Robert J. Rose

Intellectual Property and Antitrust Litigation

Patent Prosecution

Experience

Robert J. Rose is a registered patent attorney and practices patent prosecution and patent, copyright, trademark and antitrust litigation. Currently serving as the firm’s Managing Director, he has written, lectured and testified extensively as an expert in the areas of patents and antitrust. Mr. Rose’s technical background is in physics and imaging science.

He has been chair of the Board of Advisors to the Physics Department of the University of Arizona since 2000. He is also a member of the Dean’s Board of Advisors for the College of Science at the U of A. He is also Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of La Verne College of Law in intellectual property. He was also awarded the UA Alumni Association Professional Achievement Award in 2004, nominated by the College of Science. Mr. Rose was recently profiled in the American Physical Society newsletter, APS News, click here.

In 2006, Mr. Rose earned a Master’s degree in Imaging Science, focusing his studies on ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. In particular, he researched methods for segmenting nerves in ultrasound images during guided anesthesia. In 2007 he was elected as a Senior Member of the IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Complementary to his technical expertise, Mr. Rose has patent litigation experience in the technologies of intra-ocular lenses, industrial lighting and illumination, computer graphics and digital image warping, flight simulators, motion platforms, programmable logic controllers and amusement rides.

He has authored patent litigation opinions in the fields of image compression, digital imaging, printer ink cartridges, industrial control of high-speed food processing machines, industrial lighting, geometric optics and remote control devices.

While at the University of Arizona, Mr. Rose was selected under the Attorney General’s Honors Program to be a trial attorney with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, and served in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. He was also a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California. Previously employed as Senior Litigation & Antitrust Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, he has valuable insight into the needs and problems of in-house counsel.

Bar Admissions

California
Arizona
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals: 
	Ninth Circuit
	Federal Circuit
U.S. District Courts: 
	Central District of California
	Southern District of California
	Eastern District of California
	Northern District of California
	District of Arizona
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office


Education

University of Arizona
	B.S., Physics & Astronomy, 1971

	Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society
University of Colorado
	Department of Astrophysics, 1971-1972
University of Arizona College of Law
	J.D., with High Distinction, 1975
	   Order of the Coif
	   Associate Editor, Arizona Law Review

Rochester Institute of Technology

	M.S., Imaging Science, 2006

Professional Leadership

Adjunct Professor, Antitrust & Intellectual Property Law 
	University of La Verne College of Law
Treasurer, State Bar of California, Antitrust & Trade Regulation Law Section (1994-1997)
Chairman, University of Arizona Department of Physics Advisory Board

Dean's Board of Advisors, College of Science, University of Arizona

Professional Membership

Legal:

American Bar Association

American Intellectual Property Law Association

Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association

Technical:

American Physical Society

Society for Imaging Science and Technology

Optical Society of America

Senior Member, IEEE

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Speaker/Teacher

The State Bar of California
University of La Verne
    Intellectual Property Law
World Intellectual Property Organization
Practicing Law Institute

Publications

Co-Author:
California Antitrust Law Jury Instructions
    Antitrust & Trade Regulation
    Law Section
    The State Bar of California
Distribution Practices
    Business Law Monographs
    Matthew Bender
Pricing Practices
    Business Law Monographs
    Matthew Bender
Dealer Cartels and Vertical Conspiracies
    Advanced Antitrust Seminar
    Practicing Law Institute
Juvenile Justice In Arizona: Adjudication
    Arizona Law Review