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| Practice Areas | Intellectual Property; Computers and Software; Patent Law; Trademark Law; Technology Licensing; Internet Law; Domain Name Disputes; Technology and Software Licenses; Technology Asset Purchases; Copyright Law; Franchise Distribution; Franchise Law; International Law | | | Education | University of Texas at Austin, J.D., with honors, 1990, University of Texas at Austin, B.S.M.E., with high honors, 1987 | | | Admitted | 1990, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office | |
| Memberships | College of the State Bar of Texas; International Trademark Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association. | | | Born | San Angelo, Texas | | | Biography | Tau Beta Pi; Order of the Coif; University of Texas College Scholar. Frequent Speaker on Intellectual Property and Internet legal issues. Selected: "Intellectual Property Leading Lawyer," Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2004 and 2006; "Texas SuperLawyer, "Texas Monthly, 2003, 2006 and 2009 in Intellectual Property; "Best Lawyers in Dallas," D Magazine, 2003; "Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40," D Magazine, 2002. Co-Chair, Adjunct Professor Special Interest Group, and Member, CT Corsearch Advisory Board, International Trademark Association. Speaker: "Using the In Rem Procedures of the Anticyber squatting Consumer Protection Act," INTA Advanced Trademark Professionals Forum on International and Cross-Border Litigation Issues, February 2, 2006; "Fraud in the Trademark Office, Domain Name Parking, and the New .eu Top Level Domain Name," Dallas Bar Intellectual Property Section, January 27, 2006; "Trademark Law Update," State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Intellectual Property Law Section, June 24, 2005; "Domain Name Parking," AIPLA Spring Meeting, Joint Trademark Committee Meeting, May 12, 2005; "Due Diligence in Trademark Transitions," INTA Trademark Administrators' Workshop, March 10, 2005; "Contributory Trademark Infringement in Cyberspace," SMU Annual Symposium on Emerging Intellectual Property Issues, March 4, 2005; "Recent Trademark Challenges in Cyberspace," CAIL's Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law, November 9, 2004; "Introduction to Intellectual Property Law," CAIL's International Law and Technology Forum, September 23, 2004; "Growth of the Initial Interest Confusion and Nominative Fair Use Doctrines," SMU Emerging Intellectual Property Issues Symposium, March 19, 2004. Author: "If You Can't See It, You Can't "Use'It In New York: Trademark Developments Regarding Metatags and Keyword Advertising." Co-Author with David Bell, Haynes and Boone, June 18, 2007; "V Is for Vindication' for Owners of Famous Trademarks," State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section Newsletter, Winter 2007; "Recent Trademark Challenges in Cyberspace and the Growth of the Initial Interest Confusion Doctrine," The Licensing Journal, April 2005. | | | ISLN | 909159687 | |
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