Robert H. Fischer

Adjunct Professor Robert Fischer has more than 30 years of experience practicing in intellectual property matters. He is Special Counsel with McCarter & English in Stamford, Conn.

The Chair of the Licensing and Transactions Practice Group of his previous firm, Professor Fischer has had major responsibility for the intellectual property aspects of large transactions, including joint venture formations, refinancings and sales of businesses, as well as evaluations of the intellectual property positions, from both asset and competitive viewpoints, of acquisitions contemplated by U.S. and non-U.S. entities.

Professor Fischer has extensive experience in preparing and negotiating technology-related contracts, such as technology licenses, development agreements, supply agreements, manufacturing agreements, technology assignments and intellectual property employment agreements. He also has a substantial opinion and counseling practice, including evaluating a client’s ability to market products free from third-party infringement claims and determining what types of intellectual property to rely upon to protect the product.

He has provided numerous written patent opinions dealing with infringement, patent validity and patent enforceability. He has substantial experience in electrical, software and mechanical patent prosecution, including supervision of associates and other partners in handling the patent preparation and prosecution work of clients in the securities trading and e-commerce fields. His career has included numerous representations of clients in actions before the Federal District Courts, ITC, and in USPTO inter partes reviews and patent interferences. He was also counsel of record for the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc.

Professor Fischer is admitted practice in New York, the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He holds a B.S. in Engineering from Cooper Union, a Master’s Degree in Engineering from Stanford University, and a J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, where he was Editor of the California Law Review.

• BS, Engineering, Cooper Union
• Master’s Degree in Engineering, Stanford University
• JD, University of California, Berkeley

• Patent Law LAW 639

• New York Super Lawyer, 2012–2016
• The Best Lawyers in America, 2017
• IP Stars, Managing Intellectual Property, and IAM Patent 1000, 2013–2016