Background
Hecker, Gary A. was born on March 8, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
Hecker, Gary A. was born on March 8, 1955 in Newark, New Jersey, United States.
University of Rhode Island (Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1977). University of San Diego (Juris Doctor, 1981).
Worked at Hecker & Harriman (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Intellectual Property Law including Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Computer Law, Unfair Competition, and Trade Secret. Technology Licensing and Litigation in Federal and State Courts and the International Trade Commission. Entertainment Law. Domain Name Dispute Matters and Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1981, California.
Pi Tau Sigma. Member, San Diego Law Review, 1979-1981. Author: Comment, "Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion on the High Seas: Toward an International Regulatory Regime," San Diego Law Review, Volume 18:2, 1981.
"Import Controls and Copyright Enforcement," United States.C. Computer Law Institute, 1985. Lecturer: "Law & Technology in Transition," American Conference Institute, San Francisco, 1995.
"On Lincolnshire Law: Emerging Legal & Business Issues," San Francisco, 1996.
"Copyright, New Technology and New Media," Los Angeles, 1996. "On-Lincolnshire and Internet Law Seminar," San Francisco, 1997. Moderator, Hastings College of Law, High Technology Law Symposium, 1991.
Advisor, Hastings College of Law Journal, 1990-1992.
Senior Articles Editor, Century City Bar Association Journal, 1982. Technical Advisor, United States.
House of Representatives Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Investigation on Unfair Foreign Trade Practices, 1988. Judicial Intern, California Court of Appeals, 4th District, 1981.
Member: American Bar Association (Member, Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law).
State Bar of California. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Hecker & Harriman practices in intellectual property and entertainment law including patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, trade secrets, computer law, business transactions, licensing and litigation.
The firm"s emphasis is on high technology matters. Our attorneys are engineers and computer scientists with strong academic backgrounds from leading institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cal Technical and the University of California at Berkeley.
Member, San Diego Law Review, 1979-1981.