Approximately 50% of Kevin’s Intellectual Property Law practice is devoted to preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the area of computers related to hardware, software and image processing; the remainder of his practice is devoted to client counseling, licensing, litigation and related matters. His focus includes patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
Kevin is admitted to practice in the state of Oregon, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon, and U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Court.
His representative clients include Cascade Microtech, Planar Systems, LLC, Sharp Laboratories of America, Inc., Kam Industries, Exit Exchange, and Pacifica, Inc.
From 1994 to 1996 Kevin served on the Oregon State Bar Executive Committee, Patent and Trademark Section. He is a member of the Multnomah Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Oregon Patent Law Association, Computer Law Association, American Bar Association, and the Federal Circuit Bar Association. He is the author for Federal Circuit Patent Case Digest.
Kevin earned his Juris Doctor degree from Willamette University, College of Law, Salem, Oregon, in 1993. In 1990 he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, where he did graduate research on computer modeling of induction machine, transmission and distribution losses, and fault tolerant electrical power systems. He is a candidate for a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Portland State University.
Kevin’s interests include photography, hiking, and mountaineering.