 | Russo & Hale LLP | | | | | 401 Florence Street
Palo Alto, California 94301 View Map |
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| | | | Practice Areas: | | General Practice and Litigation Focuses in Intellectual Property, Patent, Trade Secret, Copyright, Trademark, and Licensing Law, with an Emphasis on Business Counseling and Entrepreneurship. | | | | Year Established: 1985 | | | | Firm Profile: | | We firmly believe that outstanding advocacy can be achieved without compromising ethical values. We also believe that the litigation process can be managed effectively with a client-centered team. | | | | Firm Size: 6 | | | Office Hours:
Monday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
| | | | —————————— | | | | Jack Russo (Member) born Queens, New York, October 12, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, California; 1981, New York; 1993, Washington, D.C.; 1994, Hawaii; 1999, Oregon; 1999, Washington. Education: Brooklyn College of the City University of New York (M.A.-B.A., magna cum laude, Urban Management and Computer and Information Science, 1977); University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1980); Columbia University and University of California at Berkeley (Joint M.B.A., Beta Gamma Sigma). Order of the Coif. Member: UCLA Law Review, 1979-1980; UCLA Moot Court. Co-Author, "Protection of Computer Software After the Copyright Act of 1980," Law & Business, 1981; "Pre-Trial and Discovery in a Software Marketing Dispute," Law and Business, 1982; "Copyright Law and Computer Software Disputes," Practising Law Institute, 1983; "Microcomputer Software Marketing Agreement Disputes," Practising Law Institute, 1985; "Copyright in the 'Look and Feel' of Computer Software," The Computer Lawyer, February, 1985. Co-Author: "The Impact of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act on California Trade Secret Law," Trade Secret Law Reporter, May, 1985; "Software Copyright Protection," 5 Software Publisher's Association News 3-4 (No. 1 January 1988); "Developments in Copyright Protection of Computer Software," 2 International Computer Law Adviser 9-12 (No. 4 January 1988); "Recent Developments in the Copyright Protection of the 'Look and Feel' of Computer Software: Apple Computer v. Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard," 6 Software Protection 1-15 (No. 10 March 1988); "Copyright Protection of Virtual Reality," ABA Science and Technology 1992; "New Frontiers: Copyright Protection in Virtual Reality Works," 15 The National Law Journal S1 (No. 6 October 12, 1992). Co-Author: "Software 'Look and Feel' Protection in the 1990's," 15 Hastings Communications and Entertainment Law Journal 571-603 (1993); "Virtual Reality-A Legal Overview" Chapter 19 in Computer Software, Clark Boardman, 1994; "Liability on the Internet," San Francisco Intellectual Property Association (March, 1995); "Trade Dress Protection in the 'Look and Feel' of Computer Software and World Wide Web Sites," 2 Cyberspace Lawyer, (No. 8, Nov. 1997); "Checklist for Trademark Litigation," Basic Trademark Law (PLI 1998). Judge Pro Tem, Santa Clara Superior Court. Arbitrator, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association. Member: State Bar of California; Oregon State Bar; District of Columbia Bar; Hawaii State, New York State, Washington State and American (Member, Sections on: Science and Technology; Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law) Bar Associations; Copyright Society of the U.S.A.; International Trademark Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Computer Law; Licensing. | | | | Timothy C. Hale (Member) born Dayton, Ohio, October 3, 1950; admitted to bar, 1984, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas. Education: Dartmouth College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1972); Stanford University (M.A., 1973; J.D., 1984). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Co-Author: "The Impact of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act on California Trade Secret Law," Trade Secret Law Reporter, May, 1985; "Software Copyright Protection," Computer Digest, February, 1988; "Trade Secrecy and Reverse Engineering," Minnesota State Bar Continuing Legal Education, April 1, 1987. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Computer Law; Trade Secrets. | | | | John A.D. Kelley (Member) born Portland, Oregon, April 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, California. Education: Swarthmore College (B.A., High Honors in The Humanities, 1977); Stanford University (J.D., 1981). Phi Beta Kappa. National Merit Scholar. Recipient, Brand Blanchard Prize. Topic Development Editor, Stanford Journal of International Law, 1979-1980. Judge Pro Tem, Santa Clara County Superior Court. Author: "The Confines of Cosmopolitan Justice," 16 Stanford Journal of International Law 209 (1980); "Japan Gaining in Race to Build Brainy Computer," San Francisco Examiner, June 22, 1986; "Getting the Most from Your Computer," California Lawyer, March 1987; "A New Way to Communicate," California Lawyer, November 1987. Member: State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Intellectual Property Litigation; Computer Law. | | | | William C. Milks, III (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, April 16, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Ohio and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio; 1984, California and U.S. District Court, Northern District of California; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office; 2000, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Northwestern University (B.S.E.E., 1972); Case Western Reserve University (J.D.,1975). Member: State Bar of California (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Patent Law; Computer Law; Trademark Licensing. | | | | Susan B. Horwitz (Member) born Oakland, California, April 1, 1951; admitted to bar, 1982, California. Education: Sonoma State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1978); Hastings College of the Law, University of California (J.D., 1981). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property; Litigation; Corporate Law. | | | | —————————— | | | | Christopher J. Sargent (Associate) born Modesto, California, November 28, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, California. Education: Yale University (B.A., 2001); University of California, Hastings College of the Law (J.D., 2006). Practice Areas: Intellectual Property Litigation; Civil Litigation. |
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