Background
ARNOLD, TOM was born on November 20, 1923 in Houston, Texas, United States.
ARNOLD, TOM was born on November 20, 1923 in Houston, Texas, United States.
University of Texas at Austin (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, with honors, 1944. Juris Doctor, with honors, 1949). Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Phi Eta Sigma.
Assistant Editor, Texas Law Review, 1948-1949.
Worked at Arnold, White & Durkee, A Professional Corporation (Houston, Texas) specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Mediation, Dispute Resolution Systems Design. Admitted to the bar, 1949, Texas. Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi.
Phi Eta Sigma.
Assistant Editor, Texas Law Review, 1948-1949. Author: Patent Alternative Dispute Resolution, Clark Boardman Company, New York, 1991. 1988 Licensing Law Handbook, Clark Boardman Company, New York, 1988.
Company-Author: Domestic and Foreign Technology Licensing, Practising Law Institute, New York, 1984.
Protecting Trade Secrets, Practising Law Institute, New York, 1983. Patent-Antitrust, Practising Law Institute, New York, 1978.
Patent Litigation Workshop: How To Win In Court Foreign The Patentee, Practicing Law Institute, New York, 1973. Patentee Trial Advocacy, Patent Resources Group, Incorporated., Washington, District of Columbia, 1972.
Invention Protection for Practicing Engineers, Barnes & Noble, Incorporated., New York, 1971.
Company-Editor: The Law & Business of Licensing-Licensing in the 1980"s, Clark Boardman Company, New York, 1981-1984. Attorney, United States. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Patent Section, 1949-1951.
Member: Patent Advisory Committee, United States.
Department of Commerce, 1968-1969. Working Group on Patent Policy, Industrial Advisory Subcommittee, United States Domestic Policy Review on Industrial Innovation, 1978-1979.
International Intellectual Property Advisory Committee, United States. Department of State, 1978-1979.
Advisory Board, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, Bureau of National Affairs, Incorporated., Washington, District of Columbia, 1974-1978.
Recipient: Journal of Patent and Trademark Office Society"s Rossman Memorial Award, 1987. State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section Chair"s Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Section and to the Intellectual Property Profession Generally Over Many Years, 1988. Houston Intellectual Property Law Association"s President"s Award for Outstanding Service to the Profession and to the Association, 1985.
Licensing Executives Society International"s Special Commendation for Contributions to the Law and Practice of Technology Transfer, 1982.
State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section"s 100th Anniversary Award, 1982. New Jersey Patent Law Association"s Jefferson Medal for Outstanding Contributions to Intellectual Property Law and Practice, 1974.
Listed in, "The Best Lawyers in America," in Intellectual Property Law. Adjunct Professor: University of Houston, 1991-1992.
The University of Texas at Austin, 1990-1991.
Member: A. A. White Dispute Resolution Institute (President, 1993). American Arbitration Association, Southwest Advisory Council, 1991-1993. Society of Professionals in Dispute Resolution, 1991.
Member: American Arbitration Association, 1989.
Center for Public Resources, Incorporated., 1989. Dispute Resolution Center (Houston), 1990.
Private Adjudication Center, Incorporated., 1988. Director, International Center for Arbitration, 1993-1995.
Member, American Law Institute.
President, Licensing Executives Society (United States of America/Canada), 1979-1980. Treasurer, Licensing Executives Society International, 1987-1991. President, Houston Bar Association, 1977-1978.
Chairman, National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations, 1968-1969.
Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 1955-1956. Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section, American Bar Association, 1964-1965.
President, American Intellectual Property Law Association, 1978-1979. Fellow: American Bar Foundation.
Texas Bar Foundation (Charter Life).
Houston Bar Foundation (Charter Life). Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London).
Member: Patent Advisory Committee, United States. Department of Commerce, 1968-1969. Working Group on Patent Policy, Industrial Advisory Subcommittee, United States Domestic Policy Review on Industrial Innovation, 1978-1979.
International Intellectual Property Advisory Committee, United States.
Department of State, 1978-1979. Advisory Board, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Journal, Bureau of National Affairs, Incorporated., Washington, District of Columbia, 1974-1978.
Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Texas Bar Foundation (Charter Life).
Houston Bar Foundation (Charter Life).
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (London).