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Pretty, Laurence H. was born in 1936.
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Laurence H. Pretty
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London University (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1958). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1968).
Career
Worked at Pretty, Schroeder & Poplawski, A Professional Corporation (Los Angeles, California) specializing in Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Unfair Competition, Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1969, District of Columbia. 1970, New York; 1973, California.
Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Order of the Coif. Law Clerk, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1969. Adjunct Lecturer, Patent and Trademark Law, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 1974-1984 and 1996.
Chairperson, Practising Law Institute program in "Patent Litigation," 1989-1996.
Author: "Where the Veil Against Discovery In Patent Litigation Falls" Volume 76, Number. 2 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (February 1994). "Patent Litigation: lieutenant"s Number Mystery," Volume 26 TRIAL Number.
3, 1990.
"Patent Litigation," Volume II, Number. 4, Litigation 32, 1985. "Inequitable Conduct Before the Pacific Theater of Operations," 13 AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Nos.
3 & 4, 1985.
"Patent Law for the Business Lawyer," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1980. "A Forecast of C.A.F.C. Holdings," 10 APLA Quarterly Journal, Number. 4, 1982; "Harnessing a Personal Computer to Win Cases," 69 American Bar Association Journal 1438, 1983.
Lawyer Delegate, Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, 1993-1994.
Member: State Bar of California (Chairperson, Intellectual Property Section, 1987). American Bar Association (Member of Council, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, 1987-1991).
American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1986). Association of Business Trial Lawyers (President, 1983-1984).
Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1981-1982).
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Member: State Bar of California (Chairperson, Intellectual Property Section, 1987). American Bar Association (Member of Council, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, 1987-1991). American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1986).
Association of Business Trial Lawyers (President, 1983-1984).
Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1981-1982).
