Marty Fleit is internationally known in Intellectual Property (I.P.) law. He was a member of the advisory board of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal of the Bureau of National Affairs. He has lectured at the World Trade Institute on technology transfers, the Plastics Institute of America, the Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada on antitrust, and elsewhere throughout the world on filing and prosecuting patents and trademarks and enforcement of domestic patents. During his tenure at his Washington, D.C. law firm, Fleit Jacobson Cohn and Price, the firm was rated among the top 10 U.S. patent law firms in filing and prosecuting domestic patents.

Marty studied at Tufts University, earned a B.S. Degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire and a Law Degree at Georgetown University where he was a member of the Law Review. Marty has engaged in litigation before numerous U.S. District Courts, many U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals and is admitted before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Robert Kain has practiced I.P. law in South Florida for many years. His B.E. Degree in Electrical Engineering and Law Degree from Vanderbilt University provided a foundation for his experience in U.S. and international I.P. matters and in the highly technical fields of computer and Internet law. Before returning to Florida in 1986, Robert was patent counsel for General Electric and worked in Washington, D.C. with Marty at Fleit, Jacobson, Cohn and Price.

He is a registered patent attorney with the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to the Bars of Florida, New York, the District of Columbia, numerous U.S. District Courts and many U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

Robert taught patent law, as an adjunct professor of law, at Nova Southeastern University Law School, lectures at various CLE seminars and has published many law review and law related articles in the I.P. field.

Jon Gibbons is experienced in the area of patents and technology licensing, with a unique combination of legal, international marketing, and technical expertise. Jon is a Licensed Professional Electrical Engineer and a Certified Software Developer in C. These qualifications and skills support his high tech experience in I.P. prosecution, I.P. transactions and related litigation, business and strategy development. Jon worked at IBM as Technology Licensing Program Manager and at IBM as a Robotics Engineer in New York.

 Jon earned his Law Degree from the University of Miami, attended the Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Summer Institute, earned an M.S. Graduate Degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University, a B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Rutgers University, and did graduate studies in business at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the Florida Bar. He is an Adjunct Professor of C Programming.

Jose Gutman is experienced in patents, trademarks, and in business strategy matters for technology products. Jose worked in the I.P. department of a major South Florida law firm. Earlier he was Licensing Program Manager at Motorola, a member of Motorola's I.P. Department and a Senior Staff Engineer at Motorola for hardware and software design of wireless communications technologies. He represents clients in technology licensing, business strategy, and Internet-based transactions. Jose earned his Law Degree, Cum Laude, at the University of Miami School of Law, an M.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology, a B.S. Degree in Computer Science and Mathematics and a B.S. Degree in Marketing and Business Administration at Florida State University.

He is a registered patent attorney in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to practice before the Florida Bar. Jose is a past President of the Patent Law Association of South Florida and a member of numerous I.P. Associations.

 Steve Bongini practices extensively in the electrical and computer arts including the fields of computer architecture, microprocessors, memory design and fabrication, and consumer electronics. He came to South Florida after practicing in Los Angeles at Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, and Loeb and Loeb. Earlier, Steve was an extern for the Honorable Judge Reinhardt, United States Court of Appeal, Ninth Circuit in Los Angeles, California.

Steve earned his J.D. at UCLA School of Law, after doing graduate studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Miami, where he taught electronic circuit design. He earned a B.S. Degree, Summa Cum Laude, in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Miami.

 He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is admitted to practice before the Florida Bar and the California Bar.

Paul Bianco's practice is focused on intellectual property transactional work, particularly in the areas of biomedical, materials, and mechanical technologies. His practice includes patent prosecution, licensing and agreements, opinion work, and client counseling. Prior to joining Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman & Bongini P.L., Paul was an associate in the Washington D.C. office of Pennie & Edmonds L.L.P.

Paul was graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Bioengineering. Paul also earned his Masters of Science in Engineering and his Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1989 and 1993, respectively. His graduate work focused on the use of ceramic and metallic materials as implant materials. After finishing his Ph.D., he completed a fellowship at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health at the Food and Drug Administration where he studied the cellular response to particulate materials. Both as a graduate student and a post doctoral fellow, Paul published several peer reviewed scientific papers and a book chapter and presented papers at international conferences.

