John C. Englander
Areas of Practice
John Englander is a trial lawyer and former co-chair of Goodwin Procter’s Litigation Group. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on patent litigation. He has extensive experience in banking and financial services litigation, including in particular class action defense. Mr. Englander also has litigated cases involving all manner of commercial disputes, business torts and unfair trade practices claims.
Work for Clients
An engineer by training, Mr. Englander devotes the bulk of his practice to intellectual property litigation, particularly patent litigation. He has been trial counsel in patent infringement cases involving semiconductor manufacturing tools (Applied Materials, Inc.), stem cell technology (ViaCell, Inc.) and generic drugs (TEVA Pharmaceutical). He also has been counsel in cases involving airport and home security systems (GE-Interlogix), telephone and internet routing and congestion control systems (Cisco Systems), and fax technology and software architecture (Brooktrout Technology, Inc.). Mr. Englander was prevailing counsel in PharmaStem v. Viacell, 491 F.3d 1342 (2007), and was trial counsel on remand from the Federal Circuit in Maxwell v. J. Baker, Inc., 86 F.3d 1098 (1996). In addition to his patent experience, Mr. Englander has litigated numerous trade secret, copyright, and trademark matters. Mr. Englander also has extensive experience in banking and lending litigation. He has represented banking institutions and mortgage lenders in over 100 class actions around the United States involving the Truth in Lending Act, RESPA and other challenges to particular lending practices. Mr. Englander was prevailing counsel in both O’Sullivan v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 319 F.3d 732 (5th Cir. 2003) and Vandenbroeck v. CommonPoint Mortgage Company, 210 F.3d 696 (6th Cir. 2000). He also represented...more » An engineer by training, Mr. Englander devotes the bulk of his practice to intellectual property litigation, particularly patent litigation. He has been trial counsel in patent infringement cases involving semiconductor manufacturing tools (Applied Materials, Inc.), stem cell technology (ViaCell, Inc.) and generic drugs (TEVA Pharmaceutical). He also has been counsel in cases involving airport and home security systems (GE-Interlogix), telephone and internet routing and congestion control systems (Cisco Systems), and fax technology and software architecture (Brooktrout Technology, Inc.). Mr. Englander was prevailing counsel in PharmaStem v. Viacell, 491 F.3d 1342 (2007), and was trial counsel on remand from the Federal Circuit in Maxwell v. J. Baker, Inc., 86 F.3d 1098 (1996). In addition to his patent experience, Mr. Englander has litigated numerous trade secret, copyright, and trademark matters. Mr. Englander also has extensive experience in banking and lending litigation. He has represented banking institutions and mortgage lenders in over 100 class actions around the United States involving the Truth in Lending Act, RESPA and other challenges to particular lending practices. Mr. Englander was prevailing counsel in both O’Sullivan v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 319 F.3d 732 (5th Cir. 2003) and Vandenbroeck v. CommonPoint Mortgage Company, 210 F.3d 696 (6th Cir. 2000). He also represented lenders in dozens of the most prominent lawsuits involving challenges to industry practices on compensation of mortgage brokers. Mr. Englander has represented a number of institutions and individuals in various disputes with federal, state and local government agencies. For many years he has represented the major domestic air carriers in disputes under federal and state law regarding the taxation of their aircraft. See, e.g., American Airlines, Inc. v. County of San Mateo, 912 P.2d 1198 (Cal. Sup. Ct. 1996). less »
Professional Activities
Mr. Englander is listed in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and The Best Lawyers in America and Marquis Who’s Who 2007.
Publications/Presentations
Mr. Englander served on the Boston University Law Review. He has been a regular presenter over the years at various conferences addressing his areas of expertise. In particular, Mr. Englander has presented many times for the Practicing Law Institute on issues associated with patent trial practice.
Professional Experience
Before joining Goodwin Procter, Mr. Englander served as law clerk to the Honorable Bailey Aldrich on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and thereafter was law clerk to then Justice William H. Rehnquist of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Bar and Court Admissions
Mr. Englander is admitted to practice in Massachusetts. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in 1984, and to various federal courts since that time. Mr. Englander is also a member of the bar of the Patent and Trademark Office. In addition, he has been specially admitted to practice in courts in 25 states.
Education
J.D., Boston University Law School, 1983
B.S., Cornell University, 1980
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