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Amanda Tessar Partner

  • Denver

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    Denver

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    Denver, CO 80202-5255

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    ATessar@perkinscoie.com

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  • 12.21.2022
    Top 10 Frand Developments of 2022
    Articles

    IAM Media

    A new year is just around the corner, but we cannot close out 2022 without looking back on the events that shaped the world of standard essential patent (SEP) and fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing.
  • 02.17.2021
    Apple Blames Trump DOJ IP Stance For 'Flawed' Nokia Ruling
    Articles

    Law360

    Apple has a bone to pick with the Trump Justice Department's approach to patent licensing and is urging the Fifth Circuit to fix the "misguided view" that antitrust law should be kept out of patent cases.
  • 04.17.2020
    10 Ways In-House IP Counsel Can Get Ahead Amid Quarantine
    Articles

    Law360

    With travel restrictions in place, most of the country subject to stay-at-home orders, courthouses closed and some cases stayed or delayed, in-house intellectual property lawyers may find their existing projects relating to ongoing litigation and licensing stalled.
  • 06.26.2018
    New Rules Give ITC Subpoena Recipients A Break
    Articles

    Law360

    For many years, anyone who received (or whose client received) a subpoena in a U.S. International Trade Commission investigation experienced a frustrating procedure. The subpoena recipient had only 10 days to move to quash the subpoena (or seek an extension of that deadline), or risk the harsh punishment of a waiver of all objections to the subpoena.
  • 12.06.2016
    Best Practices for IPR Proceedings and Real Party in Interest
    Articles

    World IP Review

    As set forth in part 1 of this article, the question of how a real party in interest (RPI) to an inter partes review (IPR) is determined has presented challenges and uncertainties for litigants.
  • 11.08.2016
    Real Parties in Interest: Proceed with Caution
    Articles

    World IP Review

    Since the adoption of the America Invents Act and the institution of the inter partes review (IPR) proceeding, the question of how a real party in interest to an IPR is defined has presented challenges for petitioners and opportunities for patent owners.
  • 09.2016
    Inter Partes Review Proceedings: A Fourth Anniversary Report

    IPR@4

    An In-Depth Look at Factors Affecting Your IPR Strategy

    Perkins Coie is marking the fourth anniversary of inter partes review (IPR) with a report focused on the changes and progress of IPR proceedings, particularly since September 2015. As IPR proceedings have become more familiar during the past four years, growing clarity on many issues has resulted from decisions by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Click here to read the full report.

  • 05.25.2016
    Commil v. Cisco: 1 Year Later

    IP and Appellate Law360

    Amanda Tessar and Elizabeth Banzhoff have been published in IP and Appellate Law360 article "Commil V. Cisco: 1 Year Later." In the article, the two attorneys look into what led to the Supreme Court's decision in Commil USA LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc., 135 S. Ct. 1920, 191 L. Ed. 2d 883 (2015) and the ruling's aftermath.
  • 02.16.2016
    Marking your patented products—three reasons you’d be foolish not to
    Articles
    Company Week published an article by Amanda Tessar on three reasons to mark your patented products. 
  • 01.27.2016
    Federal Rule Changes Should Not Affect Subpoena Practice
    Articles

    Law360

    Intellectual property litigators Amanda Tessar and Elizabeth Banzhoff analyze the potential effect of the December 2015 changes to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on subpoena practice.
  • 12.17.2015
    Top 10 Alice Cases Of 2015
    Articles

    Law360

    Partner Amanda Tessar and associate Elizabeth Banzhoff discuss the 10 cases interpreting Alice that stood out from the pack this year
  • 09.23.2015
    Eastern Texas Is Not Jumping On The Alice Bandwagon
    Articles

    Partner Amanda Tessar and associate Elizabeth Banzhoff, patent litigators in Perkins Coie’s Intellectual Property practice, discuss the recent trends related to the Alice case in the Eastern District of Texas.

  • 07.06.2015
    Colorado Legislature Passes 'Anti-Troll' Statute
    Articles

    Law Week Colorado Vol. 13 No. 27

    Colorado's governor last month signed into law an “anti-troll” statute that makes illegal certain patent activities considered by many to be damaging to small businesses.

RELATED INFORMATION

Bar and Court Admissions

  • Colorado
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas

Education

  • University of Colorado Law School, J.D., Order of the Coif, 2001
  • Grinnell College, B.A., Chemistry, with honors, 1997