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M. Kelly Tillery Curriculum Vitae.Pdf TILLERY® CURRICULUM VITAE M. KELLY TILLERY, ESQUIRE PARTNER, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DEPARTMENT TROUTMAN PEPPER 3000 Two Logan Square Eighteenth and Arch Streets Philadelphia, PA 19103-2799 PHONE: (215) 981-4401 FAX: (215) 689-1471 WEBSITE: www.troutman.com EMAIL: [email protected] EDUCATION National Institute of Trial Advocacy, 1981 University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 1979 Swarthmore College, B.A., High Honors, 1976 Jesuit High School, New Orleans, LA, Honors in the Humanities, Social, Physical and Mathematical Sciences, 1972 COURT ADMISSIONS United States Supreme Court United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - All Courts (Attorney I.D. #30380) Proctor in Admiralty -1- #10289203 v1 PRO HAC VICE COURT ADMISSIONS UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTS: Alabama – Northern District Arizona Connecticut California – Central, Northern, Southern and Eastern Districts Delaware District of Columbia Florida - Southern District (Miami, Ft. Lauderdale, Pensacola and Tampa Divisions); Middle District (Orlando Division) Georgia – Northern District Idaho Illinois – Northern District Kansas Kentucky – Western District Louisiana – Western and Eastern Districts Maryland Massachusetts Minnesota Missouri – Eastern District Nebraska Nevada New Jersey – Camden, Trenton and Newark Vicinages New York – Western, Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts North Carolina – Western and Middle District Ohio-Southern District Pennsylvania – Western and Middle Districts Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee – Western District Texas – Northern, Southern and Western Districts Utah Virginia – Eastern District Washington – Western District UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURTS: Pennsylvania Utah STATE COURTS: California, Superior Court of Orange County and of Los Angeles County Colorado, District Court, Boulder County -2- #10289203 v1 Delaware, Court of Chancery Florida, Fourth Judicial Circuit, Clay County; Twentieth Judicial Circuit, Lee County; Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, Hillsborough County; Sixth Judicial Circuit, Pinellas County Massachusetts, Bristol County Superior Court New Jersey Superior Court – Law Division (Essex, Passaic, Mercer, Camden and Atlantic Counties) New Jersey Appellate Division Kentucky Circuit Court Kentucky Court of Appeals Illinois, Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division New York, Supreme Court of Onondaga County Oklahoma, District Court of Oklahoma City OTHER FORUMS: Federal Maritime Commission United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences ACADEMIC POSITIONS Adjunct Professor, Drexel University Lebow Graduate School of Business, Department of Legal Studies - Course - “Law of E-Commerce” [Blaw 698] Guest Lecturer, Drexel University Graduate School of Arts Management, Course – “Trademark Law” Guest Lecturer, Drexel University Lebow Graduate School Of Business Guest Lecturer, Drexel University Lebow School of Business Guest Lecturer, Rutgers University Law School Guest Lecturer, Temple University Beasley School of Law Guest Lecturer, University of Pennsylvania Law School Guest Lecturer, Villanova University School of Law PUBLICATIONS 1972, Author, Monograph - “Minimal Brain Dysfunction and Drug Therapy,” President Nixon’s National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse 1972, Co-Author, Monograph - “Consumption Patterns of Psychotherapeutic Drugs,” President Nixon’s National Commission on Marihuana And Drug Abuse 1973, Contributor, Drug Abuse In America, Second Report of President Nixon’s National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse (G.P.O.) -3- #10289203 v1 1976, Author, “The Armenian Non-Intervention: United States Relations with the Ottoman Empire, 1893 – 1897,” Swarthmore College, History Honors Thesis (McCabe Library) 1992, Author, “Music Merchandising In The ‘90’s,” Agents & Managers Magazine 1994, Author, “Copyrights & Trademarks - Intellectual Property Protection,” Videotape and Materials, Embroidery Trade Association and U.S. Screen Printing Institute 1997, Editor, “Trademarks,” Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for The Arts, Pamphlet 1998, Author, “Finding Your Niche - Law Firm Marketing to New Clients and New Markets,” Law Firm Marketing Exchange, Legal Marketing Association 1999, Author, Amendment to the Philadelphia Code - Street Vendor Anti - Counterfeiting Ordinance [Enacted] 1999, Co-Author, Trademark Counterfeiting, (Aspen Press), Chapter Five, “Federal Civil Laws Relating to Counterfeiting,” Sections 5.02[A]; [B] and 5.03 [C]; [D] 2003, Co-Author, “Top Ten Issues for the E-Commerce Practitioner” – The Legal Intelligencer 2003, Co-Author, “Cyberspace’s Black Holes”; Corporate Counsel Website (law.com) 2005, Author, “Effective Software Asset Management,” Business Law Update, Winter 2005 2009, Author, Trademark Counterfeiting, (IACC