Bruce D. George

Biography

Bruce George’s practice includes patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution, litigation, counseling, and licensing.

Bruce counsels corporate, university, high technology, and emerging business clients in matters involving:

U.S. and international patent prosecution and counseling in the electrical, mechanical, telecommunication, computer software, medical device and business method arts
patentability, infringement, validity, and freedom to operate opinions
design around counseling
trademark and copyright prosecution, counseling, and licensing
trademark registration availability and freedom to use opinions
matters of unfair competition, trade secret and domain name disputes

Prior to his legal career, Bruce served for 14 years as a planning, design, and construction management engineer with the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. As a result of that service, Bruce maintains his Professional Engineering (P.E.) license.

Experience

Small corporation with development of international patent portfolio, and freedom to operate and licensing counseling
S&P 500 company with trademark portfolio management, and enforcement against trademark infringement and domain name cybersquatting
Individual inventor with patent counseling and prosecution, and preparation/negotiation of a joint development agreement with a major manufacturer
Adjunct professor with copyright counseling and licensing of educational materials
Entrepreneurial group with patent design around counseling prior to launch of new product line