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| Practice Areas | Patent Litigation; Trademark Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Trade Secrets; Computer Law; Entertainment Law; Intellectual Property Arbitration; Intellectual Property Mediation; Patent Licensing; Trademark Licensing; Copyright Licensing | | | Education | New York University, J.D., 1976, University of New Mexico, B.S., magna cum laude, 1973 | | | Admitted | 1977, Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas, Eastern District of Wisconsin and Eastern District of Nebraska; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth, Fifth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits; U.S. Claims Court; U.S. Tax Court; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | |
| Memberships | Dallas Bar Association (Chair, Intellectual Property Section, 1998); State Bar of Texas (Chair, Computer Section, 1994-1995; Secretary, 1993-1994; Treasurer, 1992-1993; Newsletter Editor, 1990-1991; Co-chair, Committee for the Computerization of the Legal Profession, 1989-1990; Council Member, Intellectual Property Law Section); American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Arbitration Association (Member: Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators); Texas General Counsel Forum. | | | Special Agencies | United States Patent and Trademark Office | | | Biography | Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in: 2003-2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America (Intellectual Property Law); Texas Super Lawyers (Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property), 2003-2009; D Magazine's, "Best Lawyers in Dallas," 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2006 Intellectual Property Law. Named to "America's Leading Lawyers for Business," (Intellectual Property Law) Chambers & Partners, Chambers USA, 2004—. Author: Client Alert: Protecting Your Trademark Rights on Facebook, June 11, 2009; Texas Annotated Intellectual Property Handbook, LexisNexis, 2005; "Trade Secret Misappropriation," Chapter 25, O'Connor's Texas Causes of Action, 2005; "The Challenging Rule 56 Obligation," The Center for American and Intellectual Law, Annual Institute on Intellectual Property Law, November 2007 and American Intellectual Property Law Association Meeting, Spring 2008; "The Anti-Circumvention Provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act," 8 Texas Wesleyan Law Review 593, 2002; "Trade Secrets, Trademarks, and Unfair Competition," co-author with William V. Dorsaneo, Ch. 200, Dorsaneo's Texas Litigation Guide, 2002; "Trade Secret Misappropriation," Chapter 49, Matthew Bender Texas Tort & Remedies, 1998; "The Regards As His Invention Requirement of Section 112, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act: Ensuring that the Inventor Claims What He Regards As His Invention," 5 Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal 257, 1997; "Look Before You Leap: Legal Issues for Future Entrepreneurs of Competing High Tech Start-Ups," 3 Dallas Ft. Worth Technology No. 3 12, 1993; "Liability in Software Contracts," 9 Computer Lawyer No. 6, 22, 1992; "Computer System Contract Drafting," Chapter 11, The Law and Business of Computer Software, 1990; "Intellectual Property, Fifth Circuit Symposium," 21 Texas Tech L. Rev. 419, 1990; "Software Purchase Gives Buyer Limited License," The National Law Journal, p. 19, August 1990; "Intellectual Property, Fifth Circuit Symposium," 20 Texas Tech L. Rev. 495, 1989; "Intellectual Property, Fifth Circuit Symposium," 19 Texas Tech L. Rev. 707, 1988; "Intellectual Property Litigation Before the U.S. International Trade Commission: Planning, Problems and Effects," Chapter 11, 1988 Patent Law Annual, 1988; "The Corporate Counsel Report: The Tort of Willful Infringement - In-House Counsel Drawn Into More Patent Fights," The National Law Journal, p. 19, July 1986; "Lessons Learned From Recent Licensing Cases," Practical Law Institute, 152 Technology Licensing 167, 1982; "The Antiboycott Amendments to the Export Administration Act: Their Impact on Intellectual Property Attorneys," 1982 Communications and the Law 21, 1982; "The New Reissue: Reexamination of Patent Claims in Light of New Art," 1979 Patent Law Annual 167, 1979. Contributing Editor, Black's Law Dictionary, 9th Edition, 2009. Trustee, Dallas Museum of Natural History. Fellow: Dallas Bar Foundation. | | | ISLN | 906737185 | |
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