Marcella M. Bodner
Special Counselmbodner@coleschotz.com New Jersey OfficeCourt Plaza North, 25 Main Street, Hackensack, NJ 07601
T: 201-525-6242 / C: 732-762-1632 / F: 201-678-6242
Legal Practice Assistant: Luanne Crowley
T: 201.489.3000 x 5033
lcrowley@coleschotz.com
OVERVIEW
Marcella M. Bodner has nearly 20 years of experience formulating both offensive and defensive intellectual property strategies that create and maximize value through patent portfolio development, licensing, and enforcement. A critical component of such strategies is an emphasis on risk assessment and resource and budget management and allocation.
Ms. Bodner’s experience includes the patentability assessment of new inventions, patent landscape studies, the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the United States and worldwide, appeal of rejections at the Patent and Trademark Appeals Board, defense of third party oppositions at the European Patent Office, and opinions regarding infringement and freedom-to-operate for products and processes.
For those engaged in joint ventures and other collaborations, Ms. Bodner negotiates and drafts contracts relating to the development, ownership, and transfer of patents. This includes research collaboration agreements, non-disclosure (secrecy) agreements, assignments, joint venture agreements, toll manufacturing agreements and technology licenses.
Ms. Bodner applies her patent prosecution and technical expertise on behalf of clients enforcing or defending against the enforcement of patents in United States federal courts and in post grant proceedings at the United States Patent and Trademark Office including inter partes reviews (IPRs), covered business method reviews (CBMs), post-grant reviews (PGRs) and ex parte reexaminations.
With a strong chemical engineering background, Ms. Bodner’s technical expertise includes chemical compositions and methods for making them, uses for chemical compositions including coatings, detergents, nutritional compositions, health and beauty products, pharmaceuticals, plastics, specialty monomers, marker/tracing compositions, and metal oxide catalysts. She also has substantial technical expertise with mechanical devices, their components and methods of operation, such as process equipment, safety equipment, biological modeling systems, medical devices, and surgical implants.
Services
Education
Rutgers Law School- Newark, J.D., 1998New Jersey Institute of Technology, B.S., Chemical Engineering, magna cum laude, 1995Bar & Court Admissions
New JerseyNew YorkPennsylvaniaU.S. Patent and Trademark OfficeNEWS
News
Patent Board Sets Precedent for Prior Art in Examiner Appeals
As published in: Bloomberg Law April 7, 2020
Women Attorneys Few and Far Between at Patent Board Proceedings
As published in: Bloomberg Law December 23, 2019
Patent Attack Strategy in Doubt Following Agency Guidance
As published in: Bloomberg Law August 29, 2019
Iancu's Impact on Patent Board Plays Out in Precedents
As published in: Bloomberg Law May 10, 2019
Congress pushes to reform patent eligibility, biotechs say not enough
As published in: BioCentury May 9, 2019
Computer Patents To Get Closer Look With USPTO Guidance
As published in: Law360 January 9, 2019
Patent No. 10,000,000 Shows Interest Strong Despite Risks
As published in: Law360 June 19, 2018
Wake Up Call: Giuliani to Join Trump's Legal Team, Take Leave From Greenberg Traurig
As published in: Bloomberg Big Law Business April 20, 2018
Cole Schotz Adds Special Counsel Marcella M. Bodner
April 20, 2018
Cole Schotz adds special counsel to IP group
As published in: NJBIZ April 19, 2018
EVENTS
Recent Events
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
COVID-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program
Intellectual Property Law May 19, 2020
Marcella M. BodnerCole Schotz adds special counsel to IP team
World Intellectual Property Review April 23, 2018
Marcella M. Bodner