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Ben-Meir and Capoccia are new IP partners at Alston & Bird

By Richard Binder

Alston & Bird LLP have announced today that David H. Ben-Meir and Rachel M. Capoccia, previously partners with Hogan & Hartson LLP, have joined the firm as partners. They become part of Alston?s 200 member IP group.

Ben-Meir?s IP litigation practice is focused on patent claims involving complex technologies, with an emphasis in consumer electronics products such as digital cameras, watches, cellular telephones and display devices on behalf of clients in the United States and Japan. Among others, he has represented clients such as Olympus, Panasonic, JVC, Citizen and Seiko in such matters. He has handled patent litigation not only in the Central District of California but also in jurisdictions across the country, including the Eastern District of Texas, District of Delaware and the ITC. He received his J.D. (with Honors) from Loyola Law School and holds a masters in electrical engineering from California State University.

Capoccia's practice focuses on intellectual property litigation with an emphasis on patent litigation, copyright and trademark litigation. In patent litigation she is experienced in diverse areas of technology, including digital cameras, internet-based software systems, cellular telephones, video and audio conferencing systems, electronic check processing software, encryption systems, CAD/CAM and imaging software, and medical devices. She has handled numerous patent litigation matters before federal courts throughout the country and the Federal Circuit. Representative clients include Dow Jones, Panasonic, JVC, Sanyo, Hewlett Packard and NCR. Her strong legal background is complemented by nearly 10 years working as a software engineer prior to law school, during which time she led a team of software engineers who designed and developed manufacturing automation software and computer aided design systems for IBM. Capoccia is also an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California Law School where she teaches Copyright. She received her J.D. from the University of Southern California, where she graduated first in her class, and her B.S. (with High Honors) from Rochester Institute of Technology.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on May 03, 2010 (boomark / email).