Admitted
1977, Oklahoma; 1978, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma; 1979, Oregon, U.S. District Court, District of Oregon and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit practice before U.S. Patent and Trademar
Law School
University of Oklahoma, J.D., 1977
Law School Graduation Year
1977
College
Oklahoma State University, B.S.E.E., 1972
Memberships
Multnomah County, Oklahoma and American (Member, Sections on: Intellectual Property Law; Dispute Resolution) Bar Associations; Oregon State Bar (Member, Sections on: Alternative Dispute Resolution and Computer Law); American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Arbitration Association (Member, Technology Roster) ; Oregon Patent Law Association (President, 1992-1993); Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.
Biographical
Member, 1975-1977 and Research Editor, 1976, Oklahoma Law Review. Appointed by the Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma, Special Master, T.D. Williamson, Inc. v. Layman et. al., 723 F. Supp. 587 (N.D. Okla. 1989), aff'd. 18 USPQ 2nd 1575 (Fed. Cir. 1990). Author: Protection of Intellectual Property Rights in Computer Programs, Computer Law, Oregon State Bar, 1992; Protection of Proprietary Rights in Computer Programs, 54 Oklahoma Bar Journal 3254, 1983; The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: A New Circuit Court of Appeals, 55 Oklahoma Bar Journal 1061, 1984; Patent, Copyright and Trade Secret Protection for Electronic Technology, Northcon/89 Conference Record, p. 49, 1989.