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B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Nebraska, 1964
J.D., University of Nebraska, 1967
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Experience
- Principally practicing intellectual property law for more than 30 years, including litigation of patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, unfair competition, contract, legal malpractice, RICO and antitrust matters in state and federal trial and appellate courts
- Patent, trademark and copyright prosecution
- Extensive licensing and other transactional matters, including opinions regarding patent infringement, validity and enforceability
- Alternative dispute resolution including mediation and arbitration
- Selected as a 2005 Leading Lawyer in Intellectual Property Law
- Selected as a 2006 Illinois Super Lawyer
Bar Memberships
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- Trial bar of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. Federal Claims Court
- Supreme Court of the State of Illinois
Technical Fields
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- Semiconductor devices and manufacturing methods, large scale integrated circuit hardware and manufacturing processes, network hardware and software, switches and router technology, computer hardware and software technology, multifunction computer peripheral hardware and software technology, business method and software patents, IEEE 1394 serial communication and related technology.
- Video and data recording technology, including analog and digital recording systems, servo and transport control systems, slow motion and instant replay video recording systems and apparatus, data error detection, correction and encoding systems, large volume data tape recorders.
- Medical electronic equipment, including anemia detection systems, automatic pap smear analysis systems, computer controlled infusion pump systems, computer controlled compounding assemblies for nutritional formulations, Holter heart monitors.
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- Power hand tools and other tools, including electrical battery pack and charging technology, motor controllers for power tools.
- Web printing press accessory controls, including web guides and tension controlled plow folders, web printing press cutoff controls, web printing press register control systems and color densitometer control systems.
- Marine engines and ignition systems, turf aeration equipment, electronic game and gaming devices, cable TV decoders, turbine ignition systems, fusion research and nuclear reactors.
- Building supervisory control and safety systems, laboratory fume hood control systems, temperature sensors, transducers, HVAC control algorithms and processes.
- Agricultural equipment, including tool and tractor guidance systems, trash clearing implements, hay windrowing implements, water retention implements.
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