Ron Slusky is your instructor.  Teaching with Ron will be one of the attorneys profiled below.  These prosecution experts are passionate about what they do and dedicated to passing on what they know to their colleagues.

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Ronald D. Slusky

Ronald D. Slusky is a patent attorney in solo private practice in New York City.  Ron learned the patent craft at Bell Labs, originally a unit of AT&T and later of Lucent Technologies, from which he retired in 2001 and then opened his private practice. He also served briefly as interim patent counsel for NEC Laboratories America in Princeton, New Jersey.

In his 31-year career at Bell Labs, Ron had the opportunity to mentor dozens of patent attorneys both as a direct mentor and for 13 years as a managing attorney supporting lawyers responsible for patenting inventions in the areas of information sciences, computer systems, modems and telecommunications. One of the most satisfying aspects of his career has been to mentor other attorneys in the “old school” skills that he learned from his mentors at Bell Labs and which he has incorporated into his book, Invention Analysis and Claiming: A Patent Lawyer’s Guide (2007) published by the American Bar Association.  His monthly column appears in Intellectual Property Today.

Ron holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Columbia University and a JD, cum laude, from Seton Hall University.

Jeffrey M. Weinick
 
Jeffrey M. Weinick is a partner in the New Jersey Office of Wolff & Samson, PC, where he is chairman of the patent group and co-chair of the intellectual property group.  Prior to joining Wolff & Samson, Jeff previously headed his own seven-attorney firm, Weinick & Associates, LLC, which merged with Wolff & Samson in 2009.

Jeff began his career at a New York City intellectual property law firm, where he was engaged primarily in intellectual property litigation.  Jeff joined the legal department of AT&T Corp. in 1995, where his practice focused on the acquisition of patent rights in connection with various technologies, including software, business methods, computer systems, internet, data networking, telecommunications, e-commerce and wireless communications.  Subsequently, Jeff worked as an in-house attorney at Lucent Technologies Inc. where he continued his patent acquisition practice and also developed considerable experience in intellectual property licensing and enforcement.  Immediately prior to forming Weinick & Associates, LLC, Jeff managed a patent group responsible for supporting the Bell Laboratories research organization.

Jeff has acquired patent rights in a wide range of technologies with a particular emphasis on complex computer related inventions and business method patents.  He is a registered patent attorney and has extensive experience in all aspects of practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. 

Jeff holds a B.S. degree in computer science from the State University of New York at Binghamton and a JD, cum laude, from New York University School of Law.

Samuel H. Dworetsky 

Benjamin S. Lee

Benjamin S. Lee is Patent Counsel to Google Inc. and will be co-teaching with Ron Slusky in Santa Clara.

Prior to joining Google, Ben was counsel to NEC Laboratories America and a Senior Patent Attorney at AT&T Corp.  Ben was also an adjunct professor at Seton Hall University School of Law where he taught patent claim drafting and patent prosecution.  Ben started his legal career as a litigator and spent several years engaged primarily in patent litigation.

Ben has a B.S. degree in both physics and economics from Yale University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.  He is a registered patent attorney and is admitted to practice in New York, the U.S.  Patent and Trademark Office, and the Southern District of New York.

David Tannenbaum

David Tannenbaum is a partner at Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. and is the former head of the firm's intellectual property and technology practice in Dallas. He has 40 years of experience in patent, copyright, trademark and technology licensing.  David counsels on infringement issues, software contracting, litigation, joint ventures, international technology transfers and mergers and acquisitions. He is a trained mediator and is certified in alternative dispute resolution. David frequently lectures on such topics as software contracting, intellectual property protection, product differentiation, computer law, technology innovation, ethical obligations of lawyers and difficulties in technology valuations.

David holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and received his J.D. from Capital University Law School. A registered patent attorney, David is admitted to practice in Ohio, New Jersey and Texas.

Kirk Teska

Kirk Teska is a partner at Iandiorio Teska & Coleman, Waltham, MA, where his practice encompasses a wide range of IP and business mattters. A prolific author and lecturer, Kirk is a columnist for Mass High Tech, authoring the monthly column, Patent Watch. Kirk  is actively involved in fostering the creation and growth of small businesses and high-technology companies, and is the author of Patent Savvy for Managers: Spot & Protect Valuable Innovations in Your Company (Nolo Press 2007). He is also an adjunct Professor of Law at the Suffolk University Law School and the Franklin Pierce Law Center.  Kirk holds BSME, and JD degrees.

Charles Warren

Charles L. Warren is an attorney with Patti, Hewitt & Arezina LLC in Chicago, practicing intellectual property law with an emphasis on patents. An attorney with over 30 years of IP experience, Chuck was formerly Managing Corporate Counsel for Lucent Technologies Inc. at Naperville, Illinois where he led an IP-Law group and was responsible for IP operations at several Lucent locations including foreign offices in the United Kingdom and Japan. Previous to his service at Lucent,  Chuck was a Division Patent Attorney with Motorola, Inc. where his responsibilities included maintaining and protecting the MOTOROLA trademark worldwide.

Chuck holds J.D. (John Marshall Law School), M.S. (Midwest College of Engineering) and B.S. (University of Tennessee) degrees, the latter two in electrical engineering. He is admitted in Illinois and is registered to practice in the United States Patent and Trademark Office.