Background
Ward, Thomas A. was born on July 27, 1962 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States.
Ward, Thomas A. was born on July 27, 1962 in Kingsport, Tennessee, United States.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, 1985). Emory & Henry College (Bachelor of Science in Engineering, cum laude, 1985). George Washington University (J. Doctorate., with honors, 1990).
Worked at Fliesler, Dubb, Meyer & Lovejoy Limited Liability Partnership (San Francisco, California) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Mask Works, Trade Secret, Computer, Biotechnology and Unfair Competition Law. Technology Licensing. Trials.
Admitted to the bar, 1990, Texas.
1992, California and District of Columbia.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office.
Member: State Bar of California. American Bar Association.
American Intellectual Property Law Association.
San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association. The firm was founded in 1982 as a specialty firm providing a full range of intellectual property services relating to patents, trademarks, copyrights, mask works, trade secrets and unfair competition. The firm counsels clients in evaluating, protecting, licensing and litigating intellectual property rights.
The firm"s clientele ranges from start-up companies to multinational corporations that engage in a broad range of high-technology fields, particularly computers, electronics, semiconductor chip technology, software, magnetic storage devices, telecommunications, biotechnology, physics, chemistry, medical developments and mechanics.
To bring both competence and excellence to the practice of intellectual property law, attorneys of the firm have advanced engineering and science degrees, experience in business and technology, are admitted to practice as attorneys-at-law in California and/or other jurisdictions, and are registered to practice as patent attorneys before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The firm has twenty-one attorneys practicing exclusively in the area of Intellectual Property Law, all of whom have strong technical backgrounds in the areas of electronics, mechanics, physics and chemistry.
Each of the attorneys of the firm has experience in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, and brings this expertise to other areas of intellectual property law, including licensing and litigation.
Member: State Bar of California. American Bar Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association.
San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association.