Background

Education

• Georgia Institute of Technology, B.S., Information and Computer Science, 1985
• University of Georgia School Of Law, J.D., 1988

Bar & Court Admissions

• Massachusetts Bar
• Georgia Bar
• Washington Bar
• U.S. Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court of Massachusetts
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Involvement

• American Bar Association
• American Intellectual Property
• Boston Bar Association
• Boston Patent Law Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association

Honors & Awards

• Massachusetts Super Lawyers® List 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
  

Practice Areas

Electrical & Computer, Medical Devices, Patents, Software

Industry & Technical Focus

Software, Computer Hardware, Telecommunications

Practice Description

Mr. Canning has 20 years of experience assisting technology clients with patent portfolios and patent prosecution matters. Working with leaders in the industry, Kevin has been responsible for helping to develop patent portfolios for Microsoft, Xerox Corporation, Sun Microsystems, Inc., MCI, and The MathWorks, Inc.

Notable Experience

• Writing and prosecuting numerous software and computer patents asserted in litigations among computer industry leaders.
• Writing and prosecuting the Microsoft FAT patent. The patent has since been upheld upon reexamination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
• Successfully working with The MathWorks, Inc. to modify its flagship software product to design around infringement claims by a large international software company.
• Assisting MCI avoid a claim of patent infringement on its calling card business.
• Winning an opposition in the European Patent Office brought by an international medical device developer and manufacturer against our client Atrium Medical Corporation.

Publications & Speaking Engagements

• Author, “Publication Under the American Inventors Protection Act of 1999,” The Patent Journal, 2001.