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OFFICERS:
COMMITTEE CHAIRS:
MEMBERS AT LARGE:
Heather R. Self
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Email:
Heather_Self@adp.com
Heather R. Self is a Business Alliance Manager for the
Dealer Services Division of
Automatic
Data Processing, Inc. Her practice emphasizes
software licensing, development, distribution and
service agreements and mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Automatic Data Processing, Inc.,
Heather worked as General Counsel for DecisionPoint
Software. Heather has been a member of the Oregon and
Washington State Bars since 2001. She obtained her J.D.
from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark
College and a B.A. in History from the University of
Memphis. Heather chaired the Luncheon CLE subcommittee
of the CILS in 2006.
MARINUS DAMM
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Email:
marinus@dammlaw.com
After serving in the U.S. Navy, Marinus returned to
community college and then to the University of
Washington. He holds a B.S. in Robotic Heuristics.
Several years in Manufacturing Engineering for
commercial airline propulsion systems were followed by
several years in System, Network & Database
Administration for dot-com businesses.
Debating Copyright questions with co-workers, he
realized that more legal knowledge would be an
advantage, and entered the University of Washington
School of Law full time. He held his dot-com job until
he graduated and moved to Portland.
He is a member of the bar in Oregon and in Washington.
He volunteers his time to Multnomah Legal Aid, and
handles open-source licensing questions for a small
software company in Portland. For 2007, he chairs the
Luncheon CLE subcommittee of the CILS
Robert A. Swider
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Email:
robert@smhllaw.com
Robert Swider is a partner at
Swider
Medeiros Haver LLP. He has been representing clients
including plaintiffs and defendants as a trial attorney
for more than twenty five years in civil cases involving
intellectual property, copyright law, trademark law,
computer law, unfair trade practices, electronic
commerce, general business, complex litigation, personal
injuries and real estate. He also provides counsel to
clients in diverse fields of endeavor whose business
affairs involve intellectual property and commercial
law. He has substantial experience in the representation
of technology-related businesses and the representation
of plaintiffs in personal injury
cases.
He has been actively involved with the Oregon State Bar
Computer and Internet Law Section since 1989 and has
helped plan many seminars and has spoken and written
frequently on topics related to Computer and Internet
Law.
KAREN DANA OSTER
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Email:
karen@kdopatent.com
Karen Dana Oster is a patent prosecutor who specializes
in obtaining patents for software, business methods,
mechanical devices, and electrical apparatus. Her
practice focuses on writing patent applications and
guiding them through the patent prosecution process at
the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Karen
also regularly prepares patentability, noninfringement,
and infringement opinions. Strategic analysis and
counseling regarding intellectual property portfolios is
another service she offers her clients.
Karen has been a practicing patent prosecutor since
1993. Before that, she obtained a BA in English from
University of California Santa Barbara, a BS in Computer
Engineering from California State University Long Beach,
and a JD from Loyola Law School. Between 1995 and 2001,
Karen co-authored the Federal Circuit Patent Case
Digests published by West Group. Karen served on the
executive committee of the Oregon State Bar Intellectual
Property Section between 1994 and 2002, including being
chair in 2001. More information can be found at
www.kdopatent.com.
Michael A. Cohen
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Email:
mcohen@schwabe.com
Mike Cohen is a shareholder with
Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt and co-chair of
Schwabe's Intellectual Property Practice. He focuses his
practice in the areas of patent, trademark and copyright
licensing; counseling, prosecution, enforcement and
litigation of trademark, trade dress, trade secret and
copyright rights; technology transfer; IP due diligence
for mergers and acquisitions; internet/e-commerce
counseling; domain name and website issues; and
entertainment, media and advertising law, including
negotiating and enforcing book, music and movie deals
and royalty agreements.
Mark Visnick
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Email:
marc@visnick.com
PAULA HOLM JENSEN
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Email:
paula@holmjensenlaw.com
Paula Holm Jensen's practice emphasizes technology
licensing, including development, manufacturing,
distribution and service agreements. Her experience
includes IP strategy and auditing, open source licensing
issues, privacy, copyrights, publishing, music
licensing, advertising and merchandising agreements. She
has represented technology companies from startups to
Fortune 500 businesses, in a range of industries,
including software, semiconductors, displays, medical
devices, web-based services and telecommunications.
