Background
Minden, Scott D. was born on June 24, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
Minden, Scott D. was born on June 24, 1970 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
University of California, Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts, 1992). University of Southern California (Juris Doctor, 1995).
Worked at Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel LLP (San Jose, California) specializing in Intellectual Property Law, including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Mask Works, Unfair Competition, Trade Secrets and Licensing. Litigation in Federal and State Courts. Corporate, Commercial and General Business Law.
And International and Government Contracts Law. Admitted to the bar, 1995, California. Order of the Coif. Managing Articles Editor, Southern California Law Review, 1994-1995.
Author: "The Constitutionality of Mandatory Community Service Programs in Public Schools," 68 Southern California Law Review 1391 (1995). Legal Writing Instructor, University of Southern California, 1994-1995. Skjerven, Morrill, MacPherson, Franklin & Friel emphasizes intellectual property law (patents, copyrights, trademarks, mask works, trade secrets, unfair competition and licensing) and related litigation and business transactions.
Based in Silicon Valley, the Firm offers legal services to domestic and international clients in the electronics, computer, biotech and other industries. Established in 1976, Skjerven, Morrill now has approximately 80 attorneys and maintains offices in San Jose and San Francisco, California, and Austin, Texas. In addition to its intellectual property law practice, Skjerven, Morrill provides clients with a broad range of related business law and litigation services.
The Firm represents clients in negotiating and structuring licensing and technology transfer agreements, corporate acquisitions, business organizations and financings, commercial transactions and various types of international joint ventures in which the technology owned or to be developed by the participants is an important element of the transaction. The Firm represents litigants in disputes that turn on technological issues, many involving both complex technology and novel questions of law. The Firm also represents clients in a variety of general business and litigation matters.