DETROIT ? Four senior attorneys from the intellectual property team at Howard & Howard, including its leader, started Thursday at Dickinson Wright, a Detroit law firm.
Joining Dickinson Wright are William H. Honaker, Robert L. Stearns, Randall L. Shoemaker, and Edmund P. Anderson all from Howard & Howard?s Bloomfield Hills office.
“The addition of these new attorneys will complement the strength and expertise of our current intellectual property team,” said James A. Samborn, Chief Executive Officer of Dickinson Wright. “We are committed to growing our intellectual property practice, but only through the addition of highly regarded attorneys with proven expertise.”
With these four registered patent attorneys joining the firm, Dickinson Wright now has over 20 attorneys principally engaged in an intellectual property practice, including a Member with a Ph.D. in pharmacology and a patent agent with a Ph.D. in biochemistry. Seven of the Firm’s intellectual property attorneys also have in-house legal experience, thus providing additional client perspective to the timely delivery of exceptional legal services in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright and licensing.
Honaker will head the Firm’s patent team. A former examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and a degreed mechanical engineer, Honaker specializes in intellectual property matters including national and international protection of inventions and inventors, trademarks and copyrightable subject matter, and the licensing of technology with a special emphasis on computer related technology and ownership issues.
Stearns, a degreed metallurgical/material science engineer, specializes in intellectual property law and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is engaged in all phases of patent, trademark and copyright practice, with a focus on preparing and prosecuting patent applications, patent infringement and validity studies and opinions and licensing.
Shoemaker, who holds a Ph.D. in pharmacology, concentrates his practice in patent, copyright and trademark law and brings a wealth of experience to the Firm’s biotechnology practice. He has prepared and prosecuted patent and trademark applications, freedom to operate and infringement opinions worldwide covering a wide variety of technologies.
Anderson, a degreed metallurgical engineer, has both in-house and law firm experience. He has extensive U.S. and international experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications within a wide variety of materials, chemical, electronic, electrical, electro-mechanical and mechanical arts.
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