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Backus, Richard E. was born on September 18, 1937 in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Richard E. Backus
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Purdue University (Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, with distinction, 1959). Indiana University (Juris Doctor, 1963), George Washington University. John Marshall Law School Patent Law Masters Program.
Tau Beta Pi.
Pi Tau Sigma. Phi Delta Phi.
Career
McDonald"s Corporation v. Arche Technologies, 17 USPQ 2d 1557; Power Controls v. Hybrinetics, Incorporated., 806 F.2d 234; Rachel v. Banana Republic, 831 F.2d 1503; Pony Express Courier Corporation v. Pony Express Delivery Service, 872 F.2d 317; Wells Fargo & Company v. Wells Fargo Express Company, 556 F.2d 406.Worked at Flehr, Hohbach, Test, Albritton & Herbert (San Francisco, California) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Electronics and Computer Law. Trials.
Admitted to the bar, 1963, Indiana. 1963-1982, United States.
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
1964, District of Columbia. 1965, Illinois; 1970, California.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Tau Beta Pi. Pi Tau Sigma. Phi Delta Phi.
Author: "Probability Analysis In Determining Likelihood Of Confusion," New Matter, Volume 21, Number. 4, p. 41 (1997). Member: The Bar Association of San Francisco.
The State Bar of California. American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section).
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1980-1981). United States Trademark Association. The firm was founded in 1947 by Paul Doctorate. Flehr, who commenced practicing law in 1927.
The firm has an office in the heart of San Francisco"s financial and commercial center as well as in Palo Alto, the center of California"s "Silicon Valley." Its practice is intellectual property which includes litigation in Federal and State courts involving patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets, the preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark matters in the United States and throughout the world, patent and trademark investigations and copyright matters.
An international department is maintained which deals specifically with patent and trademark matters outside the United States. The firm"s attorneys handle the major technical fields including mechanical and chemical engineering, electronics, computer and data storage systems and components, drilling and mining equipment, food processing and products, nuclear and other energy production, medical equipment and prostheses, pharmaceutical, diagnostics and therapeutics, biological and genetic engineering including patenting of genetically engineered plants and animals.
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Member: The Bar Association of San Francisco. The State Bar of California. American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section).
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1980-1981). United States Trademark Association.
