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Steven is an intellectual property attorney licensed with the Patent Office who assists businesses, particularly start-ups and early-stage companies, with identifying and mapping intellectual assets, crafting licensing, and supporting litigation related to intellectual property. His experience includes intellectual property litigation, patent prosecution, trademark prosecution, and copyright prosecution, Digital Millennium Copyright Act compliance, trade secret compliance, open source software, licensing program drafting/review, due-diligence reviews/opinions, trade secret litigation, trademark litigation, and asset valuation. Steven has managed transactions in Europe, Canada, Asia and Latin America. Clients have used his assistance to 'go public', receive private placements, achieve acquisition, secure investment, and stop infringement.
Steven has served as a Director of the United Inventors' Association of America, and serves on the Board of the Dallas MIT Forum. Steven has authored many publications including the E-Copyright Practice Manual by Aspen Publishing, and made television and radio appearances.
Steven received M.B.A. & J.D. degrees from Baylor, and degrees in Electrical Engineering & Finance from Auburn. He completed additional studies in international law at Oxford University, England, & the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara. Prior to law school, he wrote avionics software for McDonnell Douglas's F-18 E/F strike-fighter, & Star Wars program.
