Richard S. Florsheim

Partner/Retired

Richard S. Florsheim

Partner/Retired

Richard Florsheim is a retired partner and intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. For the past 20 years, Richard’s practice has been devoted exclusively to the litigation and alternative dispute resolution of patent infringement and other intellectual property disputes. His experience included working on cases involving a wide variety of technologies, including electronics, medical devices, optics and optical communications, wireless communications, industrial controls, and semiconductors.

Since 1974, Richard has devoted his professional career to the litigation of intellectual property cases and other complex civil litigation. He has tried over two dozen cases before judges and juries. Richard has served as lead counsel in over 60 patent infringement cases involving products and services covering a broad range of technologies in various district courts, in the Court of Federal Claims and before the U.S. International Trade Commission. He has also argued over a dozen appeals from district court decisions in patent infringement litigations before the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. He has had substantial experience representing clients in alternative dispute resolution proceedings, including the negotiation of litigation settlements and the conduct of arbitration proceedings, mediations and summary jury trials.

 

理查德 弗洛山姆是美国富理达律师事务所(Foley & Lardner LLP)的合伙人。在过去的二十多年中,弗洛山姆先生专注于于研究专利侵权纠纷和其他知识产权纠纷的诉讼以及纠纷替代解决方案。他的经验包括参与涉及广泛技术领域的案件,例如电子、医疗设备、视觉光学传输、无线传输、工业控制、半导体等等。

1974年开始,弗洛山姆先生就将职业发展定位于知识产权诉讼案件和其他复杂的民事诉讼。他曾在20多例有法官和陪审团参与的案件中出庭诉讼,并在60多个专利侵权案件中担任首席律师。这些案件涉及的产品和服务覆盖广泛的技术领域,由联邦索赔法院、美国国际贸易委员会以及各种分区法院审理。他还在联邦巡回上诉法院参与了数十起分对分区法院裁决不服而提交上诉的专利侵权案件的诉讼。他在非诉讼纠纷解决程序方面有着丰富的经验,包括诉讼和解的谈判和仲裁程序,调解和简易陪审团审判。

卓越领导力

弗洛山姆先生是美国知识产权法律协会(AIPLA)下属 委员会的主席,他负责起草了AIPLA的首个模型陪审 团指示范本,为全美国的专利侵权诉讼案件所使用。

他在各类全国性研讨会上多次发表关于专利诉讼的演讲,并著有或与人合著许多以专利法和专利诉讼为主题的文章。

荣誉

BTI客户服务全明星名单2014该奖项采集于自发的客户反馈,授予表现突出的精英律师,表达对他们最佳客户服务的认可。弗洛山姆先生是2014年美国为数不多的获此殊荣的知识产权诉讼律师。

国际专利律师名人录(2013

入选IAM专利1000杂志世界顶级专利从业者(20132016

威斯康星超级律师名录(2005-2014

入选美国最佳律师杂志评选的密尔沃基“20132015年度最佳知识产权诉讼律师“2013年度最佳专利诉讼律师

获得同行评级的卓越表现称号(AV® Preeminent™), Martindale-Hubbell全美同行评选系统中对表现评级的最高称号。

美国最佳律师,最新一期

世界名人录,最新一期

美国商会:美国商业顶级律师,最新一期

Inside the minds: 顶级知识产权律师一书Aspatore 20023月出版作为被专访的美国十佳知识产权律师之一,就相关艺术与科学的知识产权法分享经验。

执业会员

弗洛山姆先生是美国知识产权法律协会,美国联邦巡回上诉法院法律协会以及美国法律协会专利商标著作权部的成员。

公司领导

弗洛山姆先生现任本所中国业务部主席和管理委员会成员。他曾是本所知识产权部和工业团队部的前任主席,以及知识产权诉讼业务组的前任负责人。

教育背景

弗洛山姆先生1971年毕业于麻省理工学院,并于1974年以优等成绩获得马奎特大学法学院的法学博士学位。

Awards and Recognition

  • BTI Client Service All-Stars list (2014); this elite group of standout attorneys — identified solely through unprompted client feedback — are recognized as delivering the absolute best client service; and Richard was one of only a dozen intellectual property litigators in the United States to have received this recognition in 2014
  • The International Who’s Who of Patent Lawyers (2013)
  • IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners (2013-2016)
  • Wisconsin Super Lawyers® lists (2005-2015)
  • Milwaukee Intellectual Property Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” (2013 and 2017) and Patent Litigation “Lawyer of the Year” (2013 and 2015) by The Best Lawyers in America©
  • Peer Review Rated as AV® Preeminent™, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell’s peer review rating system
  • The Best Lawyers in America©, current edition
  • Who’s Who in the World, current edition
  • Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, current edition
  • Featured among 10 leading IP lawyers in the U.S. in Inside the Minds: Leading Intellectual Property Lawyers: IP Experts Share Their Knowledge on the Art & Science of Intellectual Property Law (Aspatore Books, March 2002)

Affiliations

Richard is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, Federal Circuit Bar Association, and the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section of the American Bar Association.

Richard is former chair of the firm’s China Practice, and a former member of the firm’s Management Committee. He is former chair of the firm’s Industry Teams and Intellectual Property Departments, and previously served as leader of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.

Thought Leadership

Richard was the chairman of the subcommittee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association responsible for drafting the AIPLA’s first model jury instructions for nationwide use in patent infringement litigation. He has lectured on the subject of patent litigation at numerous national seminars and has authored or co-authored a number of publications on the subjects of patent law and patent litigation.