Evans, John C. Ph.D.

Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

John Evans practices intellectual property law, with a primary focus on patent litigation. John has experience in a number of federal district courts and appellate courts, as well as Section 337 investigations before the International Trade Commission for both complainants and respondents.

John's experience covers many fields, including medical device, chemical compositions, and software and semiconductor technology. Representative clients include DePuy Spine, Gillette, IBM, Procter & Gamble, SanDisk Corporation, J.M. Smucker Company, and VIZIO.

Prior to law school, John obtained his Ph.D. in biophysics at the University of Michigan. John performed research in the fields of structural biology and X-ray protein crystallography and solved several novel crystal structures of enzymes involved in methionine biosynthesis and homocysteine metabolism.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property
• ITC Section 337
• Life Sciences

Representative Cases

• DePuy Spine wins Federal Circuit affirmance of $149.1 million award, one of ten largest patent jury verdicts affirmed on appeal , (2009)
• J.M. Smucker and Folgers defend against claims of patent infringement by Balsam over coffee processing , (2009)
• P&G settles patent infringement dispute with SC Johnson over fabric refresher product , (2009)
• SanDisk asserts patent over flash memory systems before the ITC , (2009)
• Sharp successfully litigates against Samsung in patent infringement disputes before the ITC involving LCD technology , (2009)
• VIZIO settles patent infringement dispute with Sony over television technology , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Copyrights, Intellectual Property Law, International Intellectual Property, Patents, Technology Licensing, Trade Dress, Trade Secrets, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• Ohio

Education

• Colby College
• U of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Published Works

• Patented methods escape US export rule, coauthor, Patent World, forthcoming, 2009
• Several Healthy Steps Away: New & Improved Products in Section 337 Investigations, 8 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 309, 2009
• ITC Remedial Orders in the Real World, IP Perspectives, 2009
• Note, Addressing Default Trends in Patent-Based Section 337 Proceedings in the United States International Trade Commission, 106 Mich. L. Rev. 745, 2008
• In re Seagate: The Federal Circuit Scuttles Underwater Devices and Narrows Privilege/Immunity Waiver, reprinted in NYIPLA Bulletin, 2007
• In re Seagate: The Federal Circuit Scuttles Underwater Devices and Narrows Privilege/Immunity Waiver, 2007
• Article, Knowing When (Not) to Walk Away: Assessing Changes in the Rate of Respondents' Default in Section 337 Proceedings, 1996–2005, XXII 337 Reporter 43 (2006 Summer Associate Edition), 2006
• Dissertation: Structures of two zinc dependent homocysteine S-methyltransferases: cobalamin-dependent methionine synthase and betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase, 2004
• C. Castro, A.A. Gratson, J.C. Evans, J. Jiracek, M. Collinsova, M.L. Ludwig, T.A. Garrow, Dissecting the catalytic mechanism of betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase by use of intrinsic tryptophan fluorescence and site-directed mutagenesis, Biochemistry 43(18), 5441-51, 2004
• J.C. Evans, D.P. Huddler, M.T. Hilgers, G. Romanchuk, R.G. Matthews, M.L. Ludwig, Structures of the N-terminal modules imply large domain motions during catalysis by methionine synthase, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 101(11), 3729-36, 2004
• R.G. Matthews, A.E. Smith, Z.S. Zhou, R.E. Taurog, V. Bandarian, J.C. Evans, M.L. Ludwig, Cobalamin-dependent and cobalamin-independent methionine synthases: are there two solutions to the same chemical problem?, Helv. Chim. Acta 86(12), 3939-54, 2003
• J.C. Evans, D.P. Huddler, J. Jiracek, C. Castro, N.S. Millian, T.A. Garrow, M.L. Ludwig, Betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase: zinc in a distorted barrel, Structure 10(9), 1159-71, 2002

Address

North Point
901 Lakeside Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44114-1190

Phones

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