Recognized in Best Lawyers in America in the area of
information technology law since 2005, she also served
as the chair of the Oregon State Bar Intellectual
Property Section in 2004. Paula is licensed to practice
in California, Oregon and Washington, has worked with
some of the best firms in Silicon Valley and Silicon
Forest, and is currently the principal of her own firm,
Holm Jensen Law LLC.
MARTI McCAUSLAND
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Email:
marti.mccausland@tonkon.com
Marti McCausland is Manager of Attorney Recruiting at
Tonkon
Torp LLP, where she oversees law student, entry
level and lateral hiring, and helps plan professional
development programs. Marti volunteers as a night clinic
attorney at St. Andrew Legal Clinic and is a CASA in
Multnomah County. She has a J.D. from Fordham School of
Law and is an active member of the Oregon State Bar.
Prior to her work in attorney recruiting and
professional development, Marti practiced patent law,
building on an earlier career in software development.
TRAVIS J. BENN
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Email:
travis.benn@harlandfs.com
Travis J. Benn is Corporate Counsel for Harland
Financial Solutions, a technology company serving the
needs of financial institutions. He is a graduate of
Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, where he
obtained a B.A. in English, and the University of North
Carolina – Chapel Hill School of Law. He has been a
practicing attorney in the Portland area since 2003.
Travis’s practice focuses on licensing, copyright,
commercial, and general corporate law. Travis has been
an active member of the Executive Committee of the
Computer and Internet Law Section of the Oregon State
Bar for several years.
RICHARD A. WILHELM
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Email:
richard@wilhelm-law.net
Richard A. Wilhelm is a sole practitioner,
http://www.wilhelm-law.net/, who limits his practice
to business and intellectual property law, including
patent prosecution. He is
admitted to practice before Oregon state and Federal
courts, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
He formerly practiced law at large and boutique law
firms, and at a large financial institution as associate
general counsel. Mr. Wilhelm's business experience
includes work as a project manager on software
development projects and as head of regulatory
compliance. Mr. Wilhelm holds a B.S. in Economics from
the University of Oregon, a B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from Portland State University (PSU), as
well as a J.D. from Lewis and Clark College. He has
lectured at PSU on non-disclosure agreements and before
the Oregon Patent Law Association (OPLA) on ethical
issues arising in patent prosecution. Mr. Wilhelm is
past
president of the OPLA and currently serves on their
board. Mr. Wilhelm is also past secretary and treasurer
of the Computer and Internet Law Section.
EMILEE S. PREBLE
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Email: emileep@osbplf.org
Emilee S. Preble is a Staff Attorney and the Excess Program Administrator with the Oregon State
Bar Professional Liability Fund. She joined the Fund in January 2011.
Emilee is a graduate of Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, IN (J.D. 2009) and is a
member of the Oregon State Bar. She received a B.A. in Media Studies from Butler University in
2005. She also attended the University of Stirling in Scotland and studied Islamic Law at the
American University in Cairo, Egypt.
Prior to law school, Emilee worked in the area of information technology and data analysis for
Butler University's Admissions Office. Throughout law school she continued to work in data
analysis by researching national trends in ERISA litigation for a start-up company based in
Massachusetts. As a law student she published a note on nanotechnology regulations in the
Indiana Health Law Review and worked in the law school's Immigration Clinic.
KALEI L. TAYLOR
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Email:
kalei.taylor@portlandoregon.gov
Kalei L. Taylor is a Deputy City Attorney with the City
of Portland. She joined the City in September 2006, and
focuses primarily on software license/technology
contracting, public procurement, public records, social
media, trademark, copyright and related issues. She also
works on City liens, foreclosures and collections. Her
main responsibility within the City is advising the
Bureau of Technology Services where she provides review
and advice for its contracting functions. She has served
a term on the OSB Affirmative Action Committee, is a
member of the OSB Diversity Section and Oregon Minority
Lawyers Association. She is an at-large member of the
OSB Computer and Internet Law Section. Kalei attended
Portland State University for a B.A. in International
Studies and a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in
History. She received a J.D. from Northwestern School of
Law of Lewis & Clark College.
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