
Patent Attorney, Founder of IPWatchdog.com
United States

Patent Attorney, Founder of IPWatchdog.com
United States
I am a Patent Attorney, Law Professor and the Founder of IPWatchdog.com, which is now owned and operated by IPWatchdog, Inc. My primary areas of expertise are in the areas of patent and trade secret law, patent prosecution and technology transfer, although earlier in my legal career I was a litigator and even spent time as Vice President & General Counsel of an independent record label/dot-com company known as Orlando Records.
I am an inventor myself, an author and an entrepreneur. I am the lead contributing author for the PLI Patent Practice Center, and between 2003 and 2007 I wrote a monthly column for Patent World and served on the Patent World editorial board. I am also pleased to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the United Inventors Association, which is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization with the mission of coordinating individual inventors and inventor associations for the express purpose of actively addressing their issues and challenges at both the national (USA) and global level.
I am admitted to practice law in the State of New Hampshire (USA), registered to practice before the United States Patent Office (Reg. No. 44,294) and am admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
patent law, patent prosecution, patent acquisition, copyrights, litigation, teaching
(Law Practice industry)
2008 — Present (1 year )
I was elected to the Board of Directors in April 2008 to fill out the remaining term of a Director who stepped down. My term is scheduled to end at the end of 2009. I am presently the Chair of the Professional Membership Committee, and I am also a Certified Professional Member of the UIA.
(Non-Profit; Legal Services industry)
March 2000 — Present (9 years 9 months)
I am one of the primary lecturers for the PLI Patent Bar Review Course. This course is the Nation’s #1 Patent Bar Review Course. All course materials are 100% Exam-Focused. We offer student discounts, more live locations than any other course and more home study formats. If you mention "IPWatchdog" you also receive a 10% discount.
(Legal Services industry)
October 1999 — Present (10 years 2 months)
IPWatchdog.com offers products and services designed to assist inventors, entrepreneurs and small businesses in protecting intellectual property assets, particularly patentable inventions.
LL.M. , Intellectual Property Law , 1997 — 1998
J.D. , Trial Practice , 1992 — 1995
B.S.E.E. , Electrical Engineering , 1988 — 1992