Background
Child, John Sowden was born on July 22, 1944 in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Sowden and Beatrice Thelma C. Bachelor of Science in Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967.
Patent Trademark and copyright lawyer
Child, John Sowden was born on July 22, 1944 in Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Sowden and Beatrice Thelma C. Bachelor of Science in Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1967.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1967. Juris Doctor, University of Pennsylvania, 1973. BLit in Politics, University of Oxford, 1974.
Bar: Pennsylvania 1974, New York 1977, United States District Court (eastern district) Pennsylvania 1978, United States District Court (eastern district)New York 1978, United States Patent and Trademark Office 1978, United States Court 2nd District Court of Appea circuit) 1978, United States Court Appeals (federal circuit) 1981, United States Ct.Appeals (3dcir.) 1986. Association Davis Hoxie Faithfull & Hapgood, New York City, 1974-1978, Synnestvedt & Lechner, Philadelphia, 1978-1988. Of counsel Dann, Dorfman, Herrell and Skillman, Philadelphia, 1988.
Arbitrator Pennsylvania Court Common Pleas, Philadelphia, 1979, United States District Court, Eastern District) Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1983.
Firm coordinator United Way Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1983-1988.
Member American Intellectual Property Law assosiation, New York Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association, Philadelphia Bar Association, Philadelphia Patent Law Association (chairman program committee 1981-1985, 94, editor, co-editor newsletter 1980-1990, governor 1985-1987, secretary 1987-1989), Military Order Foreign Wars, Committee of Seventy, Society Colonial Wars (treasurer 1989-1991, councilor 1991-1997), English Speaking Union, Colonial Society Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Oxford and Cambridge Society (secretary 1985). Member Society.of Friends. Clubs: Union League, Philadelphia.
Club., Cricket (Philadelphia).