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OFFICERS:
COMMITTEE CHAIRS:
MEMBERS AT LARGE:
Thomas E. Bahrman
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Email: tbahrman@nsslaw.com
Tom provides clients with strategic legal counsel predominantly in intellectual property and
real estate matters. He is knowledgeable about a wide range of intellectual property subjects,
including technology licensing and transfer, copyright and trademark. He also has extensive
experience with most all types of real estate transactions, from large commercial
(office/retail) developments to small residential projects. However, his counsel extends far
beyond these two practice areas, including matters such as formation, financing, governance,
asset and stock transactions, and other on-going operational and marketing opportunities. Tom is
Past Chair of the Executive Committee of the Oregon State Bar Computer and Internet Law Section.
He received his law degree from Willamette University College of Law, and earned a Master of
Business Administration (MBA) degree from the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at
Willamette. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science/Business, with a minor in
Mathematics, at the University of Puget Sound.
Martin Francis
Medeiros
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Email:
mmedeiros@smhllaw.com
Martin F. Medeiros practices at Preston Gates & Ellis
LLP in the firm's Intellectual Property and Global
Telecommunications and Media Groups. Martin has
extensive experience drafting, negotiating and
establishing manufacturing and telecommunications
services for North American companies in China. He
represents clients, domestically and internationally, in
the areas of intellectual property, technology transfer
and commercial law. He works with startups, as well as
publicly traded entities in various industries,
including information technology, telecommunications,
e-commerce, biotechnology, alternative energy,
manufacturing, broadcasting and professional services.
He advises and negotiates on behalf of publicly traded
companies that acquire or alienate patents, trade
secrets, copyrights, trademarks and other assets. Prior
to joining Preston Gates, Martin managed technology
acquisition teams for large publicly traded
corporations.
Martin is a frequent lecturer and author on topics such
as telecommunications transactions, open source product
development, intellectual property valuation,
outsourcing, technology labor, and technology transfer.
Martin is chair-elect of the Oregon State Bar Computer
and Internet Law Section and is on the board of
directors of the Oregon Law Institute, Oregon Bioscience
Association and Portland Media Access.
Renee E. Rothauge
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Email:
renee.rothauge@bullivant.com
Renée Rothauge is a Pacific Northwest trial attorney
specializing in intellectual property and complex
business disputes. She also leads the firm's
intellectual property group.
Recently, Chambers USA named her one of Oregon’s
top commercial litigators having "come to the attention
of peers and clients during a number of large scale jury
trials." Ms. Rothauge has tried multimillion dollar
cases to verdict for DOW AgroSciences (a subsidiary of
The Dow Chemical Co.), Asiana Airlines (a subsidiary of
the Khumo Tire Group) and other Pacific Northwest
businesses.
She serves on the Executive Committee for Oregon State
Bar’s Business Litigation and Computer/Internet Law
sections. Ms. Rothauge carries an AV designation by
Martindale Hubbell and was recognized as an Oregon Super
Lawyer in intellectual property litigation. She was also
selected by Oregon Super Lawyers as one of Oregon's Top
25 women lawyers.
Ms. Rothauge works in the biotechnology, aeronautics,
computer and high-tech, e-commerce and real estate
industries. She also represents retailers and
distributors of branded products, professional service
providers and elder care and nursing facilities owners.
Ms. Rothauge’s current scope of representative trial
experience:
Successfully tried a breach of lease and declaratory
judgment action against a large regional hotel chain
over a land and facility lease.
Successfully defended a claim of trade secret
misappropriation and breach of a non-compete agreement
for a healthcare provider.
Successfully defended a patent infringement case
involving canola oil and obtaining a favorable ruling of
inequitable conduct (currently on appeal before the
Federal Circuit).
Successfully defended an investment firm in a
misappropriation of trade secret case.
Successfully defended a claim for breach of an
international aircraft lease.
Successfully defended a contractor for claims stemming
from the construction of a faulty storm drain system.
Her intellectual property experience includes litigating
a trade secret misappropriation and patent infringement
case for an Oregon biotechnology company, and a trade
secret misappropriation, breach of non-competition
agreement and patent infringement case for an
international wood product equipment company. She has
handled copyright cases for talent, handled over 40
trademark infringement matters, and handled numerous
domain name/cybersquatting disputes.
Ms. Rothauge also litigates partner and corporate
shareholder disputes, including executive divorces. She
has advised on and litigated well over 50
non-competition, non-solicitation and non-disclosure
agreements.
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.damm@speakeasy.net
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@swider.com
Robert Swider is a sole practitioner who maintains his
law office in downtown Portland. He is a graduate of
Seton Hall University in New Jersey and Northwestern
School of Law of Lewis and Clark College. He has been a
practicing attorney in the Portland area since 1982.
Robert’s practice includes the representation of
individuals and businesses in diverse industries. He has
substantial experience in civil litigation, copyright
law, trademark law, computer law, the representation of
technology-related businesses and the representation of
plaintiffs in personal injury cases. Robert has been an
active member of the Executive Committee of the Computer
and Internet Law Section of the Oregon State Bar for
more than a decade. He has served as a member of the
Executive Committee and as chair. Robert is a frequent
speaker, author, editor and program planner for seminars
geared to members of the legal profession.
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@techlaw.com
Marti McCausland practices at
Marger
Johnson & McCollom PC. She primarily assists both
start up businesses and established companies in
securing patent rights in computer technology. Marti
obtained her J.D. from Fordham University School of Law
and she received a B.A. in Mathematics at Smith College.
Prior to law school, Marti worked in the computer
industry as a software engineer.
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