Background
Biggart II, Waddell A. was born on October 3, 1935 in Bonifay, Florida, United States.
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Waddell A. Biggart II
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University of Florida (B.S.Chem., 1956). Pennsylvania State University (Doctor of Philosophy, 1961). Salmon P. Chase College (Juris Doctor, 1967).
Career
Worked at Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas, PLLC (Washington, DC) specializing in Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Unfair Competition Law. Practice before the Federal Courts and Administrative Agencies. Antitrust, International Trade Regulation, International Patent and Trademark Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1967, Ohio and Florida. 1973, District of Columbia. 1983, United States. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and United States.
Supreme Court; 1984, United States. District Court for the District of Columbia. Registered to practice before United States.
Patent and Trademark Office. Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi. Phi Alpha Delta. Lecturer: "Advanced Patent Application and Amendment Writing Workshop," 1980-1985, "Patent Bar Review," 1981-1986, "The Law and Business of Genetically Engineered Microorganisms and Cells," 1981, "Genetic Engineering Worldwide," 1982, "Biotechnology Patent Practice," 1985-1986, 1988-1989, Patent Resources Group.
Annual Biotechnology Patent Conference, American Type Culture Collection, 1983-1990. The Fifth International Congress of Culture Collections, Bangkok, Thailand, 1984. Licensing Executives Society, Australia-New Zealand, Melbourne, 1984.
Licensing Executives Society, International, Tokyo, 1985. European Study Conference, London, 1985 and Munich, 1986. "Transferring Biotechnology," Les Nouvelles, March 1986, reprinted in Portfolio International Economic Perspectives, Volume 12, No.
1, United States. Information Agency. Member: The District of Columbia Bar. The Florida Bar; American Bar Association.
American Intellectual Property Law Association. Licensing Executives Society. International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property.
Association of University Technology Managers. International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association. The firm of Sughrue, Mion, Zinn, Macpeak & Seas is engaged in the practice of law relating to intellectual property.
The firm's diverse client base, encompasses a broad spectrum of multinational corporations, high technology growth companies and small start-up ventures. The firm represents its clients before the federal and state courts nationwide, as well as federal agencies having jurisdiction over matters that concern issues of international trade and intellectual property acquisition and protection. Moreover, the firm's proximity to the United States Patent and Trademark Office provides a unique opportunity to directly represent clients before that agency and, in particular, its Appellate Boards.
The firm is well known for its representation of clients in connection with the development and exploitation of emerging technologies, such as superconductors, multiprocessors, biotechnology and robotics, as well as established technologies, such as data processing, nuclear engineering, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, photography, telecommunications and semiconductors. The firm has expanded over the years to its present complement of twenty-eight partners and a comparable number of associates and clerks, the firm has spacious offices in Washington, D.C. and an office in Tokyo, Japan that is staffed by partners and associates to provide services to a client base in the Pacific basin.
Membership
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. The Florida Bar; American Bar Association. American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Licensing Executives Society. International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property. Association of University Technology Managers.
International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association.
