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Thomas A. Ward

Partner
email: taw@fdml.com


Overview

Mr. Ward counsels clients in the technical fields of electronic circuit designs, microwave circuit designs, computer architecture, computer software, networking technology, telecommunications, optical systems and other high-technology arts. Mr. Ward focuses on legal counseling for patent, copyright, trademark and trade secret matters, including litigation, licensing and prosecution.

Mr. Ward was previously an associate attorney with Arnold, White & Durkee (Houston, Texas) where his practice included patent litigation and prosecution. Mr. Ward was a law clerk for Foley & Lardner (Alexandria, Virginia), and began his career as a radar antenna design engineer for Westinghouse Electric Company.

Education

Virginia Tech, B.S. Electrical Engineering 1985
Emory & Henry College, B.S. Engineering 1985 cum laude
George Washington University, J.D. 1990 with honors

Admissions and Memberships

State Bar of California
State Bar of District of Columbia
State Bar of Texas
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States District Court for the Northern District of California

Executive Committee, California Bar's Intellectual Property Section
Vice-Chair and Liaison, Patent Standing Committee
Co-Chair, Patent Standing Committee (2004-2008)

Lectures and Publications

Mr. Ward has been a lecturer for the State Bar of California Annual Convention and other programs on topics including Ethics and Intellectual Property Law, Intellectual Property Basics, and PCT Chapter II.  Mr. Ward has further written articles for the California Bar publication New Matter including Reexamination: Can Patent Reform Help? (Volume 35, Number 1, March 2010), First Window Patent Opposition:  What to Expect if this Patent Reform Provision Becomes Law ((Volume 34, Number 3, 2009), The Perils of Publishing and Promoting a Memoir with False Claims in California (April 2009), and The London Agreement (Nov. 2008), and Patent Reform and the Prevailing Party Award (Nov. 2007).

 

 
 
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