Background
Jenkins, Richard Erik was born on January 12, 1946 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Son of Willard Erette and Ina Beatrice (Porter) Jenkins.
Jenkins, Richard Erik was born on January 12, 1946 in Newport News, Virginia, United States. Son of Willard Erette and Ina Beatrice (Porter) Jenkins.
North Carolina State University (Bachelor of Science, with honors, 1968. Mechanical Engineering, 1971); University of North Carolina (Juris Doctor, 1975). Phi Kappa Phi. Adjunct Lecturer, 1985-1989 and Adjunct Associate Professor, since 1989, Patent Law and Technology, Duke University.
Worked at Richard East. Jenkins A Professional Association (Durham, North Carolina) specializing in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law. Admitted to the bar, 1975, North Carolina. 1976, Virginia; registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Phi Kappa Phi. Adjunct Lecturer, 1985-1989 and Adjunct Associate Professor, 1989, Duke University. Adjunct Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, 1992.
Member, Board of Trustees, (appointed by Governor Jim Martin), North Carolina Central University, 1992-1995. Member, Board of Directors, University of North Carolina School of Law Alumni Association, 1991-1994.
Member: North Carolina (Member, Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights Committee, 1979-1985.
Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1986) and American (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1975) Bar Associations. Carolinas Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association (Founding Member. Treasurer, 1979-1984).
The Virginia State Bar.
The North Carolina State Bar. American Intellectual Property Law Association.
The firm is a specialized law practice in its second decade of service providing intellectual property services to clients with respect to patent, trademark, copyright, and unfair competition law. The firm assists clients in recognizing, defining and safeguarding intellectual property and acting to preserve that property for full commercial exploitation.
Member, Board of Trustees, (appointed by Governor Jim Martin), North Carolina Central University, 1992-1995. Member, Board of Directors, University of North Carolina School of Law Alumni Association, 1991-1994. Member: North Carolina (Member, Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights Committee, 1979-1985.
Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, 1986) and American (Member, Section on Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, 1975) Bar Associations.
Carolinas Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Association (Founding Member. Treasurer, 1979-1984).
The Virginia State Bar. The North Carolina State Bar.
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Married Susan Rankin Thurston, August 24, 1968 (divorced November 1991). 1 child, Anna.