Background
Laurie, Ronald Sheldon was born on June 30, 1942 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Charles M. and Mimosa (Ezaoui) Laurie.
Laurie, Ronald Sheldon was born on June 30, 1942 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Charles M. and Mimosa (Ezaoui) Laurie.
University of California at Berkeley (B.S.I.E., 1964). University of San Francisco (Juris Doctor, 1968). Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Pi Museum
I.C.C.P Certificate in Data Processing, 1972.
Worked at McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen (San Jose, California. Also Palo Alto and San Francisco) specializing in Intellectual Property Law, Information Technology Law. Admitted to the bar, 1969, California.
Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Phi Delta Phi; Alpha Pi Museum
I.C.C.P Certificate in Data Processing, 1972. Company-Author: "Protection of Trade Secrets in Object Form Software: The Case for Reverse Engineering," The Computer Lawyer, July, 1984.
"The Copyrightability of Microcode: Is it Hardware or Software or Both?" The Computer Lawyer, March 1985.
Author: "The First Year"s Experience Under the Chip Protection Acting (Where Are the Pirates Now That We Need Them?)" The Computer Lawyer, February, 1986. "Nippon Electric Corporation v. Intel: Compatibility, Constraints and ChoicesA Closer Look at the Scope of Copyright Protection in Microcode," The Computer Lawyer, October, 1986. Company-Author: "Beyond Microcode: Alloy v.
UltratekThe First Attempt to Extend Copyright Protection to Computer Hardware," The Computer Lawyer, April 1989.
Company-Author: "A Bridge Over Troubled Waters? Software Patentability and the Pacific Theater of Operations"s Proposed Guidelines," The Computer Lawyer, September/October, 1995. Company-editor: "International Intellectual Property," Prentice Hall Law & Business, 1992.
Lecturer, Stanford Law School (Computer Law) 1993. Director, Computer Law Association, 1988.
Member: State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Section, 1990-1993).
American and International Bar Associations. International Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1988). American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Association for Computing Machinery. (Also at Palo Alto and San Francisco Offices).
Member: State Bar of California (Member, Executive Committee, Intellectual Property Section, 1990-1993). American and International Bar Associations. International Intellectual Property Law Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1988).
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Association for Computing Machinery.
(Also at Palo Alto and San Francisco Offices).
Married Mina Heshmati, June 1, 1986.