Background
Spencer, George H. was born on June 21, 1928 in Vienna, Austria.
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George H. Spencer
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Cheshire Academy; Yale University (B.E., 1948). Cornell University (Juris Doctor, 1952). Spoken languages: German and French.
Career
Worked at Spencer & Frank (Washington, DC) specializing in Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Antitrust and Computer Law, Litigation. Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical and Biotechnology Arts. Admitted to the bar, 1952, New York.
1953-1982, United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. 1953, United States. Court of Military Appeals.
1957, United States. District Court, Southern District of New York. 1958, United States. Supreme Court. 1958-1982, United States.
Court of Claims; 1959, District of Columbia and United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. 1973, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
1977, United States. Court of International Trade. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Patent Examiner, United States. Patent Office, 1952-1954.
Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
American Bar Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association. German American Law Association.
Judge Advocates Association. Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association.
Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada (Foreign Associate). American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, The Prettyman-Leventhal). Military: United States.
Army Reserve, Signal Corps, 1948-1956, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1956-1962. The Firm's practice was established in 1959, in the form of a sole practitionership, and became a two-member firm in 1962. It has since grown to a firm of twenty attorneys, assisted by a thirty-five person support staff, including administration, secretarial, accounting and two full-time professional translators.
The Firm's practice covers all technical fields and all matters pertaining to industrial and intellectual property, including the representation of clients before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Before various administrative agencies such as the International Trade Commission which has authority to block the importation of infringing products and the Customs Service which has the authority to block importation of products bearing infringing trademarks. Before the Federal District and Appellate Courts, including the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which is the successor of the old Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
And before the United States Supreme Court. The Firm assists clients in negotiations and in the preparation of documents pertaining thereto, in trade secret matters, and related causes, including litigation in the Courts in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Membership
Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
American Bar Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association. German American Law Association.
Judge Advocates Association. Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association.
Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada (Foreign Associate). American Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, The Prettyman-Leventhal). Military: United States.
Army Reserve, Signal Corps, 1948-1956, Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1956-1962.
