General Patent Corporation Names Ed Gomez Chief IP Counsel

General Patent Corporation (GPC) today named Ed Gomez to the position of Chief IP Counsel

Suffern, NY (PRWEB) November 13, 2008 -- General Patent Corporation (GPC), a leading patent licensing and enforcement firm, announced today that it has named Ed Gomez to the position of Chief IP Counsel.

"Ed is a highly experienced patent litigator with an excellent track record," said Paul Lerner, GPC's Sr. Vice President and General Counsel. "We are very pleased to be able to attract such exceptional talent."

Prior to joining GPC, Mr. Gomez was President of Furnace Brook LLC, a patent licensing and enforcement company. At Furnace Brook, Mr. Gomez negotiated over 80 licenses and oversaw several litigations that resulted in favorable settlements. Prior to forming Furnace Brook in 2002, Mr. Gomez was a partner at Pennie & Edmonds LLP where his practice included patent litigation, counseling and licensing in a wide variety of technologies including telecommunications, semiconductor manufacture, circuit design, optics, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Mr. Gomez has acted as trial counsel in patent matters before several of the Federal Courts including District Courts in California, Connecticut, New York and Virginia, as well as the International Trade Commission.

Mr. Gomez received his J.D. from Georgetown University in 1995 and a B.S. in Applied Mathematics from Columbia University in 1988.

"General Patent Corporation has an extraordinary record of success in patent enforcement," said Ed Gomez. "I look forward to contributing to its continued success."

"We are delighted to welcome Ed to General Patent Corporation," said Alexander Poltorak, GPC's Chairman and CEO. "He will be joining our team of top-notch patent attorneys and IP litigators."

About General Patent Corporation

   General Patent Corporation (GPC), headquartered in Suffern, NY, is a premier intellectual property (IP) boutique focusing on patent licensing and enforcement, and IP strategy and valuation. GPC represents clients in assertive licensing and enforcement matters on a contingency basis. GPC is the oldest patent enforcement firm in the U.S. For more information on GPC, please visit www.generalpatent.com.

IP Holdings LLC, a financial arm of GPC, is an IP-centric merchant banking organization. IP Holdings provides IP-related financial services as well as IP brokerage services. IP Holdings also operates an idea incubator. For more information on IP Holdings visit www.ip-holdings.com.

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