Manager Case
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MANOTTI L. JENKINS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60643
*********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVES
To make a valuable contribution to an in house corporate legal team by using my extensive
litigation, trial, management and transactional skills in the areas of intellectual property and
complex commercial matters, with the goal of minimizing the potential adverse effects from
commercial disputes.
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
Valorem Law Group April 2012-Present
Partner, Intellectual Property Law Department
Chicago, Illinois
First Chair Litigator and Trial Attorney.
• Litigate and try patent infringement, trademark infringement, and copyright infringement
cases.
• Litigate and try complex commercial cases, including shareholder disputes, breach of
contract disputes, and First Amendment/defamation disputes.
• Manage litigation teams, including assigning specific legal responsibilities and tasks to
associates and paralegals.
• Argue contested trial and pre-trial motions.
• Take and defend depositions.
Counseling, Transactions and Negotiations.
• Counsel on intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark and copyright
licensing issues, as well as trade secrets protection and enforcement issues.
• Counsel on and execute trademark and copyright filings and prosecution.
• Draft and negotiate product agreements involving licensing of trademarked goods and
copyrighted materials to national retailers.
• Draft and negotiate licensing of famous trademarks and trade names with various
commercial and media enterprises.
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Law Offices of Manotti L. Jenkins, LTD. April 2011-April 2012
Founder/Principal Attorney
Chicago, Illinois
First Chair Litigator and Trial Attorney.
• Litigated and tried intellectual property cases, including patent infringement and rights of
publicity disputes.
• Litigated and tried complex commercial cases, including breach of contract disputes, First
Amendment/defamation disputes, and right of privacy disputes.
• Managed litigation teams, including assigning and supervising specific legal
responsibilities and tasks.
• Argued contested trial and pre-trial motions.
• Took and defended depositions.
Counseling, Transactions and Negotiations.
• Counseled on intellectual property matters, including patent, trademark and copyright
licensing issues, as well as trade secrets protection and enforcement issues.
• Drafted and negotiated patent and trademark licenses.
• Drafted and negotiated licensing of famous trademarks and trade names with various
commercial and media enterprises.
• Counseled on trademark and copyright application filings and prosecution.
• Drafted and negotiated sports and entertainment agreements.
Katten Muchin Rosenman June 2005-April 2011
Partner, Intellectual Property Law Department
Chicago, Illinois
First Chair Litigator and Trial Attorney.
• Litigated and tried primarily patent infringement cases, including several Hatch-Waxman
(ANDA) cases, as well as cases involving mechanical, electrical and computer-related
technology.
• Case manager for large and medium-sized cases.
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• Managed international litigation team that included Tokyo-based litigators and
successfully invalidated a large Japanese company’s patent in the Japanese Patent Office.
• Managed appellate briefing and was key member of appellate team arguing successfully
to the Federal Circuit.
• Argued contested trial and pre-trial motions.
• Took and defended depositions.
• Managed discovery and prepared written discovery.
• Managed large teams of associates and junior partners.
• Wrote briefs and drafted expert reports.
Michael Best & Friedrich June 2003-June 2005
Partner, Intellectual Property Group
Chicago, Illinois
First Chair Litigator.
• Prepared and managed patent infringement cases.
• Argued contested pre-trial motions.
• Took and defended depositions.
• Managed discovery and prepared written discovery.
• Wrote briefs and drafted expert reports.
Schiff Hardin & Waite August 2000-June 2003
Associate, Intellectual Property Group
Chicago, Illinois
First Chair and Second Chair Litigator.
• Prepared and managed patent infringement cases.
• First chaired two Markman Hearings and one mediation.
• Case manager for large and medium-sized cases.
• Argued contested pre-trial motions.
• Took and defended depositions.
• Managed discovery and prepared written discovery.
• Wrote briefs and drafted expert reports.
Barnes & Thornburg Sept. 1996-August 2000
Associate, Intellectual Property/Trade Regulation Department
Indianapolis, Indiana
Second Chair Litigator and Trial Attorney.
• Integral part of litigation and trial teams for patent, antitrust, copyright, trademark and
breach of contract cases, including preliminary injunction hearings.
• Prepared written discovery.
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• Wrote briefs.
• Drafted patent infringement and antitrust jury instructions.
EDUCATION
Howard University Bachelor of Arts,
Washington, D.C. Journalism (1991)
Indiana University J.D., cum laude
School of Law (1996)
PUBLICATIONS
• Apple Denied Permanent Injunction: Is “Right to Exclude” a Hollow Relic of the Past?
(Flat Fee IP, December 31, 2012).
• Why Samsung Losing Its Appeal Is Not Such A Bad Thing: Another Perspective (Flat Fee
IP, November 6. 2012).
• Antitrust Analysis of Joint Ventures and Competitor Collaborations: A Primer for the
Corporate Lawyer (University of Miami Law Review) (2002) (Contributor).
• Don’t Let the Patent Law Be Distracted by a Flashy Trade Dress (John Marshall Journal
of Computer & Information Law) (1997).
RECOGNITIONS
• 2010-2012 Illinois SUPER LAWYER (Intellectual Property Litigation)
• 2008 & 2009 – Recognition in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
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