James A. Oliff

Oliff & Berridge, PLC

277 South Washington Street

Suite 500

Alexandria, Virginia 22314

Telephone: (703) 836-6400

Facsimile: (703) 836-2787

Position:

Member

Admitted:

Virginia, 1975
Maryland, 1973
U.S. Supreme Court, 1993
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, 1982
U.S. Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit, 1979
U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 1993
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, 1979
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland, 1991
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan, 1985
U.S. District Court, Western District of Michigan, 1993
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1974

Education:

Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, 1973
J.D., Juris Doctor
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1967
B.S.A.E., Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering

Past Positions:

United States Patent and Trademark Office, Patent Examiner, 1968-1973

United States Patent and Trademark Office, Board of Appeals,
Law Clerk, 1973-1974

Published:

"Patent Versus Copyright Protection for Computer Software Under United States Law," Law Commission Report No. 13: Intellectual Property: The Context for Reform, pp. 91-107, March, 1990

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Lecturer, 35 U.S.C. Section 103-Nonobviousness, Patent Academy, United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1972-1974

Presented, "The New United States Law on Duty of Disclosure", International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Tokyo, Japan, 1979

Presented, "The Best Mode Requirements of 35 U.S.C. Section 112", International Committee of JPAA (Japanese Patent Attorneys Association), Tokyo, Japan, 1979

Presented, "Pre-Litigation Opinions in U.S. Patents Suits", 67th Annual Meeting of the Patent and Trademark Institute of Canada (Paper reported in the 10 Canadian Intellectual Property Review 3, pp. 661-666), Quebec, Canada, 1993

Presented, "Determining Patent Claim Scope and Infringement in the United States-Shifting Roles of Judges and Juries", 114th Annual Mtg. of the Chartered Institute of Patent Agents of the United Kingdom (Paper reported in the 25 Chartered Institute of Patent Agents Journal 6, pp.393-412), London, England, 1996
Presented, "The Rocket Docket" (a summary of the procedures and practices before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia), Annual Meeting of the Rochester Intellectual Property Law Association, Rochester, New York, 1996

Affiliations:

American Intellectual Property Law Association
Member

International Trademark Association
Member

Federal Circuit Bar Association
Member

International Trade Commission Trial Lawyers Association
Member

Alexandria Bar Association
Member

Licensing Executives Society
Member

American Bar Association
Member, Sections of Litigation, Practice and Intellectual Property

Maryland State Bar Association
Member

Virginia State Bar Association
Member

Honors:

Tau Beta Pi

Sigma Gamma Tau