Paul was graduated cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1997. At Georgetown, he was an executive editor of THE TAX LAWYER and published a note entitled "Tax Refund Suits and Equitable Tolling of the Statute of Limitations: Webb v. United States." During law school, Paul spent a summer as an intern at the United States Justice Department where he was assigned to the Vaccine Litigation Division.

Paul is a member of the Bars of Virginia and the District of Columbia and is admitted to practice before several Federal Courts. He is further registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Paul is a member of the Giles S. Rich American Inn of Court, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Society for Biomaterials.

Jeff Giunta has practiced in many areas of patent, trademark and copyright law. He has served as patent counsel for Catalina Marketing Corporation and has handled patent, trademark and copyright litigation and prosecution in private practice. Jeff is a Registered Professional Electrical Engineer and has worked in the areas of radar technology and satellite, terrestrial and mobile digital radio communications. His responsibilities included DSP and embedded software development, and design and development of digital circuit and automated test fixtures. He has been a staff engineer in both systems engineering and software engineering for the U. S. Department of Defense, GTE Government Systems Corporation and Trimble Navigation.

Jeff earned his Law Degree, Cum Laude, at the University of Miami School of Law and his B.S. Degree in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is admitted to practice before the U. S. Patent and Trademark Office and in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Jeff is a member of the Florida Bar.

Thomas S. Grzesik is a registered patent attorney and concentrates his practice on Patent Prosecution and Trademark law, specializing in the electronic arts. Tom holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology.

While attending Chicago-Kent College of Law, Tom was one of the few students selected to be a founding member of Chicago-Kent's Intellectual Property Law Clinic.

Tom has prosecuted patent applications in the fields of wireless communication systems, wireless communication devices, satellite systems, electrical circuits, electrical components, electronic displays, semiconductors, computer hardware, computer networking, 3-D imaging, mechanical devices, eye wear, water softener systems, and many more.

Tom is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is a member of the Florida Bar and the Illinois Bar.

Darren Spielman concentrates his practice in the field of intellectual property, with an emphasis on trademarks, trade secrets, domain name disputes and copyrights. Darren has a Bachelor of Science in Public Relations from University of Florida. He also earned a Masters in Mass Communications degree from the University of Florida, as part of a joint degree with the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Darren also completed the Intellectual Property Certificate Program during law school. The joint degree program permitted Darren to focus his Master’s studies toward a law related focus. Darren’s Master’s Thesis discussed the intricacies of Trademark Parody law. During his graduate studies, Darren also served on the University of Florida Honor Court and served as the Attorney General for the Court. Prior to joining Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco, Darren practiced law in Florida for several years primarily dealing with Insurance defense. Darren is also a member of the International Trademark Association.

Prior to joining the Firm, Gary Winer practiced intellectual property law with Dennison Manufacturing, preparing and prosecuting cases in the mechanical arts, as well as in the field of biological diagnostics, for its subsidiary Biological Technology Corporation. In addition, he worked at Alza Pharmaceuticals as a patent attorney, preparing and prosecuting cases predominantly in the fields of transdermal and timed release drug delivery systems. Gary later worked in corporate administration for Alza, after which he assumed responsibility for Legal and Administration for Omnitech Gencorp, a midsize computer sales and repair organization. Gary further has extensive experience in software programming, in assembler as well as object oriented languages. He has a B.S. Degree, with Honors, in Life Science Engineering (Major: Human and Microbial Genetics) from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and is a graduate, Cum Laude, of New England School of Law. Gary is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar.

Loren Donald Pearson is a registered patent attorney focusing on patent and trademark prosecution. He has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1996. In addition, he advises his clients on general intellectual property matters and provides support to litigation counsel. While his experience spans most fields of technology, his expertise is in chemistry, in particular, polymer chemistry and photolithography. Prior to joining Fleit Kain, Mr. Pearson led his former firm’s chemical patent prosecution group.

Mr. Pearson earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami Law School in 1996. He was a member of the Yearbook of International Law. He has a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Prior to attending law school, Mr. Pearson was a research chemist for Rohm & Haas studying ion-exchange resins and acrylic polymers.