CBLH | Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP - Intellectual Property and Business Law Firm with offices in Wilmington, Delaware; Washington, DC; Los Angeles, California

Practice Areas

Education

  • Cornell Law School (J.D., 1985)
    Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Order of the Coif
  • Judge Advocate General School-U.S. Army (LL.M., 1990)
  • U.S. Military Academy (B.S., 1980)
    Major: Mechanical Engineering
    Honors: Phi Kappa Phi, Dean's List

Bar Admissions

  • Massachusetts, 1985
  • United States Supreme Court, 1990
  • District of Columbia, 2001
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2001
  • United States Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2005
  • United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 2007

Classes & Seminars Taught

  • Primary Trainer, Trial Advocacy Seminars for Military Prosecutors

Attorney Profile

James P. Calve

Of Counsel
1875 Eye Street, NW
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
Tel: (202) 572-1344
Fax: (202) 293-6229

James ("Jim") P. Calve is Of Counsel in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. He represents clients in a variety of areas including patent litigation, licensing, International Trade Commission proceedings, and business transactions.

Jim focuses on patent litigation in the Federal Courts and also counsels clients on protecting and enforcing intellectual property. This work includes patent counseling and opinions, licensing, product clearances, due diligence, patent prosecution, and IP-related business issues.

Jim has worked in a wide variety of chemical, electrical, and mechanical technologies including computers, business methods, semiconductors, integrated circuits, automotive technologies, medical instruments, gaming devices, and power tools and systems.

Professional Associations

  • American Bar Association
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • ITC Trial Lawyers Association