Background
Shapiro, Nelson Hirsh was born on February 3, 1928. Son of Arthur and Anna (Zenitz) Shapiro.
Shapiro, Nelson Hirsh was born on February 3, 1928. Son of Arthur and Anna (Zenitz) Shapiro.
Johns Hopkins University (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1948). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, 1952). Tau Beta Pi; Order of the Coif.
Working as a partner of SHAPIRO AND SHAPIRO. Admitted to the bar, 1952, District of Columbia. 1952-1982, United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
1955, United States. Supreme Court. 1976, United States. Claims Court. 1981, Virginia (Admission limited to Patent, Trademark, Copyright and Unfair Competition Causes only).
1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Bar: District of Columbia 1952, Virginia 1981.
"Federal Jurisdiction over Pendent Claims of Unfair Competition in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Actions," George Washington University Law Review, Volume 20, No. 5, April, 1952
"Delay in Claiming and Its Effects," Journal of the Patent Office Society, January, 1957. "Delay in Claiming," Encyclopedia of Patent Practice and Invention Management, 1964.Toward a Realistic Standard of Patentability," Idea, Volume 16, No. 2, Winter, 1974. Patent Examiner, United States. Patent Office, 1948-1950.Patent Advisor, United States. Signal Corps, 1950-1952.
The District of Columbia Bar. The Bar Association of the District of Columbia. Virginia and American Bar Associations.
American Intellectual Property Law Association. International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property.
Married Helen Lenora Sykes, June 27, 1948. Children: Ronald Evan, Mitchell Wayne, Jeffrey Mark, Julie Beth.