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| | Address | | Sterling Bank, 2401 Fountainview, Suite 630 | | Houston, Texas 77057 | | (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.) | | | |
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| Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. practices in the following areas of law:
Patent, Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secret Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Administrative Law, Communications, Corporate Law, Contracts, Media Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology and Science Law, Eminent Domain, Entertainment Law, Franchise Law, Internet Law, Securities, Arbitration, Mediation. | | Year Established: 1996 | Firm Profile:
Founded in 1996, Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. is a full-service intellectual property firm. Our attorneys represent clients in litigation, prosecution, opinions, strategic planning and licensing. This work is performed both domestically and internationally with matters in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East. The firm's West Houston location is very close to Houston's major medical centers, technology centers and universities. Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. is less than an hour drive from NASA's Johnson Space Center, just over a two-hour drive from Austin's technology areas, and less than one hour by plane from Dallas. Non-stop flights to Tokyo, Europe and Latin America, along with its central location in the U.S., make Houston a very flexible location. In large litigation matters, the firm associates with attorneys specializing in trial work. This strategy allows Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. to field the large number of people sometimes needed in litigation. High-speed data links and document image-sharing technology have allowed the firm to work closely with local counsel and other specialists in any location. The same technology, coupled video conferencing, makes for efficient representation in prosecution and negotiation situations as well. The firm's state-of-the-art document management and docket system allows for highly accurate and timely reporting and docketing of the unique deadlines an intellectual property practice faces. The firm's attorneys have extensive patent prosecution, litigation, appellate and licensing experience in a variety of technical areas. Those areas include: semiconductor manufacturing, microprocessors, tire manufacturing, medical devices, internal combustion engines, fuel injectors, signal processing, fly-by-wire systems, software and communication protocols, optics, lasers, fiber-optics, night vision optics, flat panel displays, geophysics, drilling technologies, recording systems and connectors, database structures and other computer metallurgy, foundry technology, refractory chemistry, water purification, complex mechanical systems, paper products, thermodynamics, hydraulics, injection molding, charge-coupled devices, displacement ship hulls, global positioning and other navigation systems and other areas. Clients vary greatly, including start-up organizations, Fortune 100 companies, mid-size organizations with no in-house counsel, artists, inventors and writers. These clients are from around the world and Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. deals with people from a number of cultures. Resumes of the individual attorneys and technical advisors are attached. | | Firm Size: 3 | | Gordon T. Arnold (Managing Partner) born Houston, Texas, September 22, 1960; admitted to bar, 1988, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Federal Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania; U.S. District Court, Central District of California; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: University of Texas at Austin (B.S., Electrical Engineering, 1984) University of Houston (J.D., 1988). Speaker: "Misuse and Antitrust in Intellectual Property Licenses." Advanced Licensing Transactions, Legal and Business Issues; Co-Chair, Law Seminars International, Houston, Atlanta, 2004; "When Do Damages Come to the Fore?" American Intellectual Property Law Association, 2003 Fall Meeting; "Negotiating Technology Outsourcing," Law Seminars International, Seattle, 2003; "Intellectual Property Practically Speaking," Texas Public Relations Association's 2003 Annual Conference, Houston; "2003 Update on the Law of Patents," American Intellectual Property Law Association, Mid-Winter Institute, Marco Island; "When Do You Need An Opinion on a Patent?" Law Education Institute, Snowmass, 2003; "Valuation of Intellectual Capital and Intellectual Property in Tough Times," Texas Technology Conference, Houston, 2002; "What Every Business Person Should Know About Intellectual Property," AIChe 2002 Spring National Meeting, New Orleans, 2002; "How to Structure Corporate IP Operations," American Intellectual Property Law Association, 25th Mid-Winter Institute, Phoenix, 2002; "When Does the