Richard P. Beem

Background

Beem, Richard P. was born on December 7, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William Richard and Vivian Onita (Swenson) Beem.

Education

Iowa State University (Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, 1979). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, cum laude, 1985).

Career

Worked at Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Intellectual Property and Technology-Related Law including Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secret, Copyrights and Unfair Competition, Antitrust and International Trade Commission Causes and Related Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Texas. 1986 District of Columbia.

1987, Illinois; United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. United States. Court of Appeals, Federal and Seventh Circuits.

United States. Supreme Court. Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.

Order of the Coif. Associate editor, Houston Law Review, 1984-1985. Law Clerk to Honorary Edward S. Smith, Circuit Judge, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, 1985-1987.

Contributing Author: Federal Circuit Patent Law Decisions," AIPLA, 1987-1992. "Candor in Prosecution," AIPLA, 1985. Member: Chicago (Chair, Patent Subcommittee of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights Committee, 1994-1996), Seventh Circuit, Federal Circuit and American (Chair, Committee on International Patent Laws and Treaties, 1996—) Bar Associations.

American Intellectual Property Law Association. Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Board of Managers, 1990-1994. Secretary, 1992-1994).

Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, 1994—. Treasurer, 1996—); Licensing Executives Society. International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property.

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery was founded in 1859 as Goodwin, Larned & Goodwin making it the senior established law firm in Chicago. Its practice is devoted to intellectual property and technology related law. The firm's clients range from independent inventors to multi-national corporations.

The firm regularly represents its clients in courts and governmental agencies in the United States. as well as some 140 other countries. Firm members have been leaders in their respective fields of technology as well as in the legal community, having served as expert witnesses, special masters in the Federal Courts, educators, authors and also founders and presidents of noteworthy legal associations including the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago and its predecessor.

Membership

Member: Chicago (Chair, Patent Subcommittee of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights Committee, 1994-1996), Seventh Circuit, Federal Circuit and American (Chair, Committee on International Patent Laws and Treaties, 1996—) Bar Associations. American Intellectual Property Law Association. Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (Board of Managers, 1990-1994.

Secretary, 1992-1994). Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Inn of Court (Master of the Bench, 1994—. Treasurer, 1996—); Licensing Executives Society.

International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property.

Connections

Married Rebecca Graham, June 27, 1981.

Father:

William Richard Beem

Mother:

Vivian Onita (Swenson) Beem

Spouse:

Rebecca Graham