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Calvin M. Brien

Associate

Calvin M. Brien litigates intellectual property and business tort cases. He has experience in several federal district and appellate courts, the US International Trade Commission, and the US Supreme Court. Calvin is an electrical engineer and former patent examiner at the US Patent and Trademark Office. He brings a wealth of technical acumen and patent law expertise to his practice, and regularly advises clients how to maximize the value of their global patent portfolios through strategic patent prosecution.

Extended Profile

Calvin has experience in all phases of litigation, from the filing of the complaint, through trial, and through the exhaustion of all appeals. He has taken and defended depositions of fact and expert witnesses, and has prepared countless successful motions and briefs.

Calvin translates his litigation experience and success to serving underprivileged clients through his pro bono work, in which he has, for example, successfully argued before the US Army Discharge Review Board on behalf of an Iraq War veteran. Calvin is particularly passionate about voting rights and regularly volunteers for the Election Protection Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under the Law in Washington, DC.

Before his legal career, Calvin was an engineer for a defense contractor in Maryland, where he helped design and integrate communications systems for the US Navy and its fleet of aircraft carriers.

Education

  • Johns Hopkins University, 2020, M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • The George Washington University Law School, 2018, J.D.
  • University of Maryland, 2014, M.Eng., Systems Engineering
  • Mars Hill University, 2011, B.S., B.A., Mathematics and Political Science, summa cum laude

Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • US District Court for the District of Columbia
  • US Patent and Trademark Office

Awards and Affiliations

Member, International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association

Member, Practice Group of the Year, Intellectual Property, Law360 (2019)

Member, Litigation Department of the Year–Intellectual Property, The American Lawyer (2019)

Member, American Bar Association

Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association

Editor, American Intellectual Property Law Association Quarterly Journal (2016–2018)

Mentor, Student Intellectual Property Law Association Mentorship Program, Georgetown University Law Center