Gerry Elman

Practice/Organization Description

Elman Technology Law, P.C. serves the legal needs of clients in intellectual property and Internet-related business matters. We believe that our extensive experience in patent, trademark and other aspects of the law related to technology enables us to provide clients with the educated guidance needed to develop an innovation from concept stage through realization in the marketplace. As a pioneer in cyberlaw, we assist clients desiring to conduct business via the Internet.

Gerry Elman is the founder and editor-in-chief of Biotechnology Law Report.

Our motto: STRATEGIC LAWYERING. CULTIVATING INNOVATION. We think of strategic lawyering as a collaboration with clients in which we strive to use the tools of the law strategically to fulfill their overall goals, more than just reactively or episodically. Cultivating innovation reminds us of the organic nature of change and that our function is to help nurture invention and its implementation in the real world. As the legal environment for innovation is transformed, we remain vigilant and continually seek to help clients develop an overall strategy for deploying intellectual property to maximize long-term business value.

Bar Admissions

Registered Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 1967

New York 1967

Pennsylvania 1969

U.S. Supreme Court and selected federal circuit and district courts

Education

Columbia University Law School J.D. 1967

Stanford University M.S. in Chemistry 1964

University of Chicago S.B. in Physical Sciences 1963

Professional Associations & Memberships

Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association, chair, committee on Patent Legislation and Relationship with Patent Office

International Technology Law Association

Licensing Executives Society

World Technology Network

American, Philadelphia and Delaware County (Pennsylvania) Bar Associations

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Honors and Awards

AV rating in Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory

10.0/0 Superb rating in Avvo.com

Profiled in Who's Who in America since 1988

National Merit Scholarship

Areas of Practice

• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
• Antitrust & Trade Regulation
• Commercial Law & Contracts
• Communications & Media Law
• Intellectual Property
• Science, Computers, & Tech