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Associate



Education
J.D., Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Summa Cum Laude, 2003
M.S., Chemistry, John Carroll University, 1997
B.S., Chemistry, John Carroll University, Cum Laude, 1995

Bar Admissions
Ohio, 2003
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships
American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (Chair, Chemical/Biochemical Practice Committee 2005-Present)
Cleveland-Marshall Law Review, Executive Editor
Lawyers Guild for the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Foundation (Executive Committee Member 2005-Present)
Ohio State Bar Association

Publications
Assessing Whether an Insurance Policy Trigger's the Insurer's Duty to Defend in an Intellectual Property Case, Cleveland Bar Journal, July/August 2004
Degradation of Perfluorinated Ether Lubricants on Pure Aluminum Surfaces: Semi-empirical Quantum Chemical Modeling, NASA TP-3670, 1997
Summary
Mr. Slaby practices all aspects of intellectual property law, including matters related to patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. He focuses his work in patent preparation and prosecution. He also does significant work in preparing patent infringement, validity, patentability, freedom-to-market, and due diligence opinions. He has handled matters involving a variety of technologies in the chemical and life-science arts.

Before beginning his legal career, Mr. Slaby worked as a chemist for a company that made brighteners and other chemicals for the electroplating industry. His duties included quality control, technical service for customers, and research and testing for product development.


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