Background
Gunnison, Forrest E. was born on May 10, 1946 in Charlotte, Michigan, United States.
Gunnison, Forrest E. was born on May 10, 1946 in Charlotte, Michigan, United States.
Albion College (Bachelor of Arts, with high honors. University of Illinois at Champaign/Urbana (Doctor of Philosophy, 1979). Loyola University of Chicago (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1987).
Sigma Xi.
Phi Beta Kappa. Omicron Delta Kappa. Sigma Pi Sigma. Member, Loyola University of Chicago Law Review, 1986-1987.
Worked at Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel Limited Liability Partnership (San Jose, California) specializing in Intellectual Property Law, including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Mask Works, Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets and Licensing. Litigation in Federal and State Courts. Corporate, Commercial and General Business Law.
And International and Government Contracts Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1987, California. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Sigma Xi; Phi Beta Kappa.
Omicron Delta Kappa; Sigma Pi Sigma.
Member, Loyola University of Chicago Law Review. Author: Note, "Implied Indemnity in Illinois," 17 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal 89, 1985. Member, American Nuclear Society.
Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel emphasizes intellectual property law (patents, copyrights, trademarks, mask works, trade secrets, unfair competition and licensing) and related litigation and business transactions.
Based in Silicon Valley, the Firm offers legal services to domestic and international clients in the electronics, computer, biotech and other industries. Established in 1976, Skjerven, Morrill now has approximately 80 attorneys and maintains offices in San Jose and San Francisco, California, and Austin, Texas.
In addition to its intellectual property law practice, Skjerven, Morrill provides clients with a broad range of related business law and litigation services. The Firm represents clients in negotiating and structuring licensing and technology transfer agreements, corporate acquisitions, business organizations and financings, commercial transactions and various types of international joint ventures in which the technology owned or to be developed by the participants is an important element of the transaction.
The Firm represents litigants in disputes that turn on technological issues, many involving both complex technology and novel questions of law.
The Firm also represents clients in a variety of general business and litigation matters.
State Bar of California. Patent, Copyright, Trademark and Trade Secrets Law.