Experience · Represented telecommunications sales management software developer in licensing, copyright and trade secret dispute before three member AAA panel · Represented international flooring manufacturer in patent infringement suit before International Trade Commission · Represented mobile office and storage leasing company in patent infringement matter · Represented publicly traded company in federal trademark disputes · Represented City of Baltimore in negotiations with telecommunications carriers for installation of fiber optic cable throughout City · Served as general counsel for dot.com startup; advising on all aspects of new business model · Defended fiber optic company and its founders in trade secret dispute against publicly traded company · Represented developer of document imaging software in dispute against licensee · Defended developer of customized office organization software in breach of warranty action · Defended developer of nuclear simulator software in copyright infringement suit against publicly traded company · Defended domain name holders actions filed under ICANN's domain name dispute policy · Defended international garment manufacturer in copyright infringement litigation involving logo and other advertising material · Represented applicants and opposers in opposition proceedings before Patent & Trademark Office · Represented registrants and petitioners in Patent & Trademark Office cancellation proceedings General Information · AV Peer Review Rated: Martindale-Hubbell · Board Member: Ft. Meade Alliance, and Chair of Business Development Initiative Committee · Advisory Board Member: Towson Global Incubator · Member: Chesapeake Regional Tech Council · Member: Greater Baltimore Technology Council · Member: Licensing Executives Society · Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2006 - present · Listed in Maryland Super Lawyers, 2007 - 2011 · Listed as a "Local Litigation Star" in Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys, 2008 - 2010 · Presenter: Maryland Judicial Institute for Judges Assigned to Maryland's Business & Technology Case Management Program on Business and Intellectual Property issues · Chairman and Presenter: Maryland Institute for the Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers seminar on e-commerce issues · Presenter: Seminar co-sponsored with Marsh, Inc. on "Assessing and Managing Your Intellectual Property Risk" · Presenter: Software Copyright Infringement, Maryland State Bar Association Intellectual Property Subcommittee · Reporter: Legislative Task Force on Establishment of Business and Technology Division in Maryland Circuit Courts · Author: Articles in Maryland Bar Journal on Internet Framing, Spamming & Privacy and Maryland's Computer Information Transactions Act · Included among "Who's Who in Intellectual Property Law" in Baltimore Business Journal, December 1, 2000 · Formerly active in the Maryland State Bar Association's Technology Committee · Formerly active in the Maryland State Bar Association's Intellectual Property Subcommittee Articles Maryland's Anti-Spam Law
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