(Main Office)

Over the years, our attorneys have established a record of service to clients ranging from the individual inventor to Fortune 500 corporations. Representation of some clients constitutes an ongoing relationship with day-to-day involvement in their intellectual property activities.

In other instances, clients with intellectual property issues engage Storm LLP (often through a referral from the clients' regularly engaged law firm not specializing in intellectual property) for Storm LLP's capabilities in the areas of licensing, patent and trademark prosecution, and patent and trademark litigation.

We are located in downtown Dallas, Texas and are located on the top floor of the Bank of America Plaza building. Our office location provides an efficient base for providing client services, with room for future growth. We believe that careful planning and efficient operations best serve the needs of our clients. Recognizing the importance of efficiency and organization during complex litigation, the firm has designed its future office space with these needs in mind, including devoting a significant portion of the office space to support staff offices with document storage and work rooms annexed.

The attorneys at Storm LLP have extensive Federal Court practice across the country at both the district court and appellate court levels. These courts would include the federal district courts in California, Delaware, Florida, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, Arizona, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, and Pennsylvania and Courts of Appeal for the Second, Third, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, D.C. and Federal Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Storm LLP currently has eight attorneys and all practice general intellectual property ("IP") law. In particular, Storm LLP has several attorneys primarily dedicated to prosecution and counseling in IP matters, while the remainder are more litigation-oriented.

Storm LLP specializes in providing strategic planning and counseling for our clients. We approach our clients' intellectual property issues with their entire business in mind. Rather than just focusing on the issue of the day, our attorneys strive to become acquainted with and learn the fundamental aspects of our clients' entire business so that we can take the bigger picture into account when solving today's issue. With this approach we are able to assist our clients in not only resolving current problems and reaching short-term goals, but also in reaching long-term strategic goals to benefit their business as a whole. When counseling our clients on the best legal strategy, Storm LLP's attorneys take into consideration a wide variety of factors impacting all aspects of our clients' business, including growth plans, new product development, re-engineered or re-designed products to avoid infringement, competitors, industry analysis, financial condition, and how positions taken in one situation may impact the business in a later situation or impact another area of the business.

Storm LLP's medium-size structure allows our attorneys to interact and brainstorm on a regular basis. Essentially every attorney of the firm sees and communicates with every other attorney at the firm every day. We are a closely knit group that enjoys a remarkably positive working environment. That environment provides our clients the benefit of having input from several attorneys, including those not immediately involved in their representation, so that fresh ideas are regularly generated. Our clients obtain this multiple-attorney benefit without the added costs that would typically be encountered at larger firms. At the same time, a core group of attorneys is assigned to each matter so that we maintain continuity of involvement and knowledge in order to maintain our view of the bigger picture. Storm LLP is large enough to successfully and efficiently manage the most complex intellectual property litigation challenge, in any forum in the United States, for Fortune 500 companies. At the same time, Storm LLP is small enough to provide individualized, cost-effective consultation to small business owners. Whether small or large, our clients benefit from our philosophy of strategic planning and the whole business perspective with which we approach their representation.

Statement of Practice

Intellectual Property Law, Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, Litigation, Prosecution, Licensing.

Representative Clients:

Air Measurement Technologies, Inc.
Anheuser-Busch, Inc.
Baker Hughes Inc.
Catalina Marketing
Collier Metal Specialties
Detex Corporation
FAS Technologies LLC
The Gearhart Companies, Inc.
KMW, Inc.
Nanya Technology Corporation
Quick Technologies, Inc.
Stak Design, Inc.
Board of Regents, University of Texas System.

Address

Bank of America Plaza
901 Main Street, Suite 7100
Dallas, TX 75202, (Collin, Dallas & Denton Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 214-347-4700
Facsimile: 214-347-4799

Website

http://www.stormllp.com

PARTNERS

Paul V. Storm (Partner) admitted to bar, 1990, Texas and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 2001, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2003, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of New York; 2006, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin and U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas (B.S.Ch.E., with honors, 1980; J.D., 1990). Listed, Top Third in class, University of Texas Law School, 1990. Formerly: Engineer for IBM; Independent Contractor. Member: Dallas and Federal Circuit (Member: Intellectual Property Law Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Texas; Dallas-Ft. Worth Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 1995); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Reported Cases: Olde Tyme Foods v. Roundy's, 961 F2d 200 (Fed. Cir. 1992) (trademark opposition); Southwall Technologies v. Cardinal IG Co., 54 F3d 1570 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (patent); Hardwick Airmasters v. Lennox, 78 F3d 1332 (8th Cir. 1996)) (copyright); and Lulirama v. Axcess Broadcast Services, 128 F3d 872 (5th Cir. 1997) (copyright).Email: Paul V. Storm

