About

I am an experienced attorney who specializes in the protection of software and related intellectual property. These specialties are a natural evolution of a 20-year first career in the software field.In my early years as a software engineer, I developed arcade games, home-computer games, robotics and other real-time control software, combat simulation software, and all kinds of device drivers and utilities. I also held executive positions in several mid-size technology companies and I owned two small software engineering firms.From that base of engineering and business experience, I am able to offer knowledgeable advice on a variety of technical and business issues. I am just as comfortable in court as I am in a boardroom, a high-tech lab, or garage workbench.As a litigator, I am involved in all aspects of software patent and copyright disputes, from pre-suit investigations through expert discovery, motions practice, settlement negotiation, trial, and appeal. My cases have involved many different computer-related technologies, including object linking and embedding, vehicle interface and control systems, variable data printing, network monitoring, digital music, and navigation.As a transactional attorney, I draft and prosecute patent applications, file copyright registrations, and prepare many different kinds of agreements relating to the protection of technology and intellectual property. I have also prepared opinions covering patent validity, enforceability and infringement. My technical subject matter experience includes real-time control systems, games, combat simulators, telecommunications, language compilers and translators, database management systems, and business methods.Before joining Berenzweig-Leonard, I was a litigator and patent attorney with Cloudigy Law. Before that, I was a litigator at Crowell & Moring, and a patent attorney at Kenyon & Kenyon (now Andrews Kurth Kenyon).On the side, I love to study cognitive psychology, particularly the mechanisms that underlie human reason, persuasion, perception, and belief. I am an active member of the West Springfield chapter of Rotary International. And on weekends, you can often find me riding my Harley on the back roads of Virginia.

Practices Areas

Intellectual Property

Employment and labor

Language

English

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