Reston,
VA
Erika Harmon Arner practices patent prosecution management, client counseling, and litigation, with an emphasis on electronic technology, computer software, and the Internet. She has helped clients of all sizes to establish and grow patent portfolios, design and implement procedures to protect intellectual capital, and formulate company-wide intellectual property (IP) strategies and policies. Ms. Arner has also provided opinions on patentability, infringement, and validity of patents, and drafted or overseen the drafting of more than 150 patent applications for business method, electrical, telecommunications, and software-based technologies. She represented the petitioners before the U.S. Supreme Court in "Bilski v Kappos," coauthoring the successful petition for certiorari and the petitioners' briefs to the court. Ms. Arner is a frequent author and lecturer on business method and computer-related patents. She is a member of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, the American Bar Association and its Intellectual Property Section, the Virginia Bar Association, and the American Intellectual Property Law Association
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