Admitted
1968, Michigan and District of Columbia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Law School
George Washington University, J.D., with honors, 1967
Law School Graduation Year
1967
College
Wisconsin-Madison, University of, B.S.Ch.E., 1961
Memberships
Kalamazoo County and American (Intellectual Property Law Section; Council, 1988-1989; Financial Officer, 1989-1992) Bar Associations; National Council of Intellectual Property Law Association.
Biographical
Author: Securing Protection for Plant Varieties in the USA, European Intellectual Property Review (EIPR) August, 1981; Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz and Urheberrecht, International Teil, (publication of the Max Planck Institut), 1983 - paper entitled, Intellectual Property Aspects of Plant Variety Genetic Engineering: Views of an American Lawyer, presented at the 1982 UPOV Council Symposium on Genetic Engineering, Geneva, Switzerland; Protection of Plant Varieties and Parts as Intellectual Property, Science, Vol. 225, pp. 18-23 (July 1984); Utility Patents for Plants: Ex parte Hibbered et al Revisited, Proceedings of the Sixteenth Soybean Seed Research Conference (1986); There is Not a Conflict between Intellectual Property Rights and the Rights of Farmers in Developing Countries, Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 1991, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 143-150. Member: Kalamazoo County Commissioner, 1970-1972; Plant Variety Protection Office Advisory Board, 1989-1993; USA Delegate, International Union For Protection of New Varieties of Plants, 1981-1989. American Intellectual Property Law Association (Secretary, 1982-1983).