You'll have a hard time finding a better engineer to be your lawyer (or a better lawyer to do engineering work for you, if that's what you need!) I live for the thrill of figuring out how, whether it's "how to get a transistor to do what you want," or "how to convince the judge of my client's position." My background is obviously good for patent work, but I consider my legal skills to be just another tool to be used when appropriate. You know what they say: "If the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem looks like a thumb!" Not every problem can be solved by a contract or a lawsuit, but almost every problem can be solved. My goal is to solve my clients' problems in the most efficient and economical manner.
If you've got a run-of-the-mill problem, take it to a run-of-the-mill lawyer. But if you've got a problem that has your regular attorney stumped, give me a call. If it's really a tough one, you'll make my day!
Practice areas
Patent prosecution, infringement analysis, freedom-to-operate work, and design around engineering.
15 years
Start-up consulting and integrated strategy planning.
12 years
Languages spoken
Japanese
State | Status | Acquired | Updated |
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UT | Active | 2019 | 12/03/2019 |
OR | Active | 2008 | 11/30/2009 |
CA | Active | 2003 | 11/04/2019 |
Award name | Grantor | Date granted |
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Remedies | Computer Assisted Legal Education | 2003 |
Title | Company name | Duration |
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Patent Attorney | Mersenne Law LLC | 2009 - Present |
Associate | Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman | 2004 - 2007 |
Association name | Position name | Duration |
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Multnomah Bar Association | Member | 2009 - Present |
Oregon State Bar, Solo & Small Firms Section | Board Member | 2009 - Present |
School name | Degree | Graduated |
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Southwestern School of Law | JD | 2003 |
Johns Hopkins University | BS - Bachelor of Science | 1985 |
Conference name | Title | Date |
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OTBC Lunch Talk | Bad Patent! | 2010 |
Case name | Outcome |
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Adaptive entropy coding compression output formats | Patent U.S.7,605,721 Granted |
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