Daniel Sloan practices intellectual property law and has experience in drafting pleadings, discovery, motions, and trial preparation. In early 2024, Daniel was part of a team that went to trial in a Hatch-Waxman proceeding representing a brand name pharmaceutical company.
Daniel maintains an active pro bono practice, assisting with the Firm's Border Project, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and HER Justice cases. In addition to providing general assistance to asylum seekers fleeing violence in their home countries, Daniel has been part of a trial team for a client requesting relief under the Convention Against Torture.
Prior to joining Jones Day, Daniel clerked for Justice Melissa Standridge at the Kansas Supreme Court for 18 months. During law school, he was an intern at the Federal District Court for the District of Kansas. He spent one semester with the Clerk of the Court and two semesters with then-Chief Judge, Julie A. Robinson. Daniel uses his experience at the trial and appellate levels to help think of creative procedural solutions for clients.
Daniel is also active on the PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board) Bar Association's communication and amicus committees, a regular contributor to the Firm's PTAB Litigation Blog, and a member of New York Intellectual Property Association. He is a former member of the Sam A. Crow Inn of Court.
Experience
Additional Publications
- May 15, 2024
Daniel Sloan, Sarah Geers, Jack Graves, Sabrina Bellantoni & Matt Johnson, Review of Patent Owner Estoppel Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(d), 23 Chi.-Kent J. Intell. Prop. 143 (2024). Available at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/ckjip/vol23/iss2/9
The Glass Cage: Unleashing America's Underrepresented Innovators, 70-SPG Fed. Law. 28 (2023)
Note, Smart Contracts: A Leap Forward in Technology and a Step Backwards in Law, 60 Washburn L.J. 387 (2021)
Why Scientists Can Make Good Lawyers, 89 J. Kan. B. Ass'n 50 (Nov./Dec. 2020)
- Washburn University (J.D. magna cum laude 2021; Articles Editor, Law Review; President, Moot Court Council); Missouri University of Science and Technology (B.S. in Biological Sciences with pre-med emphasis; Member, Gamma Iota chapter of Phi Sigma National Biological Sciences Honor Society)
- New York, Kansas, and registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
- Law Clerk to Justice Melissa Standridge, Kansas Supreme Court (January 2022 to September 2023); Extern to Judge Julie A. Robinson, U.S. District Court, District of Kansas (September 2020 to May 2021)