 
One of the most active intellectual property litigators in the country, Mr. Silver represents global and U.S. companies in a wide range of litigation. His litigation practice has emphasized complex Abbreviated New Drug Applications (ANDA) under the Hatch-Waxman Act for generic pharmaceutical companies for generic equivalents to such products as Hectorol®, Acular®, Cardizem®, Fortical®, Hectorol®, Miacalcin®, Plavix®, Prilosec®, Tiazac® and Zolpidem®. On the patent side, Mr. Silver has been involved in U.S. and foreign prosecutions in the mechanical, chemical, pharmaceutical, biomedical and biotechnical disciplines. He is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Mr. Silver has also been an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. Mr. Silver has also been involved in numerous trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the USPTO and has had extensive experience in interferences, and inter partes and ex parte reexamination proceedings in the chemical field. Mr. Silver chairs the Litigation Committee of Caesar Rivise.
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Claims
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Member, French-American Chamber of Commerce
Member, International Trademark Association
Member, Pennsylvania Bar Association
Member, Philadelphia Bar Association
Member, Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association
Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America
"Analysis of Mutant E. Coli Aspartate Transcarbamylases by Suppression of the Pyrimidine-B Nonsense Codon," as published in the Journal of Molecular Biology. (Graduate Thesis)
Named Pennsylvania SuperLawyer by Philadelphia Magazine, 2005-2011
Martindale Hubbell AV Rated
Chambers USA: Top-ranked in Itellectual Property, Pennsylvania Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers 2008-2010
Selected by SkyRadio and Forbes Magazine Radio on American Airlines as one of America's Best Lawyers in Intellectual Property Litigation, 2010
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Boston College: B.S. Chemistry magna cum laude 1980
Boston College: M.S. Chemistry with distinction 1982
Villanova Law School: J.D. 1988
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ROBERT S. SILVER partner
INDUSTRIES SERVED
Biomedical
Biotechnology
Chemical
Mechanical
Pharmaceuticals
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Court of Claims
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Named Pennsylvania SuperLawyer by Philadelphia Magazine, 2005-2011
Chambers USA: Top-ranked in Intellectual Property, Pennsylvania Chambers USA America's Leading Business Lawyers 2008-2010
Selected by SkyRadio and Forbes Magazine Radio on American Airlines as one of America's Best Lawyers in Intellectual Property Litigation, 2010
EDUCATIONAL
BACKGROUND
Boston College: B.S. Chemistry magna cum laude 1980
Boston College: M.S. Chemistry with distinction 1982
Villanova Law School: J.D. 1988
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