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Anton J. Hopen

anton.hopen@smithhopen.com

Anton Hopen is a 1991 honors graduate of the University of South Florida in Interdisciplinary Science and a 1995 graduate of the University of Florida College of Law where he received the Presidential Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement.  Mr. Hopen is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, all U.S. District Courts in Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.    He has been recognized as an expert in intellectual property law by the Wall Street Journal which frequently publishes his opinion on complex intellectual property matters.   Mr. Hopen regularly lectures at the University of Florida College of Law on patent misuse, estoppel and antitrust law relating to intellectual property. He has also appeared in the Business Journal, Law Review, Money Magazine and Biotechnology Law Report.  Mr. Hopen is recognized in Who's Who of American Attorneys.  Mr. Hopen is "AV" rated by Martindale-Hubble.

Mr. Hopen lives in Palm Harbor, Florida with his wife and four children.

Teaching Experience

At H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Research Center

• Processes and Legal requirements for Obtaining at U.S. Patent - March 21, 2005.

National Neurovision Research Institute - First International Symposium on Translational Clinical Research for Inherited and Orphan Retinal Diseases

• Licensing Compounds and Handling of Intellectual Property - Mechanics of Starting Clinic Trials (PowerPoint Presentation - Documenting the Invention) - Nov. 5, 2004

• Development of Intellectual Property of Candidate Drugs from the Laboratory to a Clinic Trial and through Commercialization (PowerPoint Presentation) - Nov. 6, 2004
   

For the Florida Bar:

• Lecturer – "Trademark Law – Corporate Practice" - Miami - January 26, 2006
  Lecturer – "Trademark Law – Corporate Practice" - Tampa - January 27, 2006

• Lecturer – "Trademark Law – Corporate Practice" - Tampa - January 28, 2004
  Lecturer – "Trademark Law – Corporate Practice" - Miami - January 29, 2004

• Lecturer – "Trademark Law – Corporate Practice" - Miami - Nov. 14, 2002
  Lecturer – "Trademark Law – Corporate Practice" - Tampa - Nov. 15, 2002

At the University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida:

• Lecturer – “Trademark Rights to Fictitious Characters in Media.” - 2001

• Lecturer – “Inequitable Conduct in Patent Cases – Fraud and Estoppel.” - 2001

At the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida:

• Lecturer - "Patent Protection of Art Technology" - 2004

• Lecturer – "Quantifiable Valuation of Patents – a Study in Patent Mortality Rates" - 2003

• Lecturer – "An Introduction to Software Patents" - 2001

At Keller University, Tampa, Florida:

• Lecturer – "Trademarks and Valuation" - 2003

For the National Contract Management Association & the U.S. Department of Defense:

• Lecturer – "Establishing Equitable Provisions for Intellectual Property in Military Government Contracts." - 2003

For the Pinellas County Business Development Center

• Lecturer: Intellectual Property Law Seminar - October 2003.

For the Central Florida Speakers Association, Lakeland Meeting 2000:

• Lecturer – "Intellectual Property Rights for Professional Speakers" - 2000

Publications

• Contributing Author: Biotechnology Law Report n 1998-1999

• Quoted: Intellectual Property - Breaking Windows, Money Magazine, March, 2003.

• Quoted: Judge's Decision Against Microsoft May Threaten Windows Trademark, Wall Street Journal, March 19, 2003.

• Quoted: Its Costly But Crucial to Protect Your Ideas. Wall Street Journal, December 19, 2000.

• Tampa Bay Intellectual Property Report, Editor 2001-present
   

Press Photo:

Anton J. Hopen
 

Power Point Presentations:

Intellectual Protection of Art Technology (2004)

Introduction to U.S. Utility Patents (2 MB) (2003)

Copyright Law for Educators (5 MB) (2002)

Intellectual Property Rights for Software Developers (0.6 MB) (2001)

Intellectual Property for Corporate Attorneys (1.8 MB) (2001)

Trademark and Copyrights for Professional Speakers (1.5 MB) (2000)

Human Identification by DNA Analysis (6 MB) (1999)