John G. Fischer (Partner) admitted to bar, 1996, Texas; 1997, Colorado; 1998, District of Columbia; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas; 2001, U.S. Supreme Court; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Southern California (B.S.M.E., 1979); Southern Methodist University (J.D., 1996). Licensed Professional Engineer in Texas, 1991—. Member: Dallas and American Bar Associations; Texas Society of Professional Engineers; National Society of Professional Engineers; College of the State Bar of Texas (5 year Member). Practice Areas: Patent Prosecution; Trademark Prosecution; Intellectual Property Licensing; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: John G. Fischer

Mark D. Perdue (Partner) born Fort Worth, Texas, January 29, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Texas; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S.M.E., 1988; J.D., 1991). Tau Beta Pi; Pi Tau Sigma. Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Fort Worth Young Lawyer Association (Director, 1995); American Intellectual Property Law Association. Reported Cases: United States Values, Inc. v. Dray 272 F3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2000); U.S. Valves, Inc. v. Dray, 190 E.3d 811 (7th Cir. 1999); Emerson Elec. Co. v. Davoil, Inc. 88 F3d 1051 (1996); Andrea Evans Enters v. Piper Mgmt, 2003 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5968 (N.D. Tex. 2003); Domsalla v. Stephens, U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5845 (N.D. Tex. 2001); Allison v. City of Ft. Worth, 60 F.Supp.2d 589 (N.D. Tex 1999); T & T Geotechnical v. Union Pac. Resources Co., 944 F.Supp. 1317 (N.D. Tex. 1996); In Re Lock, 54 S.W.3d 305 (Tex. 2001). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Technology; Litigation; Intellectual Property Licensing.Email: Mark D. Perdue

ASSOCIATES

Jeannine M. Host (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Illinois; 2007, Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Minnesota (B.S.Ch.E., 1994); The John Marshall Law School (J.D., 2000). Member: Dallas, Federal and American Bar Associations. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Jeannine M. Host

S. Scott Pershern (Associate) admitted to bar, 2007, Texas. Education: Texas A & M University (B.S., Biomedical Engineering, 1998); University of Houston (J.D., 2007). Business Editor, Houston Journal of International Law, 2006-2007; Former: Manager of Call Center Technology, Clarke American; Senior Technical Consultant, Avaya; Consultant, PricewaterhouseCoopers. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: S. Scott Pershern

Michael W. Leach (Attorney) born Fort Belvoir, Virginia; admitted to bar, 2008, Texas. Education: The Pennsylvania State University (B.S., Pre-Medicine, 1997); John Jay College of Criminal Justice (M.S., Forensic Science, 2003); University of Houston (J.D., 2008). Associate Editor, Houston Business and Tax Law Journal, 2007-2008. Testifying Forensic Expert, Fields of Serology and DNA. Former: Criminalist II, (forensic DNA Analyst); Office of Chief Medical Examiner, New York, NY. Forensic DNA Analyst, Harris County Medical Examiner, Houston, TX. Forensic DNA consultant, Houston Police Department DNA Laboratory inquiry, Houston, TX. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.

Anthony P. Miller (Attorney) born Houston, Texas; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas. Education: University of Texas (B.A, 2000); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., 2003). Practice Areas: Complex Litigation.

OF COUNSEL

Shaukat A. Karjeker (Of Counsel) born Cape Town, South Africa, August 22, 1951; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; 1995, Washington; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Cape Town, South Africa (B.S., Chem. Eng., 1973; M.B.A., 1977); University of Texas (J.D., 1987). Formerly with Stoel Rives LLP. Member: King County and Washington State (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section), Asian and Kanoon South Asian Bar Associations; Washington Patent Law Association. Languages: Dutch and Afrikaans.Email: Shaukat A. Karjeker