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| Practice Areas | Intellectual Property; Intellectual Property Litigation | | | Education | Santa Clara University School of Law, J.D., 1998, University of Phoenix, B.S., Business Administration, 1995 | | | Admitted | 1999, California; U.S. District Court, Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal and Ninth Circuits | |
| Memberships | Santa Clara (President, 2007) American and Federal Bar Associations; State Bar of California. | | | Born | Pierre, South Dakota | | | Biography | Judicial Extern and Law Clerk for the Hon. James Ware, Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Specializes in litigation relating to patents, trademarks, Internet privacy, trade secrets, and business disputes, in federal and state courts and the International Trade Commission ("ITC"). Has handled cases involving semiconductor devices and processing, patent licenses, commercial contracts, online trademark issues, software copyrights, electronic mail, and attorney negligence. Prior to becoming an attorney, worked in both technical and managerial positions for various semiconductor manufacturing equipment companies, including Applied Materials, Inc., and Novellus Systems, Inc. Has an extensive knowledge of semiconductor devices and manufacturing techniques, plasma etching and deposition, and Internet-related technologies. Served as a volunteer arbitrator for the Santa Clara County Bar Association's Attorney-Client Fee Dispute Arbitration program since 2002, and also serves as a volunteer arbitrator for the State Bar of California's Mandatory Fee Arbitration program. | | | ISLN | 914016388 | |
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Software Licenses: Permission vs. Forgiveness and the Law of Unintended ConsequencesGregory R. Samuel, Randall C. Brown, Mark A. Tidwell, Andrew S. Ehmke, Clark S. Stone, Nick Gikkas, Kenneth K. Bezozo, Arthur A. Howard, Rick A. Werner, Brian C. Daughney, October 5, 2009 In a case that may prove to be as serendipitous for struggling software companies as anything else, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit wrote another chapter in the law of unintended consequences with its ruling in ,Cincom Systems, Inc. v. Novelis Corp. (published September 25,... |
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