Representative Experience
Electrical, computer hardware and software, and mechanical patent matters

Patentability and patent validity/infringement opinions

Domestic and foreign trademark matters, including searching and registration

Trademark clearance and infringement opinions

Client counseling for patent and trademark portfolio analysis and strategic planning

Patent, technology and trademark licensing and acquisitions

Intellectual property dispute resolution and enforcement

General intellectual property counseling on patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret matters

Prior Experience
Partner, SEED Intellectual Property Law Group and predecessor Seed & Berry

Systems engineer, Rockwell International

Circuit designer, NASA

Project Financial Administrator, Hughes Aircraft

Publications and Presentations
Lecturer on intellectual property subjects

Memberships and Activities
Admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Admitted to practice in Washington and California, and before the U.S. District Courts of Washington and California, and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit

Washington State and Los Angeles Patent Law Associations

Licensing Executives Society (founder and former Chairman of Seattle Chapter)

Seattle-King County Bar Association

Washington and California State Bar Associations

American Bar Association

Named as one of the “Best Lawyers in America” in Intellectual Property Law by Woodward/White

Education
J.D., University of California – Los Angeles, 1976

M.B.A., University of Southern California, 1976

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Drexel University, 1969

• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society