Background
Stern, Richard Harvey was born on September 9, 1931 in New York City. Son of Harold and Syd Stern.
Stern, Richard Harvey was born on September 9, 1931 in New York City. Son of Harold and Syd Stern.
AB cum laude, Columbia University, 1953; Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Columbia University, 1954; Bachelor of Laws cum laude, Yale University, 1959.
Trial attorney, unites states department Justice, Washington, 1959-1962, 66-68;
chief intellectual property section, unites states department Justice, Washington, 1970-1978;
law clerk to Justice Byron R. White, Supreme Court of the United States Court, Washington, 1962-1963;
trial attorney, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, 1963-1966;
director compliance division, unites states department Commerce, Washington, 1968-1969;
attorney, Irons & Sears, Professional Corporation, 1978;
partner, Baker & Hostetler, 1979-1982;
partner, Stern & Roberts, 1982-1983;
sole practice, Washington, since 1983. Distinguished visiting professor law University of Minnesota, 1974. Consultant United States Semiconductor Industry Association, San Jose, California, since 1983, Ministry of International Trade and Industry Government Japan, Tokyo, since 1984, World Intellectual Property Organisation United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, since 1984, World Bank, Washington, since 1987.
Lecturer on computer related law.
Served with United States Army, 1955-1956. Member American Bar Association (chairman subcommittee on new forms intellectual property protectionfor high technical, patent and copyright sections 1983-1986), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (associate editor computer society journal Micro since 1984, writer bimonthly column, commission on Public Policy, chairman Intellectual Property subcommittee, since 1986), American Intellectual Property Law Association (chairman subcommittee on noncode aspects of computer software, computer software commission, 1987-1988), Order of Coif, EtaKappa Nu.
Married Janice Chaleen Teisberg, April 23, 1983. Children: Noah, Robert, Elizabeth.