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George H. Gates

J.D., 1989, William Mitchell College of Law (Cum Laude, Law Review, Moot Court);

B.S. C.I.S./Engineering, 1980, Ohio State University.

Over eighteen years of intellectual property law experience, including patent, trademark and copyright law. Eleven years of computer hardware and software engineering experience.

Technical emphasis: computer hardware and software, telecommunications systems, database management systems, network communications.

Registrations: California State Bar; Minnesota State Bar; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court.

Affiliations: Past Chair, Electronic and Computer Law Committee of the American Intellectual Property Law Association; Intellectual Property Section of the California State Bar; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers; and Association for Computing Machinery.

Victor G. Cooper

J.D., 1994, Loyola Law School (Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, Law Journal);

B.S.E., 1980, California State University, Northridge (Tau Beta Pi);

M.S.E.E., 1984, University of Southern California.

Over twelve years of intellectual property law experience, including patent prosecution and litigation experience. Twelve years of electrical engineering experience.

Technical emphasis: control and communication systems, consumer electronics, digital signal processing, computer hardware and software engineering.

Registrations: California State Bar; Minnesota State Bar; Colorado State Bar; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Affiliations: American Intellectual Property Law Association; Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections of the California State Bar; Los Angeles County Bar Association; Federal Circuit Bar Association; and Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association.

William J. Wood, Ph.D.

J.D., 1996, University of California, Hastings College of the Law (Law Journal, Phi Alpha Delta);

B.A., 1986, University of California, Santa Barbara;

Ph.D., 1992, University of California, Los Angeles.

Over ten years of intellectual property law experience, including patent prosecution and litigation experience. Seven years of biological research experience.

Technical emphasis: biotechnology and immunology, including recombinant DNA technology, genomics, immunotherapeutics and gene therapy; diagnostics and assay devices.

Registrations: California State Bar; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Affiliations: American Intellectual Property Law Association; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association; and Southern California Biomedical Council.

Jason S. Feldmar

J.D., 1995, Whittier College School of Law;

B.S. Computer Science, 1992, University of California, Riverside;

LLM. in Intellectual Property coursework completed 1996, University of Houston Law Center.

Over ten years of intellectual property law experience including patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution, litigation, licensing, and domain name disputes.

Technical emphasis: computer software including Internet and business methods, distributed systems, graphical user interfaces, and nanotechnology.

Registrations: California State Bar; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Affiliations: Secretary (2006-2007) Treasurer (2005-2006) and Board of Directors (2003-Present), Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association; Intellectual Property Section of the California State Bar; and American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Southern California Super Lawyer Rising Star, Intellectual Property Law, Law and Politics Magazine, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 (www.superlawyers.com) (This site names Southern California's Rising Stars [attorneys 40 or under or who have been practicing less than 10 years] as chosen by their peers.).

Anthony J. Orler

J.D., 1996, Loyola Law School

B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1983, University of California, Santa Barbara

M.S. Electrical Engineering, 1986, University of Southern California

Over ten years of intellectual property law experience, including patent prosecution and litigation. Twelve years of electrical engineering experience.

Technical emphasis: semiconductor materials and processing, communication systems, digital signal processing, hardware engineering, global positioning systems (GPS) and hardware, satellite communications, digital television display interfaces.

Registrations: California State Bar; Minnesota State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Affiliations: American Intellectual Property Law Association; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association.

Adjunct Professor of Law, Loyola Law School, 2001-present.

Counsel of Record, amici curiae, Demore v. Kim, 123 S.Ct. 1708 (2003), quoted by Justice Souter in one of the opinions of the Court.

 

 

 

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