Ardizzi, Robert D.

Mr. Ard's litigation practice focuses on the defense of patent infringement claims as well as disputes over trademarks, copyrights and other intellectual property. A registered patent attorney, he has deep experience in post-grant practice before the Patent Office, particularly inter partes re-examination conducted in parallel with patent infringement litigation. He works closely with trial teams preparing patent portfolios for assertive litigation through rigorous "pre-examination" claim validity review and owner-directed re-examination and correction. He has also represented clients in copyright matters and related questions involving the rights surrounding various methods of copying, storing, reproducing, and streaming digital media.

Mr. Ard also litigates and advises candidates, election officials, and members of the public on election law, including ballot access and integrity provisions of federal law. He has extensive experience in voter roll integrity and language minority ballot access provisions of federal election statutes. He has investigated and enforced statewide violations of Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act, and implemented election day polling place observers in primary and general elections in numerous jurisdictions.