IP Attorney

Timothy C. Dennison

**** *** ****** *** *****, CA 92115 619-***-**** ********.***@*****.***

KEYWORDS

Attorney, Intellectual Property, Licensing, Contract, Negotiation, Corporate, Business,

Trademark, Transactional, Integration, Patent, IP Management, IP Valuation, Technology

Transfer, IP Commercialization, Strategy, Patent Mining, Patent Prosecution, Dispute Resolution,

Media, Biotechnology, Semiconductor, Energy, Utilities, Software, Robotics, Engineering,

Manufacturing, Project Management, Consulting, SCPM, MBA, J.D., BS E.E.

SUMMARY

Innovative problem solver; a registered California patent attorney and UK solicitor with degrees

in electrical engineering, law and business and professional certification in project

management. International team and project leader: foreign resident and domestic strategic

product, licensing, commercialization and project development teams across multiple

industries. Experienced in contract, licensing, patent, trademark, intellectual property, and

transactional business law.

EDUCATION

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA

Project Management

SCPM

UCLA (University of California Los Angeles), Los Angeles, CA

Anderson School of Management

MBA

Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, CA

Juris Doctorate, cum laude

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering

LANGUAGES

English, French, German.

University and self-study in Spanish, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin.

ADMISSIONS & CERTIFICATIONS

California State Bar #249414

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office #60032

U.K. Solicitor SRA #494817

U.S. Federal Court, California Southern District

EXPERIENCE

DE NOVO LEGAL PC, San Diego, CA

Contract Intellectual Property and Business Transactional Attorney, 01/2006 – Current

Counseled small- and medium-sized business clients faced with corporate transactional

matters and strategic business development decision-making. Drafted and revised

employment contracts and policies. Drafted and reviewed business plan for distributive

startup. Drafted technology transfer and IP commercialization agreements. Drafted and

negotiated licenses, sales, service and warranty agreements. Preparation and prosecution of

patents and trademarks, drafting and negotiation of licenses, manufacturing and

confidentiality agreements. Conducted threat assessment, litigation assistance, due diligence,

privilege log and redaction (Concordance, Relativity, Clearwell) both in-house and with law

firms.

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COLEMAN UNIVERSITY, San Diego, CA

Adjunct Instructor, 12/2009 – Current. Instructor for Business Law and E-Commerce in MBA

and ISM programs. Developed and drafted curriculum for both courses.

DIMENSION ONE SPAS, INC., Vista, CA

Legal Intern, 08/2004 – 06/2006. Conducted inventor interviews, liaised with outside counsel,

drafting and negotiation of licenses and contracts, organization and upkeep of patent and

licensing files. Developed strategic corporate level patent strategy and identified licensing and

commercialization opportunities for their existing portfolio.

JDR ASSOCIATES, Singapore

Contract Business Analyst, 2002. Created reports on technology trends and industry status.

Developed semiconductor industry database for merger and acquisition projects.

ISMECA EUROPE SA, La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland

Contract Vision Project Engineer, 2001. Wrote definition and specification of strategic new tape and reel

vision platform. Integrated and managed input from software and hardware development groups

internally and externally. Evaluated at patent level the current industrial optical inspection technologies

and those under development to select next generation vision platform. Authored summary report for

corporate review and analysis.

SPEEDLINE TECHNOLOGIES ASIA, Singapore

Advanced Applications Manager, 2000 – 2001. Characterized green manufacturing solder

techniques, automatic optical inspection, wafer-level processing, large board printing and

dispensing technologies reviews and knowledge transfer for internal and external customers.

Identified strategic targets for new product development. Identified and developed Green

manufacturing technology opportunities both internally and externally. Delivered keynote

address on Lead-Free and Halogen Free Manufacturing at International Electronics

Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI) Green

Manufacturing Convention - Singapore 2000. Led patent work-arounds, development of wafer

inspection and re-design of lighting and handling advancements for printer technology.

ROBOTIC VISION SYSTEMS INC., Tucson, AZ 1995–1998; Singapore 1998–2000

Intel Account Development Manager – (Southeast Asia), Singapore, 1999–2000. Identified and

developed business opportunities for solder sphere attach equipment and back-end automatic

optical inspection systems within Intel’s Southeast Asia business units. Developed extensive

engineering and management network within Intel to generate sales opportunities. Evaluated

product development projects both in-house and off-shore. Reviewed and negotiated

subcontractor licenses and agreements. Trained and supervised Intel-based service engineers

regionwide on solder sphere attach and automatic optical inspection systems.

Regional Service Manager – (Asia Pacific), Singapore 1998–1999. Oversaw all Asia-Pacific

service issues. Recruited, trained and developed seven service engineers and thirty-two

distributor engineers. Developed and implemented customer solder sphere attach equipment

and automatic optical inspection. Negotiated licensing, subcontracts and service contracts.

Developed and implemented training programs for Asia-Pacific service engineers, distributors

and representatives and for internal and external customers.

Acting Service Manager/Senior Service Engineer, Tucson, AZ, 1997-1998. Developed

equipment service training schedule and curriculum for international customers and responded

to all service issues on sphere attach machines installed in Asia-Pacific. Negotiated after-

warranty service contracts for major accounts.

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Service Engineer, Tucson, AZ, 1995-1997. Responsible for machine installation and after-sales

service and support for Asia Pacific region and trained internal and external customers.

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