Education
Carnegie Mellon University (Bachelor of Science, 1969). University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland (Master of Science, 1971), Marshall Scholar. Loyola University of Los Angeles (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1975).
Tau Beta Pi; Phi Kappa Phi. Omicron Delta Kappa. Instructor, Business Law, Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, 1980. Adjunct Professor, Intellectual Property: LaVeme College of Law, since 1984.
Southwestern University, since 1989. Member, California Assembly Select Committee on Small Business, 1985— Monthly Columnist, Intellectual Property, L.A. Daily Journal.
Career
Working as a partner of SHELDON & MAK. Admitted to the bar, 1975, California. 1976, United States. District Court, Central District of California. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit and United States.
District Court, Northern District of California. 1984, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Membership
Pasadena Young Lawyers (President, 1980-1981) and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California (Chairman, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1989. Member, Committee on Continuing Education of the Bar, 1985-1988).
Los Angeles Patent Law Association (Director, since 1989). American Intellectual Property Law Association.