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Schwarz, Michael was born on June 16, 1960 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Michael Schwarz
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University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1982). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1986).
Career
Worked at Ruchelman Law Firm (New York, New York) specializing in Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1987, Texas. 1988, District of Columbia.
1991, New Jersey.
1995, New York and South Africa. Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Associate Editor, Houston Law Review.
Author: Patent Claim Interpretation in United States Patent Litigation: The United States Supreme Court"s Decision in Markman v. Westview Instruments, 18 European Intellectual Property Review
502 (1996). "Copyright Protection Not on the Menu": Lotus Development Corporation v.
Borland International, Incorporated., 17 European Intellectual Prop Review 337 (1995); "Registration of Colors as Trademarks: United States.
Supreme Court Decision in Qualitex v. Jacobson Products," 17 European Intellectual Property Review
393 (1995); "Copyright in Compilations of Facts: Feist v.
Rural Telephone Service Company," 13 European Intellectual Property Review 178 (1991); Smells Like Trademark Infringement, 18 Trademark World 33 (1989). Doing Business Europe-United Kingdom Industrial and Intellectual Property (Commerce Clearing House 1989)(C0-authored with Jeremy Brown of Linklaters & Paines).
Tear-Maine-Open Software Licensing Agreements: A Uniform Commercial Code Perspective on an Inovative Contract of Adhesion, 7 Computer Lord Justice 261 (1986).
Member: American Bar Association. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Computer Law Association. International Association of Young Lawyers.
International Trademark Association.
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Membership
Member: American Bar Association. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Computer Law Association.
International Association of Young Lawyers.
International Trademark Association.
