Background
Irving, Thomas L. was born on April 29, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Irving, Thomas L. was born on April 29, 1951 in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
University of Utah (Bachelor of Arts.Chem., magna cum laude, 1974). Duke University School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1977). Spoken languages: Spanish.
Worked at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. (Washington, DC) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition, Licensing and Related Litigation, Antitrust, International Trade and Government Contract Law. Admitted to the bar, 1977, District of Columbia. 1982, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Registered to practice before United States. Patent and Trademark Office. Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.
Recipient, American Jurisprudence Book Award in Evidence, Duke University School of Law, 1976. Author: "Preliminary Motions Under Rule 633," 67 JPOS 128, 1985. "The Federal Circuit and Chemical Practice, 1986-1987," Selected Legal Papers, Volume V, No.
1, 1987; "Necessarily Non-Obvious? - Dillon and Pleuddemann," Selected Legal Papers, Volume 9, No. 1, 1991, American Intellectual Property Law Association. Co-Author: "Chemical Patent Law," Patent Resources Group, 1996, 1997.
"Patents Under Gatt's Uruguay Round Agreements Act," Patent Resources Group, 1995. "Patent Practice After GATT," Patent Resources Group, 1995. "Proving a Date of Invention and Infringement After GATT/TRIPs," AIPLA Quarterly Journal, Volume 22, Nos.
3-4, Summer/Fall 1994. "A Year in Review: The Federal Circuit's Patent Decisions of 1993," The American University Law Review Volume 43, No. 4, Summer 1994; "The Significant Federal Circuit Cases Interpreting Section 112," The American University Law Review, Volume 41, No.
3, Spring 1992; "The Federal Circuit and Chemical Patent Practice, 1987-1988," Selected Legal Papers, Volume VI, No. 1, 1988; "35 United States.C. 112 and Chemical Practice," Basic Chemical and Biotechnology Practice, AIPLA, 1988, 1990. "The Federal Circuit and Chemical Patent Practice, 1988-1989," Selected Legal Papers, Volume VII, No.
1, 1989; "Federal Circuit Patent Practice 1989-1990," Selected Legal Papers, Volume VIII, Nos. 1 and 2, 1991; "Double Patenting: One Way, Whose Delay?" 1992. "Section 112, Paragraph Six: What Ends Are Justified by the Means?" 1992.
Adjunct Professor of Patent Law, Washington College of Law, American University, 1988-1993. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law). American Intellectual Property Law Association (Board of Directors, 1991-1994.
Chairman, Chemical Practice Committee, 1989-1991. And Chairman, Chemical Practice Committee. Chemical Practice Committee Chair of Subcommittees on CAFC, District Court, 1985-1987 and Continuing legal education 1988-1989).
American Chemical Society (Member, Division of Chemistry and the Law, 1983. Program Chairman, 1985-1986. Chairman, 1987; Chairman, Nominations and Elections, 1988).
(Resident Partner, Brussels, Belgium Office). Founded in 1965, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner has grown to become the largest law firm practicing in the specialized field of intellectual property law in Washington, D.C., and one of the largest in the United States. The intellectual property practice of the firm encompasses every area of technology and includes all aspects of patent, trademark and copyright law.
The firm also has a significant practice in other areas related to the interface of law and technology, such as computer law, unfair competition, government contracts, export control, and related antitrust, licensing, litigation and international trade matters.
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Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law). American Intellectual Property Law Association (Board of Directors, 1991-1994. Chairman, Chemical Practice Committee, 1989-1991.
And Chairman, Chemical Practice Committee. Chemical Practice Committee Chair of Subcommittees on CAFC, District Court, 1985-1987 and Continuing legal education 1988-1989). American Chemical Society (Member, Division of Chemistry and the Law, 1983.
Program Chairman, 1985-1986. Chairman, 1987; Chairman, Nominations and Elections, 1988). (Resident Partner, Brussels, Belgium Office).