Background
Burke Fordis, Jean was born on February 25, 1956 in Ashiya, Air Force Base, Japan.
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Jean Burke Fordis
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California State University (Bachelor of Arts, Biology, with distinction, 1978). Washington College of Law, American University (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1985).
Career
Worked at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, Limited liability partnership (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Licensing and Related Litigation, Antitrust, International Trade and Government Contract Law. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Maryland. 1986, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
1988, District of Columbia.
1993, United States. Supreme Court. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Phi Delta Phi. Member, The American University Law Review, 1983-1985.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Philip Nichols, Junior, Senior Circuit Judge, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1985-1986. Company-Author: "Avoiding Traps in Licensing Biotechnology," 26(2) Les Nouvelles, June, 1991. "How to Avoid Patent Rejection," Biology/Technology Magazine, January 1995.
"General Agreement of Tariff and Trades and TRIPs: The Impact on United States.
Patent Law," AIPLA Selected Legal Papers, January, 1995. Author: "The New Biotech Utility Guidelines," Managing Intellectual Property, March 1995.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Maryland State and American Bar Associations.
American Intellectual Property Law Association (Chairman, Awards Committee, 1988-1990.
Biotech Committee, Chairman of Subcommittee on Pacific Theater of Operations Board Decisions, 1991). Licensing Executives Society (Chairman, District of Columbia Local Committee, 1990-1993). Maryland Patent Law Association (Secretary, 1990-1992.
Vice President, 1993).
Founded in 1965, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner has grown to become the largest law firm practicing in the specialized field of intellectual property law in Washington, District of Columbia, and one of the largest in the United States. The intellectual property practice of the firm encompasses every area of technology and includes all aspects of patent, trademark and copyright law.
The firm also has a significant practice in other areas related to the interface of law and technology, such as computer law, unfair competition, government contracts, export control, and related antitrust, licensing, litigation and international trade matters.
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Membership
Member, The American University Law Review, 1983-1985. Law Clerk to the Honorable Philip Nichols, Junior, Senior Circuit Judge, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1985-1986.