Specification Limit the Scope of the Claims?" American Intellectual Property Law Association, Annual Meeting, Arlington, 2001; "Written Description and Enablement: Claim Interpretation, Priority, and Invalidity Under 35 U.S.C. 112, American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, Summer IPL Conference, Seattle, 2001; "Selling Non Obviousness in the Courtroom: Marshaling the Evidence," State Bar of Texas IP Section, Intellectual Property Law 2001, Dallas, 2001; "Can Activities In Mexico Cause Liability In The US For Patent Infringement?" Texas-Mexico Bar Association, Seventh Annual Conference, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2000. "E-Commerce and Business Methods — What Type of Evidence Must a Challenger Use?" Practicing Law Institute, Patent Litigation 2000, New York City, 2000; "Inequitable Conduct, Laches and Other Non-statutory Defenses," PLI Patent Litigation Program, New York, 1996, 1997, 1998; National Inventors Hall of Fame, Akron, 2000; LEI Patent Program, Vail, 2000; "Developing The Evidence on Patent Validity Issues," Practicing Law Institute, Patent Litigation 1999, New York City, 1999; "Definiteness v. Equity: The Tension between the Desire to Protect the Inventor's Contribution and the Desire for Clear Lines between Infringement and Non-infringement," National Inventor's Hall of Fame Induction, Akron, 1999; "Update on the New Patent and Trademark Office Rules," American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section Annual Meeting, 1998; "Developing the Evidence of Invalidity," PLI Patent Litigation Program, New York, 1993-1995, 1999, LEI Patent Program, Vail, 1997; "Antitrust Problems when Asserting Intellectual Property Rights: Walker Process and Handgards Claims," 1994 PLI Patent/Antitrust Program, West Coast; "Best Mode Disclosure: Does the Information Improve the Operation or Effectiveness of the Claimed Invention?" University of Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal, 1993; "Changes in the Best Mode Requirement: Satisfying the Preferred Embodiment Rule and Using the Preferred Defense of the Nineties," 1994 ABA IP Section CLE Program, Washington, DC, 1992 State Bar Of Texas IP Section Annual CLE Program, Austin; "Inequitable Conduct: Things to Look for - Things to Look Out for," 1990 PLI Patent Litigation Program, New York, Semiconductor Chip Protection, Maryland Journal of International Law and Trade (1988). Guest Lecturer, Rice University, Houston, MBA Program, 1995-1998 on Intellectual Property Strategy. Certified Mediator, AA White Dispute Resolution. Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. Member: American Bar Association (Intellectual Property Section: Chair, 2008-2009; Chair Elect, 2007-2008; Vice-Chair, 2006-2007; Secretary, 2004-2006; Council Member, 2001-2004; Past Chair of Patent Policy Committee; Chair, Annual Meeting CLE Program, 2000; Co-Chair, Spring CLE Program, 1999; Past Chair of Committee on Patent Contracts Other Than Government; Past Chair of Patent Legislation Committee; Past Chair of Annual Meeting Program Planning; Member of Nominating Committee); American Intellectual Property Law Association (Board Member, 2006; Chair, Patent Law Committee, 2004-2006; Vice-Chair, Patent Law Committee, 2002-2004; Member, Nominating Committee 2003-2004; Mid-Winter Institute Planning Committee, 2004); Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (President, 2005-2006; President-Elect, 2004-2005); State Bar of Texas (Delegate; Member, Resolutions Committee, 2004); National Council of Intellectual Property Law Association (Delegate, 2003; Secretary, 1993-1994, 2001-2002; Amicus Committee, 1996-1997, 1999-2000; Member of the Board, 1997-1998; Chair, Finance and Audit Committee, 1997-1998); Houston Bar Association (Co-Chair, CLE Committee, 2004-2005, 1999-2003; Law and Arts Committee, 1999-2000); Chartered Institute of Arbitrators; National Arbitration Forum; International Center for Dispute Resolution (Arbitrator); World Intellectual Property Law Arbitration and Mediation Center (Arbitrator Member, Domain Name Panel). Texas Bar Foundation. Email: Gordon T. Arnold | | PARTNER | | Charles Saron Knobloch, JD, PG (Partner) born Wayne, Michigan, May 11, 1959; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan Technological University (B.S.E., 1980); University of Houston (J.D., 1991). Member: Houston Intellectual Property Law Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas, (Past Member, College of the State Bar of Texas). Special Agencies: Texas Professional Geoscientist, Geophysics. Languages: Indonesian. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property. | | ASSOCIATE | | Jason A. Saunders (Associate) born Charleston, South Carolina; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.S., Physics, 2000); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2003). Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Trademark Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Civil Litigation. |
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