Cameron LLP Expands IP Capabilities with the addition of
Thomas H. Jackson as Patent Practice Group Leader

September 1, 2011

Cameron LLP announced today that Thomas H. Jackson has joined the firm as Partner and Patent Practice Group Leader based in Washington, DC. Mr. Jackson may be contacted directly at 202-293-3559 or tjackson@CameronLLP.com.

Mr. Jackson has been in private practice for more than 20 years representing domestic and foreign clients in U.S. and international patent prosecution and litigation matters, most recently as a member of the PCT Law Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Jackson served as in-house patent counsel at Siemens USA, AT&T and Bell Telephone Laboratories.

Mr. Jackson has written and prosecuted hundreds of patents to issue in the fields of bio-technology, nanotechnology, business methods, mechanical, chemical, electronic/semi-conductor, electrical, hardware and software systems and computer arts, including special concentrations in telecommunications and converging television technologies and medical and optical devices.

Mr. Jackson brings to the firm a strong in-house perspective, having served as in-house patent counsel at Siemens USA where he concentrated in patent prosecution for telecommunications and data multiplexing subsidiaries. He also served in-house at Bell Telephone Laboratories where he handled the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the telecommunication arts.

He is an experienced litigator having represented patent owners as plaintiffs and defendants in patent cases.

Mr. Jackson's clients include Fortune 500 companies and research hospitals and universities, inventors and start-ups. In his role as Patent Practice Group Leader at Cameron LLP, Mr. Jackson will lead a team of patent attorney specialists in all technical disciplines in drafting, prosecuting and defending patents.

Mr. Jackson is a co-author of Telecommunications Client Strategies, Thomson Reuters/Aspatore, 2008.

He is fluent in both German and French.

Mr. Jackson holds a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, a Maser degree in Engineering Administration from George Washington University and a JD from Seton Hall University.

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Intellectual Property Practice
Cameron LLP offers a broad range of Intellectual Property ("IP") services

Our IP practice encompasses patents, trademarks, trade secrets, unfair competition, licensing services and domain name dispute resolution. Our patent and trademark services are highlighted below.

Patent services:

• Patentability opinions
• Preparation and prosecution of utility, ornamental design and business method patent applications (U.S. and international)
• Freedom to operate opinions
• Patent infringement and related opinions, litigation and counseling
• IP Audits and due diligence for mergers and acquisitions
• Negotiating and documenting the licensing and sale/purchase of intellectual property assets
• Strategies for responding to patent trolls
• Litigation of intellectual property matters involving imported goods before the U.S. International Trade Commission (Section 337 investigations)
• Advice and counsel on how the America Invents Act of 2011 will affect patent owners, inventors and the process for registering new patents.

Trademark services:

• Selection, acquisition and clearing of marks
• Registration of trademarks, service marks, certification marks, collective marks and collective membership marks in the US and globally
• Protection, policing and enforcement of marks, including prosecution and defense of trademark infringement claims
• Border intervention/confiscation, injunctions to keep counterfeit products off the market and global strategies for building and protecting a company's brand
• Negotiating, drafting and enforcement of trademark license agreements
• Opposition and cancellation proceedings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
• Commercial exploitation of marks, including the licensing, assignment and sale of marks and the use of marks as collateral for loans
• Advising clients on extending their marks to new products and services and into new industries and fields of business

If you would like more information on Cameron LLP's Intellectual Property Practice and how we may be of service to you, please contact:

Stephen L. Humphrey, Executive Committee chair and head of Cameron LLP's Intellectual Property and Litigation Practice
Phone: 202-293-3529 or E-mail: shumphrey@CameronLLP.com

Thomas E. Skilton, Managing Partner
Phone: 202-293-3543 or E-mail: tskilton@CameronLLP.com

Thomas H. Jackson, leader of Cameron LLP's Patent Practice Group
Phone: 202-293-3559 or E-mail: tjackson@CameronLLP.com