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Sam’s practice focuses
on patent prosecution and the rendering
of infringement, validity, and product clearance
opinions, as well as counseling clients
on a variety of transactional and strategic
intellectual property matters. In addition
to preparing and prosecuting foreign and
domestic patent applications, Sam counsels
clients on intellectual property and business
matters related to electronics, computer
software and hardware, and communications,
including electronic circuits, computer
architecture, compilers, operating systems,
networks, signal processing and web technology.
Sam also assists clients with the evaluation,
development and management of their patent
portfolios. Additionally, Sam has experience
drafting patent licensing agreements, technology
development/transfer agreements, subscription
agreements, reseller agreements, beta release
agreements and similar documents.
Sam’s technical skills
and experience include the design and development
of electronic and computer hardware/software
systems, as well as the management of such
projects. More specifically, Sam has worked
in the areas of mixed-signal integrated
circuit design, the design of EDA software,
GUI programming, operating system and compiler
design, the design/development of networking
and communications hardware and software,
digital signal processing and computer graphics
programming. Sam’s project management
experience includes the management of computer
software and hardware projects, and the
installation and administration of networked
computer systems.
Sam is a founding partner
of Campbell Stephenson LLP. Prior
to forming Campbell Stephenson LLP, he was the managing partner of the
Austin office of Skjerven Morrill, LLP having
moved his practice to that firm as an associate.
Sam began his legal career at Townsend and
Townsend and Crew, LLP, in their Palo Alto
office, after clerking in the firm’s
San Francisco office. Sam has concentrated
on patent prosecution and client counseling
in the areas of transactional and intellectual
property law throughout his legal career.
Prior to pursuing his legal
career, Sam held a variety of technical
and management positions. As a co-founder
of Logic Link, Inc., Sam was responsible
for all aspects of the software engineering
firm’s day-to-day operations, including
project staffing, product planning, contract
negotiations and fiscal policy. Sam also
held design and project engineering positions
at various defense contractors, where he
designed and developed hardware and software
for computer networking, communications
systems, defense systems and secure computing.
Additionally, Sam was a post-baccalaureate
and graduate student in the field of integrated
circuit design with the VLSI/TCAD Group
at the University of Florida. His research,
funded by the National Science Foundation,
focused on the design, simulation, and construction
of analog-to-digital converters for biomedical
sensing applications, as well as software
tools used in their design. Sam has also
authored several articles on medical informatics,
including the use of the Internet for transmission
of medical records.
University of Florida College
of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1995, including
Pro Bono Publico Certificate (University
of Florida Pro Bono Project)
University of Florida, M.S., Electrical
Engineering, 1991
University of Florida, B.S., Electrical
Engineering, cum laude, 1990
University of Florida, B.S., Computer Engineering,
1986
University of Florida, B.S., Business Administration,
1985
State Bar of Texas, 1999
State Bar of California, 1996
State Bar of Florida, 1996
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1997
American Intellectual
Property Law Association
Austin Intellectual Property Law Association
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