MEMBERS OF FIRM
William W. Cochran II (Member) born Bethesda, Maryland, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, District of Columbia; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; 1977, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado; 1978, Colorado; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1973, registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Colorado State University (B.S.E.E., 1969); George Washington University (J.D., 1974). Sigma Tau; Eta Kappa Nu; Tau Beta Pi. Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent Office, 1969-1972. Patent Attorney, Office of Naval Research, 1972-1976. Senior Attorney, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1976-1982. Associate: Klaas & Law, 1982-1984; Burton & Dorr, 1984-1986. Intellectual Property Attorney, Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA, 1986-1987. Corporate Counsel and Manager of Intellectual Property Litigation, Hewlett-Packard Company, Fort Collins, CO, 1987-1996. Of Counsel, Holland & Hart, 1996-1998. Partner, Merchant & Gould, 1998-1999. Founding Member, Cochran & Collins LLP, and Cochran Freund and Young LLC, 1999. Frequent Speaker and Author on Intellectual Property Law. Expert witness in several high profile patent litigations. Counsel of Record in Amicus Brief of Experienced Patent Attorneys submitted to U.S. Supreme Court in KSR v. Teleflex. Member: Colorado (Chair, 1992-1993 and Chair, 2002, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Section) and American (Patent and Trademark Affairs; Harmonization Subcommittee) Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; American Intellectual Property Law Association (Former Chair, Business and Technology Committee); Licensing Executive Society; Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. (Also at Boulder Office). Practice Areas: Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Intellectual Property; Technology Licensing; Computer Law; Computer Software Law; Technology and Science; Expert Witnessing.Email: William W. Cochran II
Samuel M. Freund, Ph.D. (Member) born Brooklyn, New York, 1943; admitted to bar, 1981, New Mexico; U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Colorado). Education: Polytechnic Institute of New York (B.S., Chemistry, 1964); Harvard University (M.A., Physics, 1966; Ph.D., Chemical Physics, 1971); University of New Mexico (J.D., 1981). Post doctorate Research Physicist, National Research Council, Canada. Laser Physicist: National Bureau of Standards, Maryland; Research Scientist (1976-1978) and Senior Patent Attorney (1981-2002), University of California Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico. Member: State Bar of New Mexico; American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Chemical Society; American Physical Society. (Also at Boulder Office). Languages: French and German. Practice Areas: Government Contracts; Technology Licensing; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Secrets; Expert Witnessing.Email: Samuel M. Freund, Ph.D.
James R. Young (Member) born Valley City, North Dakota, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Colorado, North Dakota, U.S. District Court, District of Colorado and U.S. District Court, District of North Dakota; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1983, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of North Dakota College (B.S.C.E., cum laude, 1969); University of Denver (J.D., 1974). Editor, Denver Law Journal, 1974. Nominated and chosen by peers to be honored in The Best Lawyers in America Directory for Intellectual Property, 2008. Member, Licensing Executives Society; Longmont Area Economic Council; Rotary International. Partner, Chrisman Bynum & Johnson PC, 1988-2001; Faegre & Benson LLP, 2002-2004. Member: Boulder County, Larimer County, Colorado (Chair, Patent, Trademark, and Copyright Section, 1982-1983) Bar Associations; State Bar Association of North Dakota. [U.S. Naval Reserve, 1969-1975]. (Also at Boulder Office). Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution; Software Licensing; Technology Licensing; Government Contracts; Intellectual Property; Trade Secrets; Trademarks; Copyrights; Unfair Competition.Email: James R. Young
ASSOCIATE
Christopher Whitham (Associate) born 1968; admitted to bar, 2006, Colorado; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Colorado School of Mines (Eng.-E.E. Specialty, 1991); University of Colorado (J.D. 2006). Registered Patent Agent, 2003. Professional Engineer, Colorado, 2003. Registered Patent Attorney, 2006. Engineer/Software Engineer Setpoint, Inc. 1991-1994. Engineer/Software Engineer, 1994-1999, Manager of Software Development, 1999-2000, Director of Software Development, 2000-2002, and Chief Software Engineer, 2002-2003, Encorp, Inc. Patent Agent, Cochran Freund & Young LLC, 2004-2006. Patent Attorney, Cochran Freund & Young, 2006. Member: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; ISA. Member: Colorado and American Bar Associations. (Also at Boulder Office). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Copyrights; Patents; Trade Secrets; Trademarks.Email: Christopher Whitham