Background
Smith, Neil A. was born on October 31, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Smith, Neil A. was born on October 31, 1943 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Columbia College (Bachelor of Arts, in Physical Sciences, 1965. Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1966). Columbia Law School (Juris Doctor, 1969).
George Washington University (Master of Laws, 1973).
Worked at Limbach & Limbach, Limited liability partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret and Copyright Law. Admitted to the bar, 1969, District of Columbia. 1975, California; registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 1992. Author: "Obtaining Early and Effective Relief Against Trademark Counterfeiting," 10 COMM/ENT, Hastings Journal of Communications and Entertainment Law, Number.
4, 1988. Intellectual Property Counseling & Litigation, Author of Chapter 71, "Discovery in Trademark Cases in the Court and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board," Matthew Bender & Company, 1988.
"Fraud Upon the Patent Office as a Violation of the Sherman Antitrust Law," 53 Journal of the Patent Office Society 337, 423, 1971. "The Collateral Estoppel Effect of a Prior Judgment of Patent Invalidity: Blonder-Tongue Revisited," 55 Journal of the Patent Office Society 285, 363, 436, 1973.
Law Clerk to Giles South. Rich, Associate Judge, United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, 1972-1974.
President, San Francisco Patent and Trademark Law Association, 1984-1985.
Member, Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of California, 1987-1990. Chairman, Patent and Trademark Office Affairs-Trademarks and Trade Secrets and Interference with Contracts Committees of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, American Bar Association, 1987-1989, and 1989-1991, respectively. Chair, Trademark and Licensing Committees of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, 1986, 1992, respectively.
Member, Department of Commerce Public Advisory Committee for Trademark Office Affairs, 1990.
Member, BNA Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal Advisory Board, 1987. Limbach & Limbach, Limited liability partnership provides representation in domestic and international patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, counterfeit goods, licensing and unfair competition matters.
Services range from simple trademark searches to patent procurement and complex litigation. The firm represents clients in all technical fields with particular emphasis on electronics and biotechnology, and before all federal and state courts and the United States.
International Trade Commission.
Many of the firm"s attorneys hold advanced scientific or technical degrees, and several are published authors and lecturers recognized as experts in their fields.
Member, Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of California, 1987-1990. Chairman, Patent and Trademark Office Affairs-Trademarks and Trade Secrets and Interference with Contracts Committees of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, American Bar Association, 1987-1989, and 1989-1991, respectively. Chair, Trademark and Licensing Committees of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, 1986, 1992, respectively.
Member, Department of Commerce Public Advisory Committee for Trademark Office Affairs, 1990.
Member, BNA Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal Advisory Board, 1987.