Legal Work Experience:
- Electronic Discovery and Computer Forensics
Providing services to companies and law firms regarding electronic discovery, including:
computer forensic examination, conseling companies and law firms regarding opportunities
for conducting discovery of electronic information, helping companies and law
firms meet obligations regarding electronic discovery (e.g., satisfying the upcoming
revised federal rules);
- Privacy and Security
Counseling companies and law firms regarding their obligations for safeguarding personal
information and their respective duties for notification after a security breach, and on
the proper safeguards and means of destroying sensitive information.
- Software Licensing
Counseling companies and open source software organizations regarding the open source and
closed source licenses, and developing licensing strategies for computer software;
- Intellectual Property Strategy
Counseling companies on intellectual property strategies (both offensive and defensive)
that maximize the company's ability to exploit a technology or increase the cost of
entry for competitors into the same market;
- Copyright Issues
Providing legal advice regarding copyrights, licensing and infringement of copyrighted
software and music, and securing the registration of copyrights;
- Patent Prosecution
Preparation and prosecution of 400+ patent applications for
computer software (including clustering software, databases, cryptography,
graphics, kernels, drivers, instruction sets, internet and server software,
and desktop applications), computer systems (including single and multiprocessor
servers, PC's, networks, microcontrollers, digital electronic engine control
systems and other electrical systems), semiconductor manufacturing (including
microcontrollers, electrostatic discharge protection circuits, flash EEPROMs,
mask ROM processes, and DRAMs), telecommunications systems and signal processing,
and mechanical tools and apparatuses;
- Trademark Prosecution
Preparation and/or prosecution of 50+ trademark applications;
- Negotiation
Drafting and reviewing of intellectual property licenses and settlement
agreements;
- Opinions
Preparation of patent validity, patentability, and infringement opinions for
patents, trademarks and copyrights; and
- Due Diligence
Preparation of due diligence reports and the preparation of documents related to
the acquisition and divestiture of intellectual property.
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Education:
- Juris Doctorate, University of Houston Law Center, 1991
Emphasis on Intellectual Property and Computer Law
- Masters of Science - Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1984
Concentration in Fluid Mechanics, minor in Structural Mechanics and Computer Modeling
- Bachelors of Science - Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, 1982
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Admissions, Qualifications and Bar Activities:
- Member of the State Bar of Texas.
- Admitted to Practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- Admitted to Practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
- Admitted to Practice before the U.S. District Court - Southern District of Texas.
- Certified Computer Forensic Examiner.
- Secretary of the Computer and Technology Section of the Texas Bar.
- Vice-Chairman of the E-Commerce Committee of the Business Law Section of the Texas Bar.
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Additional Skills:
- 27 years of experience in writing computer software for server and desktop applications.
- Conversant in Python, Pascal/Delpi, Java, FORTRAN, C/C++, Assembly (x86 instruction set),
Prolog, LISP, XML, HTML, DTML, and CSS.
- Direct experience with Windows (all flavors), Linux (2.2, 2.4 and 2.6 kernels), FreeBSD,
Mac OS X, VAX VMS, Cray JCL, and other operating systems.
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Interests and Extra-Curricular Activities:
- Camping
- Creation of open source software for law practice management
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