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"Another Fishing Trip, Another Great Success"
06.29.10

We had a fantastic turnout of firm personnel and clients. The day started with a choppy ride out to the fishing grounds, then the winds and waves changed to provide a great day for fishing. We caught 775 lbs of fish. Although the majority was snapper, we caught more amberjack and mahi mahi than we had in the past, along with one blackfin tuna. A special thanks Laura for coordinating the trip and to those who brought food and beverages down. Hopefully, we can do it again next year.



"Elected"
06.15.10

Shannon W. Bates, Of Counsel in the Dallas, Texas Office has been elected to serve as 2010-2011 Chair of the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section.

Kristin Jordan Harkins, Shareholder in the Dallas, Texas Office has been elected to serve as 2010-2011 Newsletter Officer of the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Section.


"Rising Star"
03.30.10

April 2010 - Jonathan Pierce has been recognized by Super Lawyers Magazine as a "Rising Star" among Texas lawyers practicing in the field of intellectual property litigation. In making its selections, Super Lawyers evaluates candidates based on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement and based on this criteria, Jonathan was one of only 68 Texans so honored for 2010 for intellectual property litigation.



Conley Rose Supports Small Steps Nurturing Center
02.25.10

Conley Rose was proud to sponsor a team for the 2010 Small Steps Clays Classic benefiting the Small Steps Nurturing Center. The event was held February 25th at American Shooting Center in Houston, TX. Team members included Scott Wendorf (Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.), Bruce Storm (Kenda Capital, B.V.), Rodney Carroll (Dallas office), and Collin Rose (Houston office). Collin Rose serves on the advisory board for the event. The event was a great success with great weather and great shooting by the participants.



Awarded Acheivement
12.08.09

Conley Rose has been designated a GREEN office by Hines Management and has been awarded a glass plaque commemorating this achievement.

Cameron International Corporation Settlement
10.23.09

Houston, TX - October, 2009 - Cameron International Corporation, a leading provider of flow equipment products, systems, and services to worldwide oil, gas, and process industries announced it had successfully settled its defense of a dispute with Safoco, Inc. for undisclosed terms. Safoco had been asserting infringement of three Safoco patents that cover gate valve actuators for the oil and gas industry. The settlement was completed the week before the jury trial was set to begin before the Honorable Judge Sim Lake in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston.

Cameron was represented by lead attorney D. Mitchell McFarland, Jeff Weems, and Thad Jenks of Harrison, Bettis, Staff, McFarland, & Weems, L.L.P. and by Charles Rogers, David Rose, and Collin Rose of Conley Rose, P.C.


AIPLA Election
10.16.09

On October 16, 2009, Michael W. Piper, Shareholder in the Plano, Texas Office was elected to serve a three year term on the Board of Directors of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

AIPLA Nomination
07.06.09

Michael W. Piper, Shareholder in the Plano, Texas Office has been nominated to serve a three year term on the Board of Directors of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

Featured Speaker
05.01.09

Mark Scott was a featured speaker at the Texas Lawyer's Intellectual Property Law Roundtable on May 7, 2009 at The University of Texas at Austin. The event covered significant intellectual property law issues affecting Texas today.

New Elections
02.09.09

Thomas L. Warden has been elected Shareholder in the Houston office. Mr. Warden primarily assists clients by developing effective litigation strategies in all forms of Intellectual Property litigation, from negotiation through trial and appeal.

Shannon W. Bates has been elected Of Counsel in the Plano office. Ms. Bates focuses on both domestic and foreign mechanical patent prosecution. Her trademark practice includes selection and use counseling, registrability opinions, both domestic and foreign, and inter partes proceedings.

Conley Rose is pleased to announce a recent appointment and speaking engagement.
11.24.08

Dawson Lightfoot has been appointed Chair of the Membership Committee of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of Texas.

Dawson Lightfoot spoke at the 46th Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law held in Plano, Texas on November 10-11, 2008. His topic was “What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You: Playing by the Rules in the PTO.” His presentation covered the ethical considerations of practice before the USPTO.

Conley Rose is pleased to announce a recent election.
11.20.08

Conley Rose is pleased to announce that L.Joy Griebenow, Of Counsel with Conley Rose, was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the Aurora (Colorado) Bar Association.
Her term will run from 2008 to 2010. One of her many responsibilities will be to coordinate the regional mock trials.

Conley Rose is excited to announce more additions to its Professional Staff.
11.3.08

Theodore D. Fay, III has joined the Plano office as an Associate. He holds a B.S. in Physics form the University of California in San Diego and a J.D. from the University of Denver in Colorado. His experience includes medical devices, chemical mechanical planarization devices, virtual reality systems, computer hardware and software, aircraft components and others.

Joe J. Funston, III holds a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Michigan State University and is working towards a J.D. from Southern Methodist University. Mr. Funston served in the U.S. Air Force as a First Lieutenant, Communications Engineering. Mr. Funston is a Technical Advisor in the Plano Office.

Stephen R. Loe has also joined the Plano office an as Associate. He holds a B.S. in Physics from Abilene Christian University and a J.D. from Baylor University. His research experience includes the fields of nuclear physics, medium energy particle physics and molecular biophysