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Thomas E. Bahrman     back to top 
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     back to top 
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     back to top 
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     back to top 
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     back to top 
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     back to top 
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     back to top
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     back to top 
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     back to top 
Email:  marc@visnick.com
 


PAULA HOLM JENSEN     back to top 
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     back to top 
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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