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Sumner, John P. was born on August 21, 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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John P. Sumner
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South Dakota State University (Bachelor of Science, Engineering Physics, 1967). William Mitchell College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Career
Worked at Merchant, Gould, Smith, Edell, Welter & Schmidt, Professional, Association. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Minnesota. 1977, United States. District Court, District of Minnesota.
1978, United States.
Supreme Court. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Author: "Computer Software Protection," 41 Bench & B. of Minnesota
15, March, 1984.
Company-Author: with Tuttle, Copyrights, "Software Made for Hire.," 41 Bench & B. of Minnesota 21, December, 1984; with Lundberg, "The Versatility of Software Patent Protection: From Subroutines to Look and Feel," 3 The Computer Lawyer 1, June, 1986.
With Buckingham, "Microcode Copyright Protection: A New Tool for Protecting Computer Products," 3 The Computer Lawyer 17, October, 1986. With Lundberg, "Software is Patentable: The Emerging Importance of Software Patents," 43 Bench & B. of Minnesota
12, December, 1986; with Lundberg, "Patent Preemption of Shrink-Wrap Prohibitions on Reverse Engineering," 4 The Computer Lawyer 9, April, 1987.
With Plunkett, "Powerful New Software Protection in Europe. The Patent Trend Continues," 4 The Computer Lawyer 1, October, 1987. With Lundberg and Boyer, "Twelve Myths About Patent Protection for Software," 5 The Computer Lawyer 9, May, 1988.
With Plunkett, "Copyright, Patent, and Trade Secret Protection for Computer Software in Western Europe," VIII Computer/Law Journal, Fall, 1988.
With Lundberg and Michel, "The Copyright/Patent Interface: Why Utilitarian Look and Feel is Uncopyrightable Subject Matter," 6 The Computer Lawyer 5, January, 1989. With Lundberg, "The Interface Between Copyright and Patent Law in the Protection of Computer Software: Patentable Computer Program Features as Uncopyrightable Subject Matter," 17 AIPLA Q.J. Number.
3, 1989. "The Copyright Patent Interface: Patent Protection for the Structure of Program Code," Jurimetrics Journal of Law, Science and Technology, 107, Fall, 1989.
With Lundberg and Gates "Baker v. Seldon," Computer Programs, 17 United States.C. Section 102(b) and Whelan Revisited, 13 Hamline L. Review
221, Spring, 1990. With Lundberg, "Software Patents: Are They Here to Stay?" 8 The Computer Lawyer 8, October, 1991.
With Lundberg and Gates 9, "Identifying Uncopyrightable Computer Implemented Processes and Systems," The Computer Lawyer 8, April, 1992. "Electronic Media Issues," Les Nouvelles, Journal of the Licensing Executive Society, Volume 1 XXIX, Number.
4, December 1994. With Stephens, "Software Objects: A Trend in Programming and Software Patents," 12 The Computer Lawyer 15, November 1995.
Member: Minnesota State (Chair, Intellectual Property Committee, 1983-1984. Chair, 1990-1991, Computer Law Section and Governing Council Member, 1983) and American (Member, Section on: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations.
American Intellectual Property Law Association (Company-Chair, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Computer Software Copyright/Patent Interface, 1988-1989. Vice Chair, Software Committee, 1989.
Vice Chair, Electronics and Computer Law Committee, 1992-1994.
Chair, Electronics and Computer Law Committee, 1994-1996). Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association (Secretary, 1983. President, 1986; Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1987 and 1991-1993).
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Membership
Member: Minnesota State (Chair, Intellectual Property Committee, 1983-1984. Chair, 1990-1991, Computer Law Section and Governing Council Member, 1983) and American (Member, Section on: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations. American Intellectual Property Law Association (Company-Chair, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Computer Software Copyright/Patent Interface, 1988-1989.
Vice Chair, Software Committee, 1989.
Vice Chair, Electronics and Computer Law Committee, 1992-1994. Chair, Electronics and Computer Law Committee, 1994-1996).
Minnesota Intellectual Property Law Association (Secretary, 1983. President, 1986; Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1987 and 1991-1993).
