Admitted
1975, Michigan; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
Wayne State University, J.D., 1975
Law School Graduation Year
1975
College
University of Michigan, B.S.E.E., cum laude, 1971
Memberships
State Bar of Michigan (Chairperson, Proprietary Rights Committee, Computer Law Section, 1984-2003); American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association.
Biographical
Author: Disclosing Computer Programs in an Application for a United States Patent - A Trap for the Unwary, 26 Jurimetrics 21, 1985; Intellectual Property Rights in Software - A Look at the Basics, 65 Michigan Bar Journal 292, 1986; Establishing Ownership of Intellectual Property Rights-Put It In Writing, Computer Law Strategist, Nov.-Dec., 1986; Patent Protection for Software Technology-A Powerful New Form of Protection, 67 Michigan Bar Journal 968, 1988; International Software Protection, 70 Michigan Bar Journal 656, 1991. Co-Author: The Software Patent Institute and the Challenge of Software-Related Patents, 73 Michigan Bar Journal 544, 1994; Insurance Coverage for Software-Related Patents and Other Intellectual Property Disputes, 75 Michigan Bar Journal 502, 1996; Co-Author: Finding The Right Balance, 80 Michigan Bar Journal 48, 2001; The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA) and Reverse Enineering, 82 Michigan Bar Journal 30, 2003; Recent Developments in Computer and Internet Law, column in the Michigan Computer Lawyer, 1988-2003; Recent Developments in Computer Law Section within the Michigan, State of the Law course handbook of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), 1990-2002. Adjunct Professor, Computer Law - Proprietary Rights in IPLI, Intellectual Property Law Institute for Law Schools of University of Detroit, Wayne State University and University of Windsor, 1989-2003. Secretary and Trustee of Software Patent Institute.