Background
Fakes, Arthur was born on March 14, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Fakes, Arthur was born on March 14, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Northeastern Illinois University (Bachelor of Arts, with highest honors, 1973). De Paul University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1976).
Worked at Arthur Fakes, Professional Corporation (Lombard, Illinois) specializing in International Copyright and Trade Secret Law, Domestic and International Computer, Software and Information Transactions and Alliances, Domestic Copyright, Trademark and Trade Secret Law, Commercial and Corporate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1976, Illinois, United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois and United States.
Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Author: "Mainframe Computer Conversions: Buyer & Seller Beware," V Computer/Law Journal, 469, 1985. "The Illinois Software License Enforcement Acting," IV Computer Law Reporter, 1986.
"Choosing Your Computer Law Counsel," IV Information Management Review, 23, 1988. "The Abduction of Licensed Software Technology by the People"s Republic of China," III Software Law Journal 224, 1989.
"The Application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods to Computer, Software, and Database Transactions," III Software Law Journal 559, 1990.
"The European Economic Community"South Directive on Software Protection and its Moral Rights Loophole," V Software Law Journal 531, 1992. Law Clerk to Kenneth East. Wilson, Justice of the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, 1976-1978. Adjunct Professor, Center for Intellectual Property Law, The John Marshall Law School, Master of Laws Division, Computers and Law Course, 1984.
International Copyright Law Course, 1991.
Legal Drafting Instructor, The John Marshall Law School, 1985-1986. Member: Advisory Board, The Software Law Journal, 1987-1993.
Course Director, Data-Technical Institute, Negotiating Software License Agreements Seminar, 1989, United States, 1989, United Kingdom, 1993-1994. Data-Technical Institute, On-camera Instructor for Negotiating Software Licensing Agreements Videotape, 1995.
Member: Chicago (Chairman, Computer Law Committee, 1990-1991) and American (Chairman, Databases Committee, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1989-1991.
Chairman, Special Committee on Intellectual Property Law and the FOIA, Section of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law, 1991-1993. Member, Sections on: International Law and Practice. Business Law) Bar Associations.
A boutique firm concentrating in intellectual property, international, and computer law.
Servicing manufacturers, developers, publishers, distributors, value-added resellers and other middlemen, customers, universities, outsourcing companies and other service providers. And providing to-the-minute billing, immediate responses to telephone calls, and prompt, quality service.
Member: Advisory Board, The Software Law Journal, 1987-1993. Course Director, Data-Technical Institute, Negotiating Software License Agreements Seminar, 1989, United States, 1989, United Kingdom, 1993-1994. Data-Technical Institute, On-camera Instructor for Negotiating Software Licensing Agreements Videotape, 1995.
Member: Chicago (Chairman, Computer Law Committee, 1990-1991) and American (Chairman, Databases Committee, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1989-1991.
Chairman, Special Committee on Intellectual Property Law and the FOIA, Section of Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Law, 1991-1993. Member, Sections on: International Law and Practice.
Business Law) Bar Associations.