Richard H. Skjerven

Background

Skjerven, Richard H. was born on July 12, 1937 in Park River, North Dakota, United States.

Education

University of North Dakota (Bachelor of Arts, 1958. Juris Doctor, with distinction, 1961). Phi Delta Phi. Member, University of North Dakota Law Review, 1960-1961.

Career

Worked at Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel Limited Liability Partnership (San Jose, California) specializing in Intellectual Property Law, including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Mask Works, Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets and Licensing. Litigation in Federal and State Courts. Corporate, Commercial and General Business Law.

And International and Government Contracts Law.

Admitted to the bar, 1961, North Dakota. 1964, California; 1992, Texas.

Phi Delta Phi. Member, University of North Dakota Law Review.

Member: Santa Clara County Bar Association. (Also at Austin, Texas Office).

Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel emphasizes intellectual property law (patents, copyrights, trademarks, mask works, trade secrets, unfair competition and licensing) and related litigation and business transactions. Based in Silicon Valley, the Firm offers legal services to domestic and international clients in the electronics, computer, biotech and other industries.

Established in 1976, Skjerven, Morrill now has approximately 80 attorneys and maintains offices in San Jose and San Francisco, California, and Austin, Texas.

In addition to its intellectual property law practice, Skjerven, Morrill provides clients with a broad range of related business law and litigation services. The Firm represents clients in negotiating and structuring licensing and technology transfer agreements, corporate acquisitions, business organizations and financings, commercial transactions and various types of international joint ventures in which the technology owned or to be developed by the participants is an important element of the transaction. The Firm represents litigants in disputes that turn on technological issues, many involving both complex technology and novel questions of law.

The Firm also represents clients in a variety of general business and litigation matters.

Achievements

• Richard H. Skjerven has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Santa Clara County Bar Association. (Resident, San Jose Office). Corporate and Commercial Law, Trade Secrets, International and Domestic Technology Transfers.