Peter L. Costas

Intellectual Property, Mediation
Goodwin Square, 225 Asylum Street
Hartford, Connecticut 061034302


Intellectual Property

Admitted

1954, New York; 1960, Connecticut

Law School

Syracuse University, J.D., 1954

Law School Graduation Year

1954

College

Syracuse University, B.S. in Chem., 1951

Memberships

Hartford County, Connecticut (President, 1997; President-Elect, 1996-1997; Vice President, 1995-1996; Chairman: Federal Civil Trial Advocacy Program Committee, 1976-1984; Chairman: Federal Practice Section, 1987-1990), New York State and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; International Trademark Association; American Chemical Society.

Biographical

Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Connecticut Bar Association John Eldred Shields Memorial Award, 1987. Author: Discovery and the Issue of Commercial Success in Patent Infringement Action, Federal Rules Decisions, December, 1962; Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights, The Legal Monopolies, Part I— Patents, Connecticut Bar Journal, December, 1962; Part II— Trademarks and Related Law of Unfair Competition, Connecticut Bar Journal, September, 1963; Part III— Copyrights Protection for Literary and Artistic Creativity, Connecticut Bar Journal, February, 1978; Today's Challenge to the Bar, Connecticut Bar Journal, September, 1965; The 1970's: Will We Respond to the Need to Modernize Connecticut's Judicial System?, Connecticut Bar Journal, December, 1970; Audio Course, Introduction to Patents, American Chemical Society, 1974. Short Course, Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights—Recognition and Protection of Creativity, 1975, American Chemical Society; How Shall We Judge the Judges? Connecticut Bar Journal, March, 1975; Evaluating the Connecticut Judiciary: A Significant Step Forward, Connecticut Bar Journal, December, 1976; The CBA Judgeship Poll: A Critical Reappraisal, Connecticut Bar Journal, February, 1979; Unfair Competition and Unfair Trade Practices-Transplants to the Unfair Trade Practices Act, Connecticut Bar Journal, October, 1980; Trade Secrets Law—Principles, Pitfalls and Pronouncements, Connecticut Bar Journal, December, 1997. President, Connecticut Patent Law Association, 1966. Vice Chairman, 1967-1971 and Member, 1978-1984, Drug Advisory Council, State of Connecticut. Board of Editors, 1964—, Editor-in-Chief, 1976-1979 and Managing Editor, 1983-1996. Connecticut Bar Journal. Contributor, Connecticut Chapter, State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law, 1989—.

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