Background
Stern, Richard H. was born on September 9, 1931 in New York, New York, United States.
Stern, Richard H. was born on September 9, 1931 in New York, New York, United States.
Columbia College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1953). Columbia University (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1954). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1959).
Worked at Ablondi, Foster, Sobin & Davidow, Professional Corporation Admitted to the bar, 1959, Connecticut. 1970, United States. Supreme Court.
1980, District of Columbia. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office.
Eta Kappa Nu. Order of the Coif. Author: "Semiconductor Chip Protection," Prentice-Hall/Law & Business, 1986. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/Law & Business, 1986.
Member, Advisory Board: European Intellectual Property Review, 1978.
BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 1982. International Review of Computers, Technology and the Law, 1984-1986.
Associate Editor, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Micro, 1982. Copyright and Antitrust Editor, Computer Law Reporter, 1982.
Law Clerk to Mr. Justice Byron R. White, United States.
Supreme Court, 1962-1963. Attorney-Advisor to Commissioner A. L. Higginbotham and Trial Attorney, Bureau of Restraint of Trade, Federal Trade Commission, 1963-1966. Director, Compliance Division, Office of Foreign Direct Investments, United States.
Department of Commerce, 1968-1969.
Chief, Patent Section, 1970-1977 and Chief, Intellectual Property Section, 1977-1978, Antitrust Division, United States. Department of Justice.
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, University of Minnesota, 1974. Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University, 1992.
Member: District of Columbia Bar.
American Bar Association (Chairman, Subcommittee on New Forms of Protection for Computer Software, Computer Software Committee, Patent Section, 1982-1986). American Intellectual Property Law Association. Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Chairman, Intellectual Property Subcommittee, Public Policy Committee, 1985).
The Firm specializes in international trade regulation (including Customs and export control), antitrust, unfair competition, international transactions, and intellectual property licensing and litigation.
lieutenant represents major domestic and foreign interests before the United States. International Trade Commission, United States.
Department of Commerce, United States. Customs Services, United States.
Trade Representative, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the United States.
Department of Justice, the Federal Courts, Congress and other entities. lieutenant also represents clients before the European Commission and international trade and competition tribunals of such countries as Mexico, Canada and Columbia. The Firm has been involved in numerous cases involving Section 337 unfair trade practices.
Antidumping and countervailing duties.
Antitrust claims; multilateral agreements such as General Agreement of Tariff and Trades and the World Trade Organization. Customs classification and valuation.
The North American Free Trade Agreement. The Generalized System of Preferences ("Generalized System of Preferences"). And Section 301. The Firm also counsels and represents clients on issues related to economic damages and litigation in intellectual property disputes and high technology licensing and other business negotiations and transactions.
Member, Advisory Board: European Intellectual Property Review, 1978. BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, 1982. International Review of Computers, Technology and the Law, 1984-1986.
Associate Editor, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Micro, 1982.
Copyright and Antitrust Editor, Computer Law Reporter, 1982. Law Clerk to Mr. Justice Byron R. White, United States.
Supreme Court, 1962-1963. Attorney-Advisor to Commissioner A. L. Higginbotham and Trial Attorney, Bureau of Restraint of Trade, Federal Trade Commission, 1963-1966.
Director, Compliance Division, Office of Foreign Direct Investments, United States.
Department of Commerce, 1968-1969. Chief, Patent Section, 1970-1977 and Chief, Intellectual Property Section, 1977-1978, Antitrust Division, United States. Department of Justice.
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law, University of Minnesota, 1974.
Professorial Lecturer in Law, George Washington University, 1992. Member: District of Columbia Bar.
American Bar Association (Chairman, Subcommittee on New Forms of Protection for Computer Software, Computer Software Committee, Patent Section, 1982-1986). American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Chairman, Intellectual Property Subcommittee, Public Policy Committee, 1985).