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Broad and Diverse IP Legal and IP
Management Experience
- LL.B. George Washington University Law
School
- More than 35 years experience in all phases of IP
law and practice
- Seven years as successful IP consultant
- 15 years as Chief IP Counsel for Zenith Electronics
Corporation
Responsible for all IP affairs, including:
- Worldwide acquisition, maintenance and enforcement of
patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secret rights;
- Conducting and supervising patent and trademark
prosecution;
- Directing IP litigation;
- Initiating and implementing patent, trademark and
technology licensing programs;
- Preparing diverse licensing and other technology-related
agreements.
- 14+ years with other corporations and law firms:
- General Electric Company (Washington, DC)
- Polaroid Corporation (Cambridge, MA)
- Technical Operations, Inc. (Burlington, MA)
- Marshall Gerstein & Borun (Chicago)
- Rosen & Steinhilper (Chestnut Hill, MA)
- 3+ years as Arthur Andersens Director of IP Strategic
Services
- This extraordinary scope and developed skill set renders me
uniquely qualified to serve clients competently in:
- IP strategy development and implementation
- Integrating IP and business strategies
- IP portfolio identification, acquisition, development,
& exploitation
- IP outsourcing
to whom, of what, controls, etc.
- Use of IP to support financing
- Use of IP to drive stakeholder value
- Training of client IP personnel
- Preparing and negotiating licenses and other IP-related
agreements
- Supervising preparation and prosecution of patents and
other IP grants
- Framing and resolution of infringement and other IP
disputes
- Interfacing on IP issues with customers and
suppliers
- Establishing internal processes for managing IP
assets
- Use of competitive intelligence in the IP arena
- IP aspects of product development
- Brand and web name creation and management
- IP aspects of mergers & acquisitions
- Internet and E-Business
Bottom Line Orientation
- $300 Million Patents We Didn’t Know We Had In 1992 while General IP Counsel for Zenith Electronics we discovered in a routine audit four “cable ready” tuner patents infringed by every TV and VCR sold in the U.S. The licensing program I established generated more than $300 million --- far more than Zenith’s total profit from all consumer electronic and computer operations over the 24 years of my employment.
- Have always viewed IP assets not just as legal rights, but primarily as powerful tools adaptable in a myriad of ways to serve business strategy and objectives.
Business Focus Small, Mid-cap, and
Large Companies
- From individuals to Fortune 50
- Understand the corporate side; I lived there for 30
years
- Founding director and IP legal counsel of IQV Corporation,
developer of Gateways Handbook - - the first sub-three-pound
laptop computer
- Founded and managed successful publishing company, Patent
Data Publications
- Have always enjoyed and excelled at interfacing with
management on IP issues
- One of my chief strengths is being able to bring IP assets
into the business world in a way which helps management understand the
importance of IP assets as business drivers and weapons
Broad Technical Scope
- Electrical engineering education (BSEE Penn State 1961)
- Dozens of diverse technologies used while working with clients
Intellectual Property Strategy and
Management
- Director of IP Strategic Services (Arthur
Andersen 3 years)
- General IP Counsel (Zenith Electronics)
- Various other positions
Memberships & Honors
- Member of the bars of the State of Illinois
and the State of Massachusetts
- Member of the bar of the United States
Patent and Trademark Office
- First in academic standing in high school
and college freshman class
- Eta Kappa Nu electrical engineering
honorary
- Sigma Tau general engineering
honorary
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