Heather Alisha Davis

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

P.O. Box 74 Newton Falls, Ohio 44444

Phone: 330-***-****

E-Mail: ad08y3@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE:

To provide fully remote Intellectual Property Paralegal and management support to professionals in a corporation, law firm, or government agency setting.; and to assist with patent, trademark, and copyright drafting, USPTO filings, USPTO correspondence management, docketing, and contractual drafting and negotiations for various works.

EDUCATION:

Georgetown- Master of Technology Management & Business Intelligence Certification- Graduate May 2023, GPA 4.0

Kent State University, Bachelor of Science:

Major: Political Science, Minor: Business Law Certification

Georgetown Law Clinic, Legal Investigative Internship

Washington Program in National Issues, Intensive political research and writing Internship hosted by Kent State University

Hondros Career Center, Real Estate Certification in Real Appraisal, Real Estate Law, Real Estate Finance, and Real Estate Principles and Practices

Certified Business Law- Acted as paralegal specializing in Intellectual Property, but possesses experience in Criminal, Real Estate, and Business Law related matters.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

IP Management Systems, LLC, Newton Falls, Ohio, 2007-Current

IP Management Consulting &Training

•Provided consulting and training to company executives, engineers, developers, and other employees on the intellectual property development process, regulatory issues and filing standards and practices.

•Drafted materials to assist in the aid of ‘intellectual property training for employees.

•Authored product manuals on prototypes for various technical intellectual property projects

•Conducted follow up meetings with employees to monitor implementation practices.

•Provided intellectual property consulting to small companies in the areas of asset management, asset liquidation, and other growth-related strategies.

•Prepared and drafted legal contracts such as ‘Intellectual Property Rights Waivers,’ ‘Leasing Agreements,’ ‘Partnership Agreements,’ ‘Investment Agreements,’ and ‘Licensing Agreements.’

•Consulted and assisted companies in the research, legal protection, document preparation, and marketing needed for the listing of intellectual property assets for the global market.

•Developed intellectual property asset management system known as ‘IPMS’ that assists corporations in the effective docketing and management of all IP related projects & assets.

•Conducted extensive prior art searches for various patent applications.

•Conducted searches for trademark applications.

•Assisted business owners in filing provisional applications for patents in order to create and legally protect business assets.

•Filed Trademark applications using the TEAS system within the United States Patent and Trademark Office for corporate entities.

•Managed patent and trademark application docketing and correspondence with the United States Patent and Trademark Office for corporate entities.

•Performed Electronic Business System (EBS) set up set up with the United States Patent Office for corporate clients and trained employees for in house EBS usage

•Performed legal assignments, and prepared ‘Power of Attorney’ documents for numerous intellectual property cases.

•Researched and examined claims in preparation for various patent and trademark applications for competitive corporate situations.

•Worked regularly with many intellectual property agents, attorneys, and various USPTO agents on various types of intellectual property filing and litigation matters.

•Consulted with Trademark Expert on infringement cases and other legal matters.

•IP Management Systems, LLC Clients Include:

Microdata, 25 West Broad Street, Newton Falls, Ohio, 2012

Dynatek Racing, Inc., P.O. Box 389 Brookfield, Ohio, 2007-2008

Attorney Chad Kelligher, Esq., Warren, Ohio, 2007-8

Legal Secretary

•Answered phones.

•Greeted clients.

•Filed legal documents.

•Scheduled client appointments.

•Maintained office organization.

The IP Exchange, Warren, Ohio, 2003-2011

IP Development, IP Management, and IP Investment Management,

•Developed a software system to perform effectual intellectual property trades within a global arena by creating a regulated and standardized platform for IP enthusiasts.

•Developed the first and most complete intellectual property search engines.

•Developed an intellectual property business methodology for a fixed real estate establishment, otherwise known as a trade center, necessary to perform global listing and trading services.

•Drafted the software patent applications for the website, search engine, and business method of The IP Exchange project.

•Prepared and prosecuted intellectual property on several cases for PCT and national stage levels.

•Managed all USPTO correspondence for patent and trademark applications.

•Researched and examined claims in preparation for various patent and trademark applications for competitive corporate situations.

•Drafted and prepared all investment agreements, licensing agreements, severance agreements, and other legal contracts pertaining to intellectual property interest and partnerships.

•Successful secured over 150k in venture capital funding from private and angel investors.

•Performed duties as an Intellectual Property Investment Manager while acting as a strategic analyst and liaison between legal representatives and IP investors.

•Managed intellectual property asset & expenditure portfolios for investors.

•Worked regularly with many intellectual property agents, attorneys, and various USPTO agents across the country on various types of intellectual property filing and litigation matters

Perpetual Development, Inc. Warren, Ohio, 2003-2007

Product Development, IP Development, and IP Management

•Authored product manuals on prototypes for various technical intellectual property projects.

•Created software program to integrate GPS technology with the traditional telephone book

•Researched and filed all patent applications.

•Researched and filed all copyright applications.

•Managed all patent application correspondence with the USPTO.

•Created a patent portfolio that includes several telecommunication devices with conjoined software.

Georgetown Law Clinic, Washington, D.C., 1997

Legal Investigative Intern

•Completed dispute resolution training.

•Investigated & constructed legal abstracts for criminal court cases at Georgetown Law Clinic

•Located and interviewed all witnesses involved in specific cases.

•Took witness statements of all witnesses involved in a specific case.

•Located, and mapped crime scenes based on verbal and written testimony.

•Acted as witness in criminal matters and testified in court when needed.

•Reported to first year fellows from Georgetown Law Clinic by assignment.

•Worked closely with indigent clients to help bring about justice in criminal matters.

•Subpoenaed witnesses for information within local neighborhoods, hospitals, mental health facilities, and prisons.

ACHIEVEMENTS

•Kent State Cheerleader 1990-1992

•Developed software to assist companies in the effective licensing, trading, and management of intellectual property in efforts to increase the overall numbers of licensing contracts by devising several patented concepts in a project known as, ‘The Intellectual Property Exchange’

•Developed intellectual property portfolio contain several telecommunication devices and related software systems.

•In 2004, Featured on a news program in Cleveland Ohio discussing intellectual property trends and matters.

•Invited as a guest speaker at intellectual property trade shows in locations such as Youngstown and Cleveland Ohio.

•One of ten selected from the world for Legal Investigative Internship at Georgetown Law Clinic; an internship commended by, ‘The Princeton Review.'

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