Solo Practitioner in Allentown,PaIP Associate
Mar. 2006 - Nov. 2010• Provide legal research for Patent, Trademark and Copyright cases
• Conduct Patentability and Infringement studies
• Conduct Patentability searches of prior art to determine patentability or possibility of infringement of client’s invention
• Draft provisional and non-provisional patent applications for various mechanical, chemical and biological inventions
• Draft opinion letters for patent validity • Draft cease and desist letters for copyright and trademark infringement
• Draft responses to office actions for patent and trademark prosecution
• Participate in the various phases of prosecution and litigation of Patent, Trademark and/or Copyright protection for individual and corporate clients, including but not limited to PAIR, TESS, and PCT electronic filings through the USPTO and WIPO
• Draft complaint to initiate process for domain name dispute in European Union
• Draft, Negotiate, Analyze and/or Review various types of IP Agreements such as: work-for-hire copyright agreements, IP policy and non-disclosure agreement for client to distribute to employees, consulting agreements, non-exclusive and exclusive licensing agreements for trademarks, patents and/or trade secret technology, and settlement agreement and mutual general release