Background
Gardner, Paul L. was born on September 14, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
Gardner, Paul L. was born on September 14, 1939 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
University of Missouri (Bachelor of Science, 1962). George Washington University (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1965).
Worked at Christensen, O'Connor, Johnson & Kindness, PLLC (Seattle, Washington) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition and Computer Law, Licensing, Litigation, Biotechnology Law, Regulatory Law. Admitted to the bar, 1966, Washington. 1969, California; 1964, registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Order of the Coif. Assistant Patent Editor, George Washington University Law Review, 1964-1965. Adjunct Lecturer, Patent Law, University of California, Los Angeles Law School, 1991-1994.
Faculty, Practising Law Institute program "Patent Litigation," 1990. Member: Washington State Bar Association. Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1992-1993.
Director, 1987-1994; Officer, 1989-1993). Christensen O'Connor Johnson & Kindness PLLC is a prominent full service intellectual property law firm with a base of regional, national and international clients served from its location in the Pacific Northwest. The firm practices intellectual property law in all areas of technology and business, offering a diverse range of talent and experience in patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and unfair competition law and related litigation.
The firm's attorneys have graduate or undergraduate experience in engineering or the sciences, with molecular biology, biochemistry, chemical engineering, computer science, aeronautical engineering, physics, and mechanical and electrical engineering among the fields represented, and also have substantial business and litigation experience in the non-technical areas of intellectual property law.
Member: Washington State Bar Association. Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1992-1993. Director, 1987-1994; Officer, 1989-1993).