Experience

Waller

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Of Counsel

  • Jan 2013 - Feb 2018

  Nashville, TN Mr. Fugett provided a variety of intellectual property-related legal services, including but not limited to patent drafting, prosecution, litigation and portfolio management for corporate clients and individual inventors working in the biological and mechanical arts, drafting patent invalidity and freedom-to-operate opinions, copyright and trademark filing and prosecution, and drafting development and licensing agreements.



Novak Druce Connolly Bove + Quigg LLP

• Associate Patent Attorney

  • Jan 2012 - Jan 2013

  Wilmington, DE Mr. Fugett provided patent drafting, prosecution, counseling and litigation services primarily in the biotechnology, plant science, chemical and pharmaceutical arts to Fortune 500 clients operating in the life sciences industry.



Potter Anderson

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate

  • Jun 2010 - Dec 2011

  Wilmington, DE Mr. Fugett's practice at Potter Anderson comprised drafting and prosecuting U.S. patent applications in the biotechnology arts for Fortune 500 clients, as well as assisting with biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent litigations pending in the U.S. Federal District Court for the District of Delaware. His practice also involved conducting freedom-to-operate analyses in biotechnology arts, drafting publishing contracts, and providing counseling and representation to authors of academic textbooks.



United States Courts

• Administration of Justice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Volunteer Law Clerk

  • Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

  Wilmington, Delaware Mr. Fugett served as a volunteer law clerk in one of the heaviest patent dockets in the country. While a clerk, Mr. Fugett drafted bench briefs, legal memoranda, and preliminary opinions forvarious matters, primarily patent litigations and especially Markman hearings.



Fish & Richardson, P.C.

• Summer Associate

  • May 2008 - Aug 2008

  New York, NY As a Summer Associate, Mr. Fugett conducted legal research and drafted various scholarly articles, litigation and patent prosecution related documents, including legal memoranda, motions, briefs, subpoenas, discovery requests and responses, patent claims, and Responses to Office Actions from the USPTO.



Polster Lieder

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Associate

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  Saint Louis, MO As a 1L Summer Associate at a boutique IP firm, Mr. Fugett conducted legal research and patentability searches, drafted legal memoranda and Office Action responses, and provided scientific consultation on technology related issues for both independent and corporate clients. His practice encompassed issues in trademark, trade dress, copyright, unfair competition, antitrust, patent infringement, and patent.



Cornell University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2004 - Aug 2006

  Ithaca, NY As a Cornell graduate student, Mr. Fugett Used molecular biology techniques (notably pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) to identify and characterize bacterial foodborne pathogens at the genetic level and identify and track outbreaks of foodborne disease. Collaborators included CDC, FDA, and USDA scientists. Mr. Fugett's research data was pivotal in the litigation that followed a large listeriosis outbreak in the Northeastern United States in 2001-2002 from contaminated ready-to-eat turkey and… Show more As a Cornell graduate student, Mr. Fugett Used molecular biology techniques (notably pulsed-field gel electrophoresis) to identify and characterize bacterial foodborne pathogens at the genetic level and identify and track outbreaks of foodborne disease. Collaborators included CDC, FDA, and USDA scientists. Mr. Fugett's research data was pivotal in the litigation that followed a large listeriosis outbreak in the Northeastern United States in 2001-2002 from contaminated ready-to-eat turkey and other sliced deli meats. With other Cornell scientists, Mr. Fugett created a freely available, web-based database for storage, analysis, and exchange of molecular subtype data, available at www.foodmicrobetracker.com (previously named Pathogen Tracker). Show less



American Meat Institute Foundation

• Intern

  • Jun 2005 - Aug 2005

  Washington, DC Mr. Fugett evaluated meat industry research findings and prepared and presented scientific manuscripts and presentations regarding current food safety issues for the nation's largest meat industry trade group.



Tyson Foods

• Quality Assurance Intern

  • May 2003 - Jul 2003

  Springdale, AR Mr. Fugett used advanced techniques in molecular biology to monitor, control and prevent product contamination by bacterial pathogens.