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Barry Haley, the senior partner of the firm, is a patent attorney who founded the firm with Eugene F. Malin (1936-1990) in 1969. Mr. Haley began his career as a Patent Examiner in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office from 1967 to 1969 in Group 230 specializing in static and dynamic magnetic storage devices. He has successfully litigated patent, trademark, and unfair competition cases in Florida State and federal courts. Mr. Haley's experience includes 8 years as Patent Counsel for CAE-LINK Corp., the leading manufacturer of flight simulators for commercial and military markets worldwide. While at LINK, Mr. Haley was actively involved in the preparation of complex software license agreements, Defense Department procurement regulations and corporate law.
Mr. Haley was born in Detroit, Michigan, June 22, 1939. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Physics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1961, where he received a 4 year Naval ROTC scholarship. After graduating from UCLA, Mr. Haley served in the United States Navy, achieving the rank of Lieutenant in Fighter Squadron 14 (VF-14) as a Naval Flight Officer, 1961-1965. He received his Juris Doctor from American University, Washington College of Law, in 1968. Mr. Haley was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1969 and The Florida Bar in 1970. He is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. He is a member of the Florida Bar, the Broward County Bar, and the American Bar Associations.
Mr. Haley has broad patent experience in the electronic arts, including dynamic and static magnetic storage systems, communication and transmission devices, computers, digital image generation, virtual reality and simulation systems for flight simulation, telemedical products, and visual display systems using analog and digital computers and CRTs.
Mr. Haley also has extensive experience in patent litigation, acquisition of patented technology, licensing, and patent validity and infringement searches.
Dale Paul DiMaggio, the managing partner of the firm, is a registered patent attorney with over thirty-four years experience in prosecuting and litigating patent, trademark, unfair competition, trade secret, and copyright matters. His technological background ranges from sophisticated electronics to complex mechanical systems, relying on his years of patent prosecution experience as well as his background as an electrical engineer for the Defense and Electronics System Center of the Westinghouse Corporation. His experience includes digital signal processors for long-range radar systems, wireless communication electronics, computer architecture, hardware and software, electromechanical devices, control systems and instrumentation, internet applications and business methods, manufacturing processes, and medical technology.
Mr. DiMaggio spends a substantial amount of time involved with the strategic planning in the creation, management, and commercialization of corporate intellectual property portfolios. This includes multi-faceted transactions and licensing. He is involved in the protection of clients' proprietary rights, and often acts as the principal litigator in infringement lawsuits.
Mr. DiMaggio received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering with High Honors from the University of Florida in 1978, and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Florida in 1983. He was admitted in 1984 to the Indiana and Florida Bars. He is a Florida Bar Board Certified Expert in Intellectual Property Law, and achieved an AV® Preeminent Rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards. He is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida, the Trial Bar of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and Middle and Southern Districts of Indiana. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi engineering honor society and Phi Delta Pi. He is also a member of the Broward County, Indiana State and American Bar Associations. Mr. DiMaggio is a member and former President of the Patent Law Association of South Florida, and also is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section of the American Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the International Trademark Association (INTA).
Kristina M. DiMaggio is an Intellectual Property associate with the firm whose practice involves Federal Trademark and Copyright law before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office, global intellectual property issues, and related inter parties disputes, licensing and contractual matters. Ms. DiMaggio earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of New Hampshire School of Law, formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center, in 2009 and received her B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida in 2005.
Ms. DiMaggio is a resident of New Jersey, and member of both the New York Bar and New Jersey Bar only, and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Ms. DiMaggio is also a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), American Bar Association and New York Bar Association.
Mark D. Bowen, a partner of the firm, is a registered patent attorney and Florida Bar Certified Expert in the field of Intellectual Property, with over fifteen years experience in prosecuting and litigating patent, trademark, and copyright cases. His technological background is in mechanical engineering with particular emphasis in the areas of heat transfer, refrigeration, and air conditioning systems drawn from his years as an engineering specialist and regional sales manager for the commercial equipment and controls division of Carrier Air Conditioning Corporation, a subsidiary of United Technologies. Mr. Bowen also has broad patent prosecution experience in the mechanical and electrical arts, including: electronic circuit board fabrication, aviation systems, robotics, emergency rescue devices, medical technologies, investment casting and photo polymerization manufacturing techniques, marine industry systems and sports related devices.
Mr. Bowen received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami in 1994, where he was a member of the Intellectual Property Law Association, and a law review member for the University of Miami Yearbook of International law. Mr. Bowen has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from North Carolina State University, where he was honored as a member of the Tau Beta Pi and Pi Tau Sigma honorary engineering societies.
Education
J.D., University of Miami School of Law, 1994
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1985