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Kessler, Edward J. was born on June 3, 1943 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.
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Edward J. Kessler, American Lawyer. Bar: Virginia 1970, District of Columbia 1978, Maryland. 1983, United States District Court Maryland. 1983, Supreme Court of the United States Court 1980. Member American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Assn (chair Japan/United States study group).
Education
Washington University. George Washington University (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with honors, 1967). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, 1970).
Career
Worked at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (Washington, DC) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Computer, Electronics, Biotechnology and Industrial Design Law and Related Litigation and Licensing. Admitted to the bar, 1970, Virginia. 1970-1982, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. 1978, District of Columbia. 1980, United States. Supreme Court.
1982, Maryland and United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. 1985, United States. District Court, District of Maryland including Trial Bar. 1996, United States. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office. Sigma Tau. Author: "Package Licensing," AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Volume 9, No.
4, 1981; "Licensing Technology Packages to Japan," East Asian Executive Reports, Volume 4, No. 12, 1982; Co-Author: "Computer Simulation As a Reduction to Practice," Computer Law Review, Volume 2, No. 2, 1983; "The Japanese Software Protection Bill: Some Comments," East Asian Executive Reports, Volume 6, No.
1, 1984; "Products of the Mind: Proving Damages in Intellectual Property Cases," Trial, Vol 20, No. 7, 1984; "Patents in Product Cases," Trial, Volume 21, No. 11, 1985; "An Overview of Software Copying Policies in Corporate America," Journal of Law and Technology, Volume 1, No.
1, 1986; "From Shrink Wrap to Negotiated End User Software License Agreement: A Practical Perspective," Computer Software 1989 Practicing Law Institute, Volume 2, 1989. "Worldwide Patent Protection for Computer-Related Technology: Tips for the Supervising Attorney," Patent Protection for Computer Software, Prentice-Hall Law & Business 1989. "Intellectual Property Considerations of Corporate Partnering," Corporate Partnering, Practicing Law Institute, 1989.
"Overcoming 35 United States.C. § 101 Rejections of Electronic and Computer Inventions," American Bar Association Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Continuing legal education Program, Spring, 1993. "Intellectual Property Considerations of Corporate Partnering," Practicing Law Institute, 1994. "The Effect of Interference Rules Revisions Enacted in Response to AFTA and GATT," Idea, Volume 36, No.
1, 1995. Claim Drafting Instructor, The Patent Resources Group, Washington, D.C., 1982. Instructor, Advanced Patent Writing Workshop, The Patent Resources Group, Washington, D.C., 1984. Adjunct Professor of Law, George Mason University School of Law, 1996.
Member, Technical Advisory Committee on Computers in Education to the Maryland State Board of Education, 1985. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Virginia State Bar (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section).
American Bar Association (Member: Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law. Antitrust; Litigation. Chairman, Subcommittee on New Antitrust Developments in Licensing and Infringement Cases, 1982-1983).
American Intellectual Property Law Association (Founding Co-Chair, Japanese Study Committee, 1989-1993). Maryland Patent Law Association. International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property.
The Firm maintains an office in Washington D.C. The Firm has experience in all aspects of domestic and foreign intellectual property law practice, including: investigations and analyses (novelty. State-of-the-art; infringement. Validity; registrability.
Clearance); procurement (domestic and foreign). Enforcement (litigation, licensing, and arbitrationboth domestic and foreign). And general client counseling (computer contracts.
Employment agreements. Joint ventures; plant security programs. Due diligence strategies.
Publishing; trade secrets. Technology transfer; development agreements, confidentiality/secrecy agreements. Software protection programs.
Corporation-sponsored research contracts. License agreements; university-industry relations. Consultantships; government research funding).
The patent attorneys of the Firm are registered to practice before the United States. Patent and Trademark Office and several hold advanced degrees in engineering or science.
Membership
Member, Technical Advisory Committee on Computers in Education to the Maryland State Board of Education, 1985. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Virginia State Bar (Member, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section).
American Bar Association (Member: Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law. Antitrust; Litigation. Chairman, Subcommittee on New Antitrust Developments in Licensing and Infringement Cases, 1982-1983).
American Intellectual Property Law Association (Founding Co-Chair, Japanese Study Committee, 1989-1993). Maryland Patent Law Association. International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property.
