I am an engineer, with an emphasis in electronics and computer science; a licensed attorney; a licensed patent attorney (or lawyer-scientist) who spots valuable intellectual property for entrepreneurs, small businesses, and global corporations.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY

I'm trained to creatively (and strategically) protect that intellectual property (IP) with one or more instruments like patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. With those completed instruments in hand, or their in-progress applications, my clients are equipped to face the market having managed the risk that someone else will take their idea, or a derivative, and realize wild success without giving credit where credit is due.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

I'm also experienced in selling and, more often, licensing those ideas to others--sometimes because others have the means to bring the idea to the market or other times because they want to suppress the idea in favor of their own market entrant. Patent licensing encompasses a myriad of strategic approaches, and no two deals are the same.

IT AND TECHNOLOGY TRANSACTIONS
Information Technology (IT) has been a part of my life since I was very young, and I have fond memories of learning my first lines of BASIC on the TRS-80 my grandfather picked up to do financials for our family farm. Although a software developer I did not become, my penchant for technology has helped me stay ahead of the game and provide down-to-earth, relevant advice on IT law and the law of Technology Transactions (indistinguishable in many ways from IP Transactions). I love my tech transactional work because of the people I get to work with from the business--with aggressive timelines, high standards and a team of real people who will connect the two in their implementation of new technology. To help remove legal hurdles that stand in the way of the success of others is a purpose to do great work and a passion of mine.

DIGITAL DISRUPTION

I'm very fortunate for all my life experiences, which have taught me like no teacher ever could (although I have/had some excellent mentors along the way). In this age of digital disruption, I am lucky to, on my very best days, watch as the technology I helped to protect has gone on to change our lives so radically and rapidly that new markets opened up we never thought possible.

The truth is that disruption happens anywhere ingenuity is fostered, from the efforts of independent inventors, start-ups or global giants. What will the future hold?

Act with purpose.

Always be better.

And move the peanut forward every day.