Thomas B. James (Thomas James) is an attorney in private practice at the Law Office of Tom James in Cokato, Minneosta. He is admitted to the bar of Minnesota, the Federal and 8th Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He is authorized to represent clients nationally in trademark and copyright registration applications, U.S. Trademark Trials and Appeals Board (TTAB) and Copyright Claims Board (CCB) proceedings.
Attorney Tom James is a graduate of the University of California - Berkeley and Southwestern University.
He is the author of E-Commerce Law: The Legal Compliance Handbook for Online Businesses, Website Law, The History of Custody Law, and a variety of law review articles.
Cokato attorney Thomas James is founder and a continuing legal education (CLE) instructor for Echion CLE Topics: copyright law, tradmark law, e-commerce law, ethics and elimination of bias, family law, and others.
He also writes the syndicated blog, The Cokato Copyright Attorney.
Practice areas
Application for registration of the copyrights in individual works or groups of works of all kinds - music, books, articles, artwork, photographs, computer programs, etc.
Application to register a trademark of any kind. Also: representation in appeals and in opposition proceedings.
Most kinds of appeals.
Small business and nonprofit organization formation. Also applications for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.
Issues arising from Internet selling or interaction.
Licensing the use of copyrights, trademarks and patents, including contract review and drafting.
Languages spoken
English
Law Office of Thomas B James
440 Broadway Ave N
Cokato, MN, 55321
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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MN | Authorized to Practice | 1986 | 05/21/2022 |
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Reprimand/probation means an attorney did something wrong but may still practice law. The State gives the lawyer a public reprimand in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior. The State also monitors the lawyer's activities for a period of time in hopes that he or she will not repeat the behavior.
Thomas’s comment: “The discipline was a consequence of a 2005 incident that resulted from undiagnosed complex PTSD and Meniere's disease, with attendant depression. Since then, the Meniere's disease has been diagnosed and is being effectively treated with diuretics. Therapy revealed that cases involving child custody and abuse were PTSD triggers. Upon learning this, I voluntarily changed my practice from family law to business, IP and appeals. There have been no recurrences since the 2005 incident.”
Award name | Grantor | Date Granted |
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Certification of Commendation | Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura | 1995 |
Outstanding Service Award | Hennepin County District Court Judges | 1995 |
Award for legal scholarship | American Jurisprudence | 1984 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Attorney | LegalCORPS | 2021 - Present |
Director/Instructor | Echion | 2021 - Present |
Attorney | Law Office of Thomas B. James | 1995 - Present |
Court deputy | Hennepin County District Court | 1990 - 1995 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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American Bar Association | Attorney Member | 2021 - Present |
LegalCORPS | Volunteer Attorney | 2021 - Present |
National Parents Organization Advisory Council | Board Member | 2021 - Present |
SCORE | Volunteer | 2020 - Present |
Authors and Publishers Association | Member | 2019 - Present |
Central Minnesota Legal Services | Volunteer Attorney | 1998 - Present |
Hennepin County Bar Association | Member | 1998 - Present |
Minnesota State Bar Association | Attorney Member | 1995 - Present |
Minnesota Alliance for the Mentally Ill Advisory Council | Board Member | 1998 - 1999 |
Publication name | Title | Date |
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Medium.com | Dobbs: What Happened and What It Means | 2022 |
Medium.com | Trauma-Informed Law Practices | 2022 |
Cokato Copyright Attorney | Copyright Claims Board Update | 2022 |
Cokato Copyright Attorney | AI Can Create But Is It Art? | 2022 |
Cokato Copyright Attorney | Copyright Claims Board Begins Soon | 2022 |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Southwestern University School of Law | J.D. | 1984 |
University of California at Berkeley | BA | 1979 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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Online Webinar | Relative Foster Care and Adoption CLE | 2022 |
Online webinar | Trauma-Informed Practice CLE | 2022 |
Online CLE | The New Copyright Small Claims Court | 2022 |
Continuing legal education webinar | Stress and Secondary Trauma in Family Law Professionals | 2022 |
The Gender Paradigm in Family Court | Elimination of Bias CLE | 2021 |
Helping Male Survivors of Childhood Sex Crimes | Elimination of Bias CLE | 2021 |
CLE Webinar | Child Sex Abuse Claims: Statutes of Limitations and Revival CLE | 2021 |
CLE Webinar | Registering Music Copyrights (for Non-IP attorneys) | 2021 |
Minnesota Fathers and Families Network Annual Conference | Legal Impediments to Fathering in Minnesota | 2008 |
Minnesota Supreme Court State Guardian ad Litem Program | Guidelines for Guardians ad Litem Advocating for Children in Domestic Abuse and OFP Cases | 2005 |
First Annual Conference on the College Male | New Perspectives on Domestic Violence | 2004 |
Case name | Outcome |
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Kinley v. Peck | won a reversal on First Amendment grounds |
Fathers4Justice (UK) v. Fathers4Justice (US) | Opposition petition dismissed. |
Jimenez v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems et al. | secured a judgment in favor of client |
Habtesilassie v. Yohannes | affirmed in part and reversed in part |
Rubey v. Vannett |
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November 8, 2012
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