Press), Chapter Five, “Federal Civil Laws Relating to Counterfeiting,” Sections 5.02[A]; [B] And 5.03 [C]; [D] 2009, Co-Author, “Bodybuilding.Com Flexes its Muscles to Protect Free Speech on the Internet,” Media Law Letter (MLRC), October 2009 2009, Co-Author, “Fair Use Drives Strike Through Heart Of Monster Copyright Claim,” Media Law Letter (MLRC), Sept. 2009 2010, Author, “You Can Fight City Hall – The Pope’s Platform Case,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 74.2, No. 4, Winter 2010 2010, Author, “Lincoln in Philadelphia,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 73, No. 1, Spring 2010 2010, Author, “The Ten Worst Supreme Court Decisions,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 73, No. 2, Summer 2010, and Reprinted in Jewish Social Policy Network Newsletter, August 2010 and in Law for the Business Enterprise, Samuel D. Hodge, Jr. (2d Ed. Learning Solutions), 2012, Ch. 12, Section 12.1 2010, Author, “Canceled: The End of Televised Federal Trials,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 74, No 1, Spring 2011, and Reprinted in Oregon State Bar Association Bulletin Magazine, June 2011 and in Lexology (Association Of Corporate Counsel) 2012, Author, “Backstage with Rock N. Roll, Esq.,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 75, No. 1, Spring 2012 and Reprinted on Domaintimes.info 2012, Author, “Do It Yourself,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. ___, No. ____, To Be Published -4- #10289203 v1 2012, Author, “9/11 – Why?,” Op-Ed, TBD 2013, Co-Author, “Walking the ‘Thin’ Line of Architectural Copyright Protection,” The Legal Intelligencer, Online, American Lawyer Media 2013, Author, “Patently Lincoln,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 76, No. 1, Spring 2013 and Reprinted on JDsupra.com 2013, Author, “A Nation Born of, Built on and Saved by Compromise,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 76, No. 2, Summer 2013 2013, Author, “How Lawyers Won (and Lost) the Civil War,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. ___, No. ____, To Be Published 2014, Author, “The Arisaka – from Toyo Kogyo to Philadelphia,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 77, No. 1, Spring 2014, Reprinted in The Interpreter, Vol. 259, Sept. 1, 2019 2014, Author, “1954 – That Was the Year that Was,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 77, No. 2, Summer 2014 2014, Author, From The Editor – “Get Off Livingston Avenue,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 77, No. 3, Fall 2014 2014, Author, Book Review, “Rock and a Hard Place – Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton” - The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 77, No. 3, Fall of 2014 2014, Author, From The Editor – “Under Siege,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 77, No. 4, Winter 2015 2014, Author, Book Review – “Dreaming of Marriage Equality” – “Redeeming The Dream – The Case For Marriage Equality” by David Boies and Theodore B. Olson, The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 77, No. 4, Winter 2015 2015, Author, From The Editor, “Cost of Civil Justice,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 78, No. 1, Spring 2015 2015, Author, Book Review, Uncertain Justice – The Roberts Court and The Constitution by Laurence Tribe and Joshua Matz, The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 78, No. 1, Spring 2015 2015, Author, From the Editor, “Sounds of Silence,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 78, No. 2, Summer 2015 2015, Author, “Everyone is Entitled to Intellectual Property Protection,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 78, No. 2, Summer 2015 2015, Author, “Reefer Madness Redux,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 78, No. 3, Fall, 2015 2015, Author, Book Review, The Wise Legacy by Daniel J. Siegel, The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 78, No. 3, Fall 2015 2015, Author, “On Service,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 78, No. 4, Winter 2015 2015, Author, “Nine In Time,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. ____, No.____, To Be Published -5- #10289203 v1 2016, Author, “Conventional Wisdom – Then and Now,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 79, No. 1, Spring 2016 2012, Author, “Proving Karen’s Theorem,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 79, No. 2, Summer 2016 2016, Author, Book Review, Bush by Jean Edward Smith, The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 79, No. 3, Fall 2016 2016, Author, “Lincoln – Character of a Man,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 79, No. 3, Fall 2016 2016, Author, “On Declaring War,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 79, No. 4, Winter 2016 2017, Author, “A Judge’s Patience – Franklin Van Antwerpen,” The Philadelphia Bar Reporter, Vol. 46, No. 2, February 2017 2017, Author, “Once A Week,” The Philadelphia Lawyer, Vol. 80, No. 2, Summer 2017 2017, Author,
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