Cecil D. Quillen, Jr.

Cecil D. Quillen, Jr. is a former General Counsel of Eastman Kodak Company where he was a Senior Vice President and member of the Board of Directors.  He is currently a Research Fellow at the Intellectual Property Institute of the University of Richmond School of Law, and a Senior Advisor at Cornerstone Research, an economic and management consulting firm.  He holds a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B.) from the University of Virginia School of Law.

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Papers

• Patent Applications and the Performance of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
  By Christopher Anthony Cotropia, Cecil D. Quillen, Jr., and Ogden H. Webster 
  
• Response Essay: Rethinking Federal Circuit Jurisdiction—A Short Comment
  By Cecil D. Quillen, Jr.
  Georgetown Law Journal Online, volume 100 (2012)
  
• Continuing Patent Applications and Performance of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office—One More Time 
  By Cecil D. Quillen, Jr. and Ogden H. Webster
  Federal Circuit Bar Journal, volume 18, number 3 (2009)
  
• Commentary on Bessen and Meurer’s Patent Failure: An Industry Perspective 
  By Cecil D. Quillen, Jr. 
  Journal of Intellectual Property Law, volume 16, number 1 (Fall 2008)
  
• Innovation and the U.S. Patent System 
  By Cecil D. Quillen, Jr.
  Virginia Law and Business Review, volume 1, number 2 (Fall 2006)
  
• Continuing Patent Applications and Performance of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Updated 
  By Cecil D. Quillen, Jr. and Ogden H. Webster
  Federal Circuit Bar Journal, volume 15, number 4 (May 2006)
  
• Continuing Patent Applications and Performance of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office - Extended 
  By Cecil D. Quillen, Jr., Ogden H. Webster and Richard Eichmann
  Federal Circuit Bar Journal, volume 12, number 1 (August 2002)
  
• Continuing Patent Applications and Performance of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office 
  By Cecil D. Quillen, Jr. and Ogden H. Webster
  Federal Circuit Bar Journal, volume 11, number 1 (August 2001)
  
• Proposal for the Simplification and Reform of the United States Patent System 
  By Cecil D. Quillen, Jr.
  AIPLA Quarterly Journal, volume 21, number 3 (1993)
  
• Income, Cash, and Lost Profits Damages Awards in Patent Infringement Cases 
  By Cecil D. Quillen, Jr. 
  Federal Circuit Bar Journal, volume 2, number 2 (Summer 1992)
  

Presentations

• Abolish Continuing Patent Applications?
  April 19, 2004, Patent Quality Conference, Intellectual Property Owners Association.
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Competition and Intellectual Property Law in the Knowledge-Based Economy
  March 19, 2002 Hearing and notes for July 11, 2002 Hearing.
  
• Patent Standards and Innovation
  February 2, 2000, Conference on Intellectual Property Rights: How Far Should They Be Extended?, The National Academies Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy.
  
• Testimony on Nonobviousness
  July 20, 1994, Public Hearing on the Standard of Nonobviousness, the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
  
• Innovation and the United States Patent System Today
  October 19,1992, “Antitrust and Intellectual Property: Practice and Policy Issues for the 1990's,” co-sponsored by the Antitrust and Patent Sections of the American Bar Association.