STC Fall 2014 Breakfast Seminar Series
STC.UNM, the University of New Mexico’s technology-transfer office, is hosting its spring breakfast seminar series. The seminars are free and open to the UNM community and the public, but registration is required. Breakfast will be provided.
“A Start-up’s Guide to Avoiding Intellectual Property Pitfalls ”
Presented by Mr. Timothy M. Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D., Managing Partner, and Brian Wilson, M.S., J.D., Attorney, MH 2 Technology Law Group LLP Auditorium, Building… Show more 800, UNM Science & Technology Park, 800 Bradbury SE, South Campus (free parking available in the parking garage directly west of Building 800, at the corner of Basehart and Bradbury Drive)
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Timothy M. Hsieh, Ph.D., J.D. Managing Partner, MH 2 Technology Law Group LLP
Dr. Hsieh serves as the managing partner and head of the firm's electrical practice group. Dr. Hsieh has extensive experience in all aspects of patent law, including patent preparation and prosecution; patentability, validity, and infringement opinions; strategic patent portfolio development; patent landscape analysis; litigation; and licensing. He has particular expertise in the areas of advanced materials, semiconductors, MEMS, fiber optics, and nanotechnology.
Prior to joining MH 2 Technology Law Group LLP, Dr. Hsieh was an attorney with the law firm of Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP, in Washington, D.C. Dr. Hsieh also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Randall R. Rader at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Prior to his legal career, Dr. Hsieh worked for twelve years as a scientist for the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), FMC Corporation, and a start-up company. While a scientist, Dr. Hsieh conducted research on advanced materials and processes, lasers, and electro-optics.
Dr. Hsieh received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in materials science and engineering from the Johns Hopkins University. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as executive editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology .
Bryan Wilson, M.S., J.D. Attorney, MH 2 Technology Law Group LLP
Mr. Wilson is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and has expertise in all phases of patent prosecution. His specific practice areas include chemical composition and process technologies as well as semiconductor device and semiconductor fabrication technologies. Mr. Wilson also has experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications in a wide range of emerging technologies such as 3-D printing, nanotechnology, organic semiconductors, flexible displays, metamaterials, and aerogels.
Prior to joining MH 2 Technology Law Group, Mr. Wilson worked as an intellectual property manager and patent agent for a small medical device company. During law school, he worked full-time as a patent law clerk with Foley & Lardner, LLP, in the chemical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical practice group and with the firm’s nanotechnology industry team. Mr. Wilson has also successfully completed course work at the Munich Intellectual Property Law Center in Munich, Germany. Prior to law school, Mr. Wilson was a patent examiner at the USPTO in the semiconductor and nanotechnology art unit and volunteered as an associate editor and blogger for the Nanotechnology Law and Business Journal.
Prior to his legal career, Mr. Wilson worked as an engineer for an ultra-high vacuum systems and components manufacturer. In graduate school, his research focused on organic semiconductors for use in flexible displays, solid-state lighting and photovoltaic applications. Mr. Wilson received his BS in chemical engineering and an MS in materials science & engineering from The University of Florida and his JD from The George Washington University Law School.
ABOUT STC.UNM As the technology-transfer and economic-development arm of the University of New Mexico, STC.UNM (formerly known as the Science & Technology Corporation @ UNM) protects and commercializes technologies developed at UNM by filing patents and copyrights and transferring these technologies to the marketplace. We connect the business community (companies, entrepreneurs and investors) to these UNM technologies for licensing opportunities and the creation of start-up companies. To learn more about us, visit our website at http://www.stc.unm.edu
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