Overview
Susan Pratt’s practice focuses on patent-related matters in multiple areas of technology, including imaging.
Susan graduated from Georgetown University Law Center. While in law school she was the Technology Senior Editor for the Georgetown Law Technology Review and a Senior Editor for the Georgetown Journal of International Law.
Prior to attending law school, Susan earned her Ph.D. in physics from Yale University. She was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. Her graduate work focused on developing and implementing a live-cell imaging strategy using a tag-probe approach and various microscopy techniques.
Susan worked as a summer associate with the firm in 2021 and joined the firm in 2022.
Education
- Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 2022)
- Yale University (Ph.D. Physics, 2019)
- University of Rochester (B.S. Physics, 2012)
- University of Rochester (B.A. Mathematics, 2012)
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Not Clear Enough: The TTAB’s Standard for the Registrability of All-Purpose Word Marks Lacked Clarity
IN RE: ERIK BRUNETTI Before Lourie, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a decision of the Trademark Trial and...
Domestic Marketing and Distribution of an Imported Product May Satisfy the Economic Prong of the Domestic-Industry Requirement
LASHIFY, INC. V. ITC Before Prost, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from the U.S. International Trade Commission. Summary: Warehousing, quality control, distribution, sales, and marketing expenses incurred in connection with an imported...
Reliably Determining Reasonable Royalty Rates From Lump-Sum Licenses
ECOFACTOR, INC. V. GOOGLE LLC
Before Lourie, Prost, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court of the Western District of Texas.
Summary: License agreements containing a lump-sum payment “based on” a royalty rate may provide reliable evidence of a reasonable royalty rate for the licensed patent.
