Background
Greene Sterne, Robert was born on November 15, 1951 in Dallas, Texas, United States.
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Robert Greene Sterne
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Tufts University (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1973. Master of Science, 1975). University of Maryland (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1977).
Career
In re Beauregard, 35 USPQ2d 1383 (Fed. Cir. 1995).Worked at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (Washington, DC) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Computer, Electronics, Biotechnology and Industrial Design Law and Related Litigation and Licensing. Admitted to the bar, 1977, Maryland. 1978, United States. Claims Court.
1980, District of Columbia. 1982, United States. District Court, District of Maryland. 1993, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office. Member, Advisory Board, BNA's Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, 1986.
Contributing Editor, Computers and Law, BYTE Magazine, 1984-1986. Member, The International Trade Law Journal, 1976-1977. Author: "Patent Infringement Practice Before the United States International Trade Commission," The International Trade Law Journal, Summer, 1977.
"A Primer for Practice before the United States Court of Claims," University of Maryland Law Forum, March, 1979. "Trademark Law: Federal, Maryland Statutory and Maryland Common Law" and "Maryland Trade Secret Law," MICPEL, April, 1980. "Trademarking Software Packages," BYTE, March, 1984.
"Copying Mass Marketed Software," BYTE, February, 1985. "United States. Software Law," Forum, 1985. "The Sale of Computer Products," BYTE, May 1985.
"Computer Law Fundamentals, BABC," 1986. "How To Protect Artificial Intelligence and Expert System Technology," AIPLA, October, 1986. Co-Author: "An Overview of Software Copying Policy in Corporate America," The Journal of Law and Technology, Spring, 1986.
"From Shrink Wrap to Negotiated End User Software License Agreement: A Practical Perspective," Computer Software 1989 Practicing Law Institute, Volume 2, 1989. "Worldwide Patent Protection for Computer-Related Technology: Tips for the Supervising Attorney," Patent Protection for Computer Software, Prentice-Hall Law & Business 1989. "Intellectual Property Considerations of Corporate Partnering," Corporate Partnering, Practicing Law Institute, 1989.
Co-Author: "The Shifting Sands of §101 and §112 Requirements for Computer Program-Related Inventions," with American Bar Association, Section of International Law and Practice, Annual Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1993. "Overcoming 35 United States.C. § 101 Rejections of Electronic and Computer Inventions," American Bar Association Section of Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law, Continuing legal education Program, Spring, 1993. "Computer Program Patents: A Public Policy Respective," PTO Day, 1994.
Lecturer on Computer Law, The BYTE Computer Shows, 1984-1985. Patent Law Experts, Trial of a Patent Case, ALI/American Bar Association, 1993, 1994, 1995. Member: The District of Columbia Bar.
Bar Association of Baltimore City. Maryland State and American (Chairman, Statutory Protection Subcommittee, Computer Software Committee, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section, 1981-1984) Bar Associations. American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1988-1991.
Member, Amicus Committee, 1994. Chairman, Information Retrieval Committee, 1985-1988. Co-Chairman, Institute on The Law of Computer Related Technology, 1984.
Chairman, Institute on The Law of Computer Related Technology, 1988, 199 2. Member, Legislative Initiatives Committee, 1988. Member, The Ad Hoc Automation Advisory Committee to the PTO, 1984.
Member, Electronic and Computer Law Committee, 1977. Computer Law Association. Maryland Patent Law Association.
The Firm maintains an office in Washington D.C. The Firm has experience in all aspects of domestic and foreign intellectual property law practice, including: investigations and analyses (novelty. State-of-the-art; infringement. Validity; registrability.
Clearance); procurement (domestic and foreign). Enforcement (litigation, licensing, and arbitrationboth domestic and foreign). And general client counseling (computer contracts.
Employment agreements. Joint ventures; plant security programs. Due diligence strategies.
Publishing; trade secrets. Technology transfer; development agreements, confidentiality/secrecy agreements. Software protection programs.
Corporation-sponsored research contracts. License agreements; university-industry relations. Consultantships; government research funding).
The patent attorneys of the Firm are registered to practice before the United States. Patent and Trademark Office and several hold advanced degrees in engineering or science.
Membership
Member, Advisory Board, BNA's Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, 1986. Contributing Editor, Computers and Law, BYTE Magazine, 1984-1986. Member, The International Trade Law Journal, 1976-1977.
