Background
Harold Laughlin, Junior, James was born on July 18, 1941 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States.
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James Harold Laughlin, Junior.
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West Virginia University (Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1964). American University (Juris Doctor, 1968).
Career
Worked at Lane & Mittendorf Limited Liability Partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1968, District of Columbia. 1969, Virginia, United States.
Tax Court, United States.
Court of Military Appeals and United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
1969-1982, United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
1974, United States. Supreme Court.
1977, United States. Claims Court. 1979, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Delta Theta Phi. Member, American University Law Review, 1968. Assistant Managing Editor, A P L A Quarterly Law Journal, 1979-1982.
Adjunct Professor of Patent Law, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1972-1976.
Member, Advisory Committee on Rules, United States. Court of Custom and Patent Appeals, 1976-1979. Member of Board, 1976-1979 and Treasurer, 1982-1984, American Patent Law Association.
Legal Counsel, Young Men's Christian Association, 1982-1990.
Member: District of Columbia Bar. Virginia State Bar (Chairman, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1982-1983).
American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law. Patent Trademark and Copyright Law.
Subcommittee Chair, Federal Practice and Procedure, Federal Courts and Methods for Coping with Appellate Workloads, 1976-1978.
Subcommittee Chair, 152 Special Committee on Interference Law: Prior Users Rights. Committee on Rules, 1994-1996). American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1986, Councilman, 1991-1992, 1993-1994.
Trustee, 1989).
National Council of Patent Law Association (Virginia Delegate, 1983). National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation (President, 1991-1992).
Achievements
Membership
Member, American University Law Review, 1968. Assistant Managing Editor, A P L A Quarterly Law Journal, 1979-1982. Adjunct Professor of Patent Law, Rochester Institute of Technology, 1972-1976.
Member, Advisory Committee on Rules, United States.
Court of Custom and Patent Appeals, 1976-1979. Member of Board, 1976-1979 and Treasurer, 1982-1984, American Patent Law Association.
Legal Counsel, Young Men's Christian Association, 1982-1990. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
Virginia State Bar (Chairman, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1982-1983).
American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust Law. Patent Trademark and Copyright Law. Subcommittee Chair, Federal Practice and Procedure, Federal Courts and Methods for Coping with Appellate Workloads, 1976-1978.
Subcommittee Chair, 152 Special Committee on Interference Law: Prior Users Rights.
Committee on Rules, 1994-1996). American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1986, Councilman, 1991-1992, 1993-1994.
Trustee, 1989). National Council of Patent Law Association (Virginia Delegate, 1983).
National Inventors Hall of Fame Foundation (President, 1991-1992).
