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Paul J. Lerner |
Senior Vice President and General Counsel Paul J. Lerner is the Senior Vice President and General Counsel of General Patent Corporation (GPC), an intellectual property (IP) management company focusing on patent licensing and enforcement, international technology transfer, and IP portfolio management. Before joining GPC, Mr. Lerner was a partner in the Hartford, CT business law firm of Pepe & Hazard LLP. He has led IP law departments at Olin Corp., Black & Decker Corp., and multi-national electrical construction giant Asea Brown Boveri, Inc. Prior to embarking on a law career, Mr. Lerner was a project manager at the Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute in Chicago, where he managed a technology transfer and technology forecasting team. Mr. Lerner's education includes a B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Purdue University, an M.B.A. from Loyola University, a J.D. from DePaul University, and post-graduate legal studies at John Marshall College of Law. Paul Lerner co-authored with GPC's Chairman and CEO, Alexander Poltorak, two books, Essentials of Licensing Intellectual Property (John Wiley & Sons, 2004) and Essentials of Intellectual Property (John Wiley & Sons, 2002), and numerous articles, including an article about Grain Processing v. American Maize Products, "Grain, Grain, Go Away", which examined recent major developments in patent litigation damage awards. The article appeared in the February, 2000 edition of Intellectual Property Worldwide. He also co-wrote "Corporate Officers and Directors Can Be Liable for Mismanaging Intellectual Property", which appeared in the May and June, 2000 issues of Patent Strategy & Management. Mr. Lerner also authored "Strategic Auditing: The Key to Minimizing Litigation Bills" (www.corporateintelligence.com, September 2000). Mr. Lerner is a member of the Licensing Executives Society (LES). Mr. Lerner is a registered patent attorney and is admitted to practice in Connecticut, Illinois, New York, CAFC and USPTO. |