Thomas James Email & Phone Number

Attorney, Law Office of Thomas B. James (1995 to Present)Cokato, Minnesota attorney Tom James (more formally known as Thomas James) has been practicing law since 1995, focusing on copyright registration, law and appeals; trademark registration, law and appeals; e-commerce law; and general appeals. Licensed to practice in Minnesota and admitted to the bar of Minnesota, the Federal and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. He is authorized to represent clients nationwide in trademark and copyright registration applications, oppositions, cancellations, and appeals. This includes the U.S. Trademark Office, U.S. Copyright Office, the TTAB (Trademark Trials and Appeals Board), and the CCB (Copyright Claims Board.)Author of the textbook, "E-Commerce Law: The Legal Compliance Handbook for Online Businesses" and the books, "Website Law." and "IP Law for Non-IP Attorneys," his articles have appeared in a number of law reviews and business publications, such as the Illinois Law Review, the Nebraska Law Review, the Mitchell-Hamline Law Journal of Public Policy and Practice, the Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender, and Class, and the Minnesota Bench & Bar. He is a past recipient of the American Jurisprudence Legal Scholarship Award, the Minnesota Governor's Commendation for Improvement of the Judicial System, and the Hennepin County Judges Award for Improvement of the Administration of Justice. In addition to practicing law, Thomas James is the founder of Echion CLE, a nonprofit continuing legal education resource for attorneys and other legal professionals. In this capacity, he has taught courses on topics such as copyright registration, copyright law, trademark registration, trademark law, ethics, attorney misconduct, elimination of bias in the legal profession, and family law. He is also a long-timer volunteer for Central Minnesota Legal Services, and more recently, LegalCORPS and the Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE).When he is not practicing law, teaching or writing, Tom James periodically writes a blog, "Cokato Copyright Attorney - The Law Blog of Thomas James." www.thomasbjames.com. Here he shares news and commentary on copyright and trademark law and legal developments in those areas.Minnesota attorney Thomas James has TEFL/TESOL and TBE certificates (Teaching English as a Foreign Language; Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages; Teaching Business English to Speakers of Other Langauges).

Listed skills include Appeals, Trademark Prosecution, Trademark Infringement, Copyright Litigation, and 16 others.