Background
Berkowitz, Jeffrey A. was born on April 19, 1963 in Norwich, Connecticut, United States.
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Jeffrey A. Berkowitz
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Rutgers University (Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, 1985). Jacob Doctorate. Fuchsberg Law Center, Touro College (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1988).
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, 1988, New Jersey. 1989, New York; 1990, United States.
Court of Federal Claims.
1995, District of Columbia. Registered to practice before United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Member, 1986-1988 and Managing Editor, 1987-1988, Touro College Law Review. Recipient: First Prize (Touro) Nathan Burkan Memorial Competition.
American Jurisprudence Awards in Legal Research and Writing, Civil Procedure, Judicial Clerkship, and Jurisprudence.
Law Clerk to the Honorable Marian Blank Horn, Judge, United States. Claims Court, 1988-1989. Author: "Computer Software Copyright Infringement: The Second Generation," 4 Touro Law Review
97, 1987.
"A Look At Significant Decisions Affecting Patent Practice," April 1989-October 1990, Selected Legal Papers, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Volume VIII, Nos. 1 & 2, February 1991. "Recent Developments in Patent Protection for Computer-Related Inventions," Computer Law Reporter, Volume 18, Number.
4, December 1993.
"The Patent Office Takes Another Look at a Controversial Patent," Computer Law Reporter, Volume 18, Number. 5, January 1994; "International Business Machines Corporation Tops the Patent Charts in 1993," Computer Law Reporter, Volume 18, Number. 6, February 1994; "Software Patents You Can Take to the Bank," Computer Law Reporter, Volume 19, Number.
1, March 1994.
"In re Donaldson: Federal Circuit Gets the Last Word on Section 112, Paragraph 6," Computer Law Reporter, Volume 19, Number. 3, May 1994; "Welcome to the Brave New World of Software Patents: A Road Map for the Corporate Legal Department," The Law Works, Volume 1, Nos. 5 and 6, May and June 1994.
"A Cautionary Approach to the Internet," The Greater Washington Board of Trade News, Volume 50, Number.
4, July/August 1995. Coauthor of bimonthly column "Federal Circuit Report," The Intellectual Property Litigator, 1995. Editorial Advisory Board, Obtaining Patents by Thomas A. Turano, James Publishing, 1997.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar (Chairman, Intellectual Property Committee of Computer and Telecommunications Section, 1996-1997). New Jersey State, New York State and American (Chairman, Subcommittee Doctorate-Intellectual Property Law Section) Bar Associations.
United States. Court of Federal Claims Bar Association (Company-Chairman, Intellectual Property Section, 1994).
Computer Law Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association (Recording Secretary, Emerging Technologies Committee, 1996-1997). District of Columbia Computer Law Forum.
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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Member, 1986-1988 and Managing Editor, 1987-1988, Touro College Law Review.
