Paul E. Schaafsma

Intellectual Property, Mediation
321 North Clark, Suite 2800
Chicago, Illinois 60610


Intellectual Property

Admitted

1985, Illinois; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Law School

Loyola University, J.D., 1985

Law School Graduation Year

1985

College

Purdue University, B.S.E., 1982; Northwestern University Kellogg Graduate School of Management, M.B.

Memberships

Chicago Bar Association; American Bar Associations; Patent Law Association of Chicago; American Intellectual Property Association; Licensing Executives Society.

Biographical

Author: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Managing Intellectual Property, PSI Research - Oasis Press, ISBN: 1555716172 (March 1, 2002); Patent Mapping: A Graphical Model of Patent Rights, Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (December 1995); An Economic Overview of Patents, Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (April 1997); Patently Rewarding? Through Courts Have Reopened the Patentability of Software, Not All Products will Benefit from Patent Protection, IP Magazine, March, 1998; Functional Language's Death Knell Is Exaggerated, The National Law Journal (March 18, 1998); An Economic Overview and Suggested Approach for Licensing Patent Applications, Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (May 1999); High Court Displaying Patent Mistrust - In recent years, rulings of the Federal Circuit seem to get no respect in the Supreme Court, The National Law Journal (May 24, 1999); Court Offers Mixed View of Equivalents Doctrine, The National Law Journal (October 16, 2000). Contributing author, The Law and Business of Licensing (1996, 1998).

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