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William F. Westerman
Ken-Ichi Hattori
Scott M. Daniels
Stephen G. Adrian
John P. Kong
Sadao Kinashi
Thomas E. Brown
Lee C. Wright
Michael J. Caridi
Shuji Yoshizaki
Darrin A. Auito*
 
Of Counsel
Nicolas E. Seckel
Yasuhisa Kurose**
Stephen B. Parker
 
Associates
Kenneth H. Salen*
William M. Schertler*
Ryan B. Chirnomas
Andrew G. Melick*
Kumiko Ide
Dennis M. Hubbs*
Robert Y. Raheja
Bernadette K. McGann*
 
Technical Advisors

Michinori Irikawa**

 
Japanese Benrishi
Ken-Ichi Hattori
Sadao Kinashi
Shuji Yoshizaki
Yasuhisa Kurose**
Tsuyoshi Nakamura
Yoshiya Nakamura

 

*Practice limited to matters and proceedings before federal courts and agencies.

**Not admitted to practice law in the U.S.

 







Darrin A. Auito

Email: dauito@whda.com
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Education:
Case Western Reserve University, School of Law (J.D., 2004)
Case Western Reserve University, Weatherhead School of Management (M.B.A. with concentration in Entrepreneurship, 2004)
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (NIOSH Fellowship; M.S.E., 2000)
G.M.I. Engineering & Management Institute (B.S.E., 1998)

Bar Admissions:
Michigan, 2004
U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, 2004

Member:
State Bar of Michigan
American Intellectual Property Law Association

Prior Affiliation:
Applied Safety & Ergonomics, Inc.

Lectures / Publications:
Japan Intellectual Property Association, "Recently Proposed Patent Legislation," Washington, D.C., 2005, 2007, 2009
Japan Intellectual Property Association, "Discovery Issues in U.S. Patent Litigation," Washington, D.C., 2009
Japan Patent Attorney Association, "Determining Obviousness in View of KSR," Japan, 2007

Practices:
Intellectual property litigation (including ITC §337 investigations)
Patent preparation and prosecution (worldwide)
Patent portfolio management
Infringement and validity opinions