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J. Ernest Kenney ekenney@baconthomas.com |
Mr. Kenney is engaged in all phases of patent law practice in the mechanical, electro-mechanical, and industrial design technologies with emphasis on business planning and strategy based on patents and intellectual property; protection of inventions internationally through foreign patents, interferences, and appeals before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; litigation support and counseling; expert witness in patent litigation matters; licensing; counseling international clients on U.S. patent regulations and practice; and enforcement of patent rights against infringers.
He represents individual and corporate clients from the United States, Canada, Belgium, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and other countries in patent matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and provides counsel to such clients on U.S. patent related issues.
Prior to joining Bacon & Thomas, he was associated with the former
Manufacturers Aircraft Association in New York City for 15 years, where
he managed a patent research group in the aerospace and aeronautical
technologies and was engaged as an arbitrator of aerospace and aeronautical
patent disputes that constituted some of the Association’s activities
in its role as administrator of a patent cross-license agreement between
the domestic aircraft and aerospace manufacturers originally established
under U.S. government sponsorship.



