[ Press Release ]
Prominent Intellectual Property Attorney Eric McCormick Joins Duane Morris in New York
April 4, 2007
NEW YORK, April 2, 2007 - Duane Morris LLP is pleased to welcome Eric McCormick, a former in-house trademark attorney for Pfizer and Unilever, as special counsel in the firm's New York office. Eric joins the firm in its Intellectual Property Practice Group.
An attorney with a wealth of experience as both in-house and outside counsel, Eric's practice centers on trademark and copyright counseling. As a trademark attorney at Pfizer Inc., Eric handled matters involving domestic and international trademark clearance, prosecution, maintenance and enforcement for the company's human pharmaceutical trademark portfolio. Prior to his time at Pfizer, he served in a number of roles at Unilever United States Inc., most recently as assistant general counsel for commercial law and trademarks. In that post, he was responsible for clearance, prosecution, maintenance and enforcement of the company's well-known trademarks and copyrights in the United States as well as the negotiation and drafting of a variety of complex intellectual property-related commercial agreements including licensing, agency, joint promotion, product placement, and trademark purchase and sale agreements, among others. In addition, he provided oversight for the company's trademark and copyright litigation matters.
He has also served clients at several law firms in New York, where he worked on a wide range of trademark and litigation matters.
Eric earned his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an associate editor for the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and a member of the Order of the Coif. He received a B.A., magna cum laude, in 1989 from the University of Pennsylvania.
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