James G. McEwen
Phone: 202-316-8558 James McEwen received a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas in 1993, and J.D. with honors from George Washington University National Law Center in 1996, where he was a staff member of the Public Contract Law Journal. Mr. McEwen is admitted to practice law in the Commonwealth of Virginia and the District of Columbia, and is registered to practice law before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. McEwen has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in computer hardware and software, control systems, mechanical and optical devices, semiconductor manufacturing, batteries, and display device technologies. In addition, Mr. McEwen has prepared and been involved in patent validity and infringement opinions, reissue and reexamination proceedings, intellectual property licensing and settlement negotiations, intellectual property licensing with elements of the Federal government, trademark prosecution, domain name disputes, trade secret protection, and provided litigation support in patent infringement claims. Mr. McEwen was previously employed as an intellectual property attorney with the U.S. government at the Naval Surface Warfare Center and Naval Air Systems Command, during which time he further specialized in the contractual procurement, negotiating and drafting special licenses for intellectual properties under standard Federal Acquisition Regulation and Other Transaction Agreements, evaluating third party claims of infringement, reviewing invention disclosure forms and prosecution of original applications, and reviewing non-disclosure agreements. Mr. McEwen is an author or co-author of numerous articles on various topics related to intellectual property, intellectual property issues affecting commercial indemnification agreements and government contracts, and is coauthor of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IN GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS: PROTECTING AND ENFORCING IP AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL (Oxford University Press 2009). He is also a frequent lecturer on such topics, as well as being a lecturer for the MIP program at Hongik University Mr. McEwen is a member of the American Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the Intellectual Property Owners Association, and the Intellectual Property Sections of the Virginia and District of Columbia State Bars. Additionally, he is Chair of the University Intellectual Property Law committee of the ABA Intellectual Property Law Division, and is a member of committees working on intellectual property legislation, and trade secrets. |
