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Anton John Hopen

Anton John Hopen


Board Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property Law
Smith & Hopen U.S. Registered Pat. Attys
Oldsmar, FL
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Anton John Hopen
Board Certified Specialist in Intellectual Property Law

About Anton John Hopen

Board Certified Intellectual Property Attorney

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Anton Hopen is an Honors College graduate of the University of South Florida in Interdisciplinary Science. In addition, he is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Law. At UF Law he received the Presidential Recognition Award for Outstanding Achievement. Furthermore, at the University of Florida, he won election as Student Body Chancellor and chief justice of the Honor Court.  Prior to his career in intellectual property law, he served as a felony criminal prosecutor for the 6th Judicial Circuit of Florida. Additionally, as a trial attorney, he conducted over fifty (50) jury trials to verdict as lead counsel.  

Anton Hopen practices before the United States Patent & Trademark Office. In addition, he is admitted to all United States District Courts in Florida, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is experienced in patent prosecution, trademark registration, inter partes review before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and contested cases before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.      

The Wall Street Journal and Money Magazine have recognized Mr. Hopen as an expert authority in intellectual property law.   In addition, Mr. Hopen holds and “AV” rating by Martindale-Hubble. Significantly, this is the highest possible rating.    Furthermore, he is Board Certified in Intellectual Property Law by the Florida Bar. 

Anton Hopen has a broad technical background. For instance, he has prosecuted patents ranging from biotechnology to software and telecommunications. Moreover, he is versed in several programming languages, SQL Server and network infrastructure. In addition, he has written and licensed pharmacology simulation software to a wide range of customers. For example, these include medical schools, federal agencies, research universities and all branches of the armed forces.

Anton Hopen has extensive speaking experience. For example, he has presented at the BioFlorida Annual Conference, FSU, Moffitt, UF Law and FAMU. In addition, he has lectured for the US Department of Defense, USF, UCF, and NAI. Additionally, he spoke for the Florida Bar, Hillsborough Bar Association and many other organizations.


Practice Areas

 
Patents (50%)
 
Copyrights / Trademarks (50%)

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Bar Licenses

Florida State Bar
Florida
Member in Good Standing
1995

Work Experience

Smith & Hopen PA
Managing Partner
1999Present

Education

University of Florida Levin College of Law
University of Florida Levin College of Law
Juris Doctor
1995

Specialty Certifications

The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education
Board Certified Specialist
Intellectual Property Law
The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education
2010

Associations

American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member
American Intellectual Property Law Association
1999

Member
National Academy of Inventors
2016

Alumni
University of Florida
1995

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Awards & Honors

Top Patent Attorney
Tampa Magazine
2021

Top Patent Attorney
Tampa Magazine
2020

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Recognized for Professional Involvement
Lawyer Legion
2024

Case Results - Anton John Hopen

Prevailed
Patent Trial and Appeal Board
Jul 2019
Represented Petitioner. Outcome: Invalidation of all material claims. Favorably settled during pendency of the Federal Circuit appeal.

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Appeal from IPR2015-00369 and IPR2015-00373
Mar 2018
Reversal of PTAB’s invalidity finding. The case involved US Patent No. 6,218,290 asserted against Apple, Inc. for infringement of wireless communications technologies pertaining to Bluetooth periphe...

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Anton John Hopen
Smith & Hopen U.S. Registered Pat. Attys
180 Pine Ave N
Oldsmar, FL 34677
smithhopen.com
Office: 813-925-8505
Fax: 800-726-1491

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Specialty Certification Information

Certified in Intellectual Property Law -

Florida Bar Board Certification in Intellectual Property Law - Lawyers certified in Intellectual Property Law by the Florida Board of Legal Specialization have demonstrated substantial involvement in this area of the law.


Under Rule 6-26.2, intellectual property law is defined to include four sub-specialty practice areas - patent application prosecution, patent infringement litigation, trademark law, or copyright law.


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