectual Property American Inns of Court, particularly 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)
- Federal Circuit Bar Association (1996 to present)
- Federal Circuit Historical Society (since its founding in 1999 to present)
- Hispanic National Bar Association (2019 to present)
- President of the Boston Patent Law Association (1990-1991)
- 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
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