Intellectual Property Partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dallas/Fort Worth Area
- Current
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- Board Member at The Aidmatrix Foundation
- Outside Patent Counsel at Research in Motion
- Partner in Intellectual Property Section at Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Past
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- Shareholder at Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.
- Associate at Baker Botts LLP
- Outside Patent Legal Counsel at DSC Communications (now Alcatel)
- Outside Patent Legal Counsel at Texas Instruments
- Patent Agent/Professional at Caterpillar Inc.
- Engineer at Caterpillar Inc.
- Education
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- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Wei Wei Jeang’s Summary
Registered patent attorney with 20+ years of patent law experience in procurement of patents, rendering patent opinions (patentability, invalidity, noninfringement, & clearance), IP due diligence, patent reexaminations, and litigation support.
Familiar technical areas include telecommunications, computer hardware and software, computer networking, and semiconductor processing.
Fluent in Mandarin Chinese and can read and write Chinese.
Wei Wei Jeang’s Specialties:
Patent prosecution and litigation support in telecommunications, computer hardware and software, computer networking, and semiconductor processing technologies.
Wei Wei Jeang’s Experience
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Board Member
The Aidmatrix Foundation
(Law Practice industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
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Outside Patent Counsel
Research in Motion
(Law Practice industry)
2006 — Present (3 years)
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Partner in Intellectual Property Section
Haynes and Boone, LLP
(Partnership; 501-1000 employees; Law Practice industry)
2004 — Present (5 years)
Wei Wei focuses on the procurement, licensing and enforcement of intellectual property, including patents, copyright, trademarks and trade secrets, of high tech clients. She works with clients ranging from Fortune 100 Companies to solo inventors to secure and license their patent rights. She prefers to function as a virtual in-house IP counsel to the clients to fulfill their legal needs, whether large or small.
Although her technical degree is in computer engineering, she has worked with clients involved in many industries, including telecommunications, semiconductor devices and fabrication, electrical and electronic circuits, computer hardware and software, Internet-based online systems, image capture devices, information technology system and methodology, electronic device networking and control systems, medical devices, optical sensors, waste water treatment technologies, retail display devices, mechanical structures and devices, etc. -
Shareholder
Munsch Hardt Kopf & Harr, P.C.
(Law Practice industry)
2000 — 2004 (4 years)
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Associate
Baker Botts LLP
(Law Practice industry)
1990 — 2000 (10 years)
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Outside Patent Legal Counsel
DSC Communications (now Alcatel)
(Public Company; Law Practice industry)
1990 — 2000 (10 years)
I worked with the DSC/Alcatel Patent Department legal counsels as well as the engineers on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications to protect company's intellectual property.
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Outside Patent Legal Counsel
Texas Instruments
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TXN; Semiconductors industry)
1989 — 2000 (11 years)
I worked with the TI Patent Department legal counsels as well as TI engineers on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications to protect TI's intellectual property.
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Patent Agent/Professional
Caterpillar Inc.
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; CAT; Machinery industry)
April 1988 — September 1989 (1 year 6 months)
At Caterpillar I transitioned from being an engineer in the Cat's Research Department to a patent professional in the Patent Department. I learned to work with engineers to solicit invention disclosures, write patent applications, and respond to office actions. After five months of working in the Patent Department, I took and passed the Patent Bar that had a 6% pass rate.
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Engineer
Caterpillar Inc.
(Public Company; Machinery industry)
July 1986 — April 1988 (1 year 10 months)
I was a trainee in the very well-executed Caterpillar engineer training program, and then placed in the Research Department. In the Research Department, I worked on a variety of interesting projects, including the unmanned mining truck (using GPS navigation) and logic design using XILINX products (then a brand new technology).
Wei Wei Jeang’s Education
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Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
J.D. , Law , 1990 — 1993
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S. , Computer Engineering , 1982 — 1986
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Professional Organizations:
- Dallas Bar Foundation Fellow
- Dallas Bar Association IP Section Board of Directors
- Dallas Asian American Bar Association (President, 2003)
- State Bar of Texas IP Section, Council Member and Immediate Past Chair of Diversity Task Force
- National Asian Pacific American Bar Association 2004 Convention Planning Committee
- Advisory Board Member, Center for American and International Law Institute for Law and Technology
Community Organizations:
- North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc. (KERA) Board of Directors
- DFW International Community Alliance Board Member
- DFW Asian American Citizens Council Board of Directors
- Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
- The Dallas Summit
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TeXchange DFW Entrepreneur Networking
Wei Wei Jeang’s Honors:
"Outstanding Contribution in Law" by the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce, August 25, 2004
“Texas Super Lawyer” in Intellectual Property Law in Texas Monthly, 2003-2005,
Best Lawyers in Dallas” in Intellectual Property in D Magazine, 2001-2005
"Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40" in D Magazine, 2002 and 2004
"40 Under 40" lawyers in Texas in The Texas Lawyer, 2001
