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Address
11491 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 340
Reston, Virginia 20190 (Fairfax Co.)
Average Client Review Rating
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Average Peer Review Rating
4.8
out of 5
 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) Statement of PracticeIntellectual Property, Computers and Software, Internet Law, Copyrights, Trademarks, Patents, Antitrust. Firm Size: 5
Languages: French.
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Address11491 Sunset Hills Road, Suite 340
Reston, VA 20190, (Fairfax Co.)
PhonePhone: 703-787-9400
Fax: 703-787-7557
Website
http://www.wcc-ip.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Michael E. Whitham (Member) born Washington, D.C., September 27, 1962; admitted to bar, 1990, Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (B.S., 1984); College of William and Mary (M.A., 1986); George Mason University (J.D., with distinction, 1990). Member: American Chemical Society; Association of University Technology Managers; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Licensing Executives Society. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Law; Emerging Growth Companies; Technology Law; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Michael E. Whitham
Marshall M. Curtis (Member) born Charlottesville, Virginia, November 23, 1946; admitted to bar, 1982, Virginia and Supreme Court of Virginia; 1991, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1995, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Washington University (B.S., 1968); Catholic University of America (J.D., 1973). Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1968-1988 (Senior Primary Status, 1983-1988; Master's Level Rating, 1983-1988). Member, Advisory Committee to the Joint Commission on Technology and Science of Virginia (JCOTS), 1999-2000. Member: Virginia Bar Association (Founding Chair, Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law Section, 1991-1994); American Intellectual Property Law Association; Washington Foreign Law Society; International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys (FICPI) (U.S. Section). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Patents; Trademarks; Copyrights.Email: Marshall M. Curtis
Clyde R Christofferson (Member) born Portsmouth, Virginia, October 11, 1943; admitted to bar, 1969, Missouri; 1985, Virginia; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Stanford University (B.S., 1966; J.D., 1969). Member, 1996-2000 and Chairman, 1997-1998, Virginia Information Providers Network Authority. Member: The Missouri Bar; Virginia State Bar; American Bar Association. [Captain, USMC, 1969-1972]. Practice Areas: Computers and Software; Intellectual Property; Copyrights; Trademarks; Patents.Email: Clyde R Christofferson
Robert N. Cook (Member) born October 12, 1957; admitted to bar, 1990, District of Columbia; 1993, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia, U.S. District Court, Northern and Central Districts of Illinois and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1979); George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. George Mason University School of Law Alumni Scholar. Author: "Following the E-Paper Trail: Responding to Second Requests" (ABA Antitrust Teleseminar Series, March 12, 2004), "Negotiated Merger Remedies: An Imperfect System Without Alternatives?" (ABA Antitrust Section, Clayton Act Committee Newsletter, December 2002), "The 'Paperless' Second Request?" (ABA Antitrust Section, FTC Committee Newsletter, Summer 2002), and "AOL/Time Warner: The Close Antitrust Call and the Changing of the Guard at the FTC" (Antitrust Report, May 2001). Panelist: FTC/DOJ Hearings "Competition and Intellectual Property Law and Policy in the Knowledge-Based Economy" (2002). Member: Fairfax, Federal and American (Member, Sections on: Antitrust; Intellectual Property) Bar Associations; District of Columbia Bar; Virginia State Bar. Special Agencies: Attorney, Federal Trade Commission, 1990-1999. Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Intellectual Property; Litigation.Email: Robert N. Cook
——————————Philana S. Handler (Associate) born December 14, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Virginia. Education: George Mason University (B.S., 2000); University of the District of Columbia (J.D., 2004). Phi Delta Phi. Co-Author: K. Jones, M.E. Whitham, and P.S. Handler, "Problems with Royalty Rates, Royalty Stacking and Royalty Packing Issues" (in Intellectual Property Management in Health and Agricultural Innovation: A Handbook of Best Practices, 2007). Member: Fairfax, Virginia and American Bar Associations; American Intellectual Property Law Association; Virginia State Bar. Practice Areas: Copyrights; Intellectual Property; Trademarks.Email: Philana S. Handler
OF COUNSELC. Lamont Whitham (Of Counsel) born Del Norte, Colorado, June 17, 1938; admitted to bar, 1968, District of Columbia; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; 1973, Maryland; 1978, Virginia, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: George Washington University (B.E.E., 1961); University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., 1967). Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Emerging Growth Companies; Technology Law.Email: C. Lamont Whitham
Mary E. Goulet (Of Counsel) born Havre de Grace, Maryland, January 11, 1967; admitted to bar, 1989, Maryland; 1990, U.S. District Court, District of Maryland; 1991, District of Columbia; 1993, U.S. Supreme Court; 1999, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Not admitted in Virginia). Education: Johns Hopkins University (B.A., 1986); University of Maryland (J.D., with honors, 1989). Maryland Distinguished Scholar. Recipient: G. Ridgely Sappington Award for Civil Procedure; National Merit Scholarship; American Jurisprudence Awards in: Contracts; Civil Procedure I; Civil Procedure II. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.Email: Mary E. Goulet
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