Blas P. Arroyo

About Blas

Blas Arroyo is a partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation Group. His practice has a particular emphasis on contested matters involving patent rights. Blas has been engaged in the field of intellectual property litigation for over 30 years. His experience includes trials in various federal courts throughout the United States, as well as before the International Trade Commission in Section 337 Investigations, involving issues of patent validity, infringement and enforceability, as well as related antitrust and unfair competition claims in a wide variety of technical fields. Blas has also been involved in numerous appeals to the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. Blas has been actively involved in various inter partes matters pertaining to intellectual property rights before the United States Patent and Trademark Office Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, where he is admitted to practice. He has also directed and coordinated contested proceedings pertaining to patent rights outside of the United States, including numerous opposition proceedings and related matters in the European Patent Office, as well as other patent offices throughout the world.

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Education

• Washington and Lee University, J.D., graduated 1981
• North Carolina State University, BS, graduated 1978

Bar Admissions

• North Carolina, North Carolina Bar Association

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