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Naperville, Illinois

Litigate medical malpractice cases in state courts（芝加哥医疗事故律师）. Represent clients injured in auto accidents（芝加哥交通事故律师）. Apply patents, trademarks and copyrights for clients（芝加哥专利律师）. Litigate patent, trademark and copyright infringement cases in federal courts . Defend trademark infringement and counterfeiting clients from U.S. and China（芝加哥商标律师）. Admitted to Illinois Supreme Court, United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois, United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin and United States Patent & Trademark Office.

Chicago, Il

Practiced intellectual property law. Drafted eleven patent applications for clients in the fields of computer, Internet, wireless network, and telecommunication technologies.

Chicago, Il

Drafted twelve nonprovisional method and apparatus patent applications in the fields of computer and telecommunication for a Fortune 500 company client. Drafted mechanical patent applications. Responded to Office Actions. Conducted interviews with patent examiners. Researched IP infringement issues. Interviewed inventors and strategized with clients.

Chicago, Il

Drafted four patent applications and worked with patent attorneys to file the applications. Worked with patent attorneys to respond to an Office Action. Drafted and executed a Rule 132 declaration under direction of outside counsel for submission in support of patentability of a software patent application. Reduced numerous inventions to practice. Built and managed software development and infrastructure department. Used database, statistics, and computer technologies to mine and analyze large volumes of data.

• Managed Music Now client software development team• Directed the migration of the Music Now client software system to Vista and 64-bit platforms. Resolved communications issues between protected mode IE add-ons and standalone applications.• Developed a music service subscription system using Visual Studio 2005, C++, WTL, C#, HTTP• Worked with technological partners such as Microsoft to utilize DRM technology effectively• Implemented content processing engines with MFC, COM, ATL, C++, C#, Perl, .NET, and windows media technologies• Developed and managed digital license servers with ASP and IIS• Developed a Firefox plug-in to enable hosting of controls with dual interface

o Created and managed software development teamo Created prototype system and helped get company funded by venture capital (VC)o Defined application layer protocol between client computers and music service serverso Architected and designed service oriented software products, some of which have been running on hundreds of thousands users' computers for years. One platform is ActiveX based web “thin” client software. Used technologies such as C++, multithreading, DLL, ATL, COM, ActiveX, STL, MFC, SDKs, HTTP, XML, DRM, Windows Media, CodeBase, RSS, IE, .NETo Developed Java / JDBC application to access Oracle databaseso Selected XML, 1st in the industry, as data exchange format between client computer and music service servers in 2000o Developed ASP / VBScript applications to serve digital music licenses and process metering datao Used technologies such as Java, JavaScript, HTML, Servlet, JSP, JDBC, J2EE, ASP, VBScript, XML, Oracle, JHTML, Droplet

• Developed socket application for public safety sector to facilitate the transfer of data, such as mug shots, over WLAN• Prototyped wireless thin client system over cell phone network connection• Evaluated various technologies and products

• TabletPC type device: Developed Windows CE serial port, audio, digitizer, keyboard, and mouse device drivers in C++. Wrote an input system using MFC.• Led a team of five to upgrade a wireless communication system. Implemented localization, TCP/IP stack, user interface, OEM customization, centralized radio flash upgrade, and server integration with OEM software on Windows NT. C++, C, VB, and assembly language were used. Coordinated project activities with management, vendors, and OEMs.

• Led a team to perform concept proof, system analysis, and development of inking capture software. Worked with customers to define feature requirements. Used C, C++, MFC, VB, OLE, ActiveX.• Developed wireless thin client application for NT/WinFrame platform featuring support for individual and group users• Worked closely with 3rd parties

J.D., Intellectual Property Laws

Ms, Computer Science

Bs, Mathematics