Profile
John serves as senior counsel to Wiley. He represents and counsels clients in matters involving antitrust and trade regulation, patent litigation, and general commercial litigation. John regularly confers with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Antitrust Division staff concerning merger and other civil enforcement matters.
Experience
Representative Matters
- Counsels clients concerning mergers, joint ventures, Hart-Scott-Rodino reporting, distributional restrictions, Noerr-Pennington immunity, Robinson-Patman issues, patent-antitrust, corporate compliance, trade association activities, and horizontal restraint issues.
- Litigates numerous complex patent actions involving a variety of high technology issues, including pharmaceuticals (Hatch-Waxman), pesticides, genomic analysis, ADSL technology, integrated wireless electronic mail communications systems, satellite attitude control systems, CCD video cameras, semiconductor manufacturing technology, dielectric microwave filters, gene cloning, and protein purification.
- Represents clients in jury and non-jury patent actions in federal court, before the International Trade Commission (ITC) and on appeal to the Federal Circuit, and litigates a variety of civil antitrust and commercial cases in both federal and state courts.
Professional Experience
- Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Appellate Section (1972-1974)
Practice Areas
Credentials
Education
J.D., Yale Law School
B.S., summa cum laude, Stanford University; Phi Beta Kappa
Bar and Court Memberships
- District of Columbia Bar
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Related News & Insights
- ArticleComcast v. Behrend: Footnote 5 and the Ghost of Carolene ProductsBloomberg BNA's Class Action Litigation ReportBert W. Rein, John B. WyssApril 26, 2013
- NewsletterWiley Rein Files Amicus Brief in Generic Patent CaseIntellectual Property InsightsJanuary 12, 2011
- Press ReleaseWRF Business & Finance, Media and Antitrust Groups Assist Emmis in Sale of TV Stations for $681 MillionAugust 24, 2005
- Press ReleaseWRF Secures Dismissal of Claim Challenging Patent OwnershipMay 23, 2005