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Anthony Blum

Anthony Blum

Partner

St. Louis
314 552 6030 direct

  • OVERVIEW
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  • NEWS & EVENTS

INDUSTRIES

PRACTICES

  • Education

    • Vanderbilt University Law School,

      J.D., 2008

      Order of the Coif

      Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

      Executive Authorities Editor, 2007–2008

    • Missouri University of Science and Technology,

      B.S., Computer Science, summa cum laude, 2005

      Chancellor's Scholar

      Upsilon Pi Epsilon Computer Science Honor Society

  • Admissions

    • Missouri

    • Illinois

    • US Patent and Trademark Office

    • US Ct Appeals, Federal Circuit

    • Missouri USDC, Eastern District

    • Illinois USDC, Northern District

    • Texas USDC, Eastern District

  • Affiliations

    • PTAB Bar Association

    • Federal Circuit Bar Association

    • Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis

    • American Bar Association

      Intellectual Property Law Section

  • Recognitions

    • Included in "Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers" Rising Stars, 2014-Present

  • Employment

    • Thompson Coburn LLP

      Partner, 2017-Present

      Associate, 2008–2016

      Summer Associate, 2007

    • Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne, P.C.

      Summer Associate, 2006

Tony's practice encompasses a broad range of intellectual property matters, including patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks and other issues involving the internet.

He represents clients before the patent office in inter partes review and other post-grant proceedings, and also litigates infringement suits throughout the country. His cases involve diverse technologies, including security, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, cryptography, software and e-commerce. Tony also advises clients on infringement and validity, as well as speech-related issues on the internet.

With a background in computer science and experience in a variety of programming languages, Tony offers extensive technical knowledge to his clients, including those in the telecommunications and tech industries. He provides representation to a range of clients, from small software and internet companies to national and multi-national corporations.

Thompson Coburn Publications

Federal Circuit holds that states are not entitled to sovereign immunity in inter partes review proceedings

Supreme Court nixes USPTO’s practice of partially instituting IPR challenges

The Supreme Court upholds the constitutionality of the IPR process

Part III: Another update on IPR estoppel in the courts and at the PTAB

PTAB offers clarification on inter partes review and state sovereign immunity

Amending claims may be getting easier in post-grant proceedings, at least for now

An update on the shifting standard for IPR estoppel

The shifting standard for IPR estoppel: Where are we now?

America Invents Act – Patent ‘reform’ but possibly not simplification

Publications

"The shifting standard for IPR estoppel: Where are we now?"
March 2017

"Supreme Court Establishes International Copyright Exhaustion - But What About Patents?"
TC’s Inside IP August 2013

"America Invents Act-- Patent 'Reform' But Possibly Not Simplification or Even Harmonization";
TC's Inside IP, June 2011

"Courts Protect Website Owners Who Publish User-Generated Content";
TC's Insider IP, June 2010

Presentations

"IPR Update – A Review of Recent Developments and Emerging Issues in Inter Partes Review Practice",
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, February, 2019

"Patent Eligibility Post Alice Corp. V. Bank International",
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, January, 2016