GEORGE GEDDES, Esq.

216-***-****, acn1bb@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

Ten years of intellectual property registration, enforcement, and licensing

Over five years in software product design, development, and marketing

Taught marketing and product development at a graduate school level

Owned and operated a small business overseas in a competitive industry

Holds Juris Doctorate and Masters in Business Administration

Admitted before the bar to practice law in New York

Extensive international and cross-cultural experience in Asia

Education Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH

Juris Doctorate/Masters in Business Administration, 2012

•Certificate in Design, Innovation, and Intellectual Property Management

•MBA concentrations in Design and Marketing

•Vice President, Asian and Pacific American Legal Students Association, 2009-2010

California State University Fullerton, CA

Bachelors of the Arts, Economics

Key

Experience Private Practice and Consulting Cleveland, OH

May 2012 - • Managing the trademark portfolio for a industrial equipment company

Current • Authored trademark licensing agreements

• Counseled artist on copyright and fair use issues

• Assisting in commercial litigation relating to purchase and leasing real estate

Jan. 2012 – Legal Extern Cleveland, OH

May 2012 Department of Law, County of Cuyahoga

• Discovered means the county can avoid liability from ending existing contracts

• Investigated municipal financing of stadium development and improvements

• Prepared collective bargaining positions on wages

May 2011 – Summer Clerk Cleveland, OH

Aug. 2011 Law Offices of Richard Demsey

• Advised lead counsel on causes of action in a multiple defendant

construction and groundwater pollution dispute

• Authored complaint, discovery requests, and interrogatories

Aug. 2010 – Graduate Assistant Cleveland, OH

May 2011 The Institute for Management and Engineering,

Case Western Reserve University

• Taught market research and development to graduate engineering students

• Mentored students in how market demands shape their product development thesis projects

GEORGE GEDDES, Esq.

11415 Hessler, Suite 6, Cleveland, OH 44106, 216-***-****, acn1bb@r.postjobfree.com

Aug. 2002 – Paralegal Seoul, Korea

Aug. 2009 Law Offices of Book Chon

• Monitored the registration and enforcement of the Korean trademark portfolios of Fortune 500

companies

• Supervised 2-3 paralegals in trademark clearance, registration, prosecution, and enforcement

• Coordinated responses between Korean and international counsels to office-actions on Korean

patent applications

• Worked with Chinese counsel to enforce Korean fashion brands in China

• Assisted in the negotiation, writing, and monitoring of rights licensing agreements

• Performed due-diligence on intellectual property rights targeted for licensing or acquisition

• Resolved domain name disputes through local laws and the Uniform Domain-name Dispute

Resolution Process (UDRP)

• Negotiated advertising rights for Major League Baseball games

Feb. 2005 – Consultant Daejeon, Korea

June 2007 Korean Intellectual Property Office, Government of the Republic of Korea

• Advised in the development of e-Government software for developing countries

• Developed marketing efforts for e-Government in cooperation with the World Intellectual

Property Organization

• Conducted quality assurance tests of Korean to English patent translation software

Aug. 2002 – Owner and Executive Chef Seoul, Korea

Jan. 2005 Hubble Bubble

• Created business plan for American-style bar and restaurant

• Supervised a front and back house staff of six

• Measured and recorded operations via QuickBooks

• Performed menu job costing and negotiated with suppliers to meet targets

July 2001 – Marketing Consultant Seoul, Korea

Aug. 2002 • Supervised Korean software distributors for foreign software companies

• Carried out market studies for advertising campaigns

• Copywrote print advertisements, voice-overs, and other promotional materials

Sept. 2000 – Business Development Manager Seoul, Korea

July 2001 CTI, Ltd.

• Negotiated copyright licenses for artistic photo libraries

• Evaluated markets and market-segments for the profitability of country exclusive software

distribution licenses in financial software and web testing software

• Developed marketing strategy for the launch of software products

Licenses Admitted to Practice Before the New York Bar, February 2013

• Language Skills: German, Japanese, and Korean (all basic speaking and literacy)

Personal

• Member, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association

• Food Service supervisor at Cleveland Browns Stadium

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