Barry Graham

Barry W. Graham, with 39 years of IP law experience, focuses his practice on client counseling concerning IP protection, assertion, accused infringement defense, and portfolio management. His practice concerns a variety of technologies, primarily clean energy, digital health, consumer electronics, semiconductor design and fabrication, telecommunications systems, and computers.

Prior to joining Finnegan in 1982, he served as a technical adviser and law clerk to the Honorable Phillip B. Baldwin, U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, Washington, D.C. 1980-1982. During the Vietnam War, he served as a U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officer and diver and as a race relations education specialist, 1971-1974.

Education :

• George Washington University, National Law Center LL.M., Patent and Trademark Regulation Law, 1983
• University of Georgia School of Law J.D., with honors, 1977
• University of Virginia B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1970

Clerkships :

• U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, Hon. Phillip B. Baldwin

Admissions :

• District of Columbia
• Georgia
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
• Supreme Court of the United States
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Activities :

• International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI) (president, Membership Commission, 2018-2021; councilor, 2015-2021; vice-president Study and Work Commission (CET), 2015-2018; FICPI Liaison to American Bar Association IP Law Section (ABA-IPL), 2014-present); FICPI U.S. president, 2012-2015; council member, 2006-2018)
• American Bar Association (FICPI Liaison to American Bar Association IP Law Section (ABA-IPL), 2014-present)
• State Bar of Georgia
• District of Columbia Bar
• Bar Association of the District of Columbia
• Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs (Board of Directors, 2009-2014; Trustee, 2014-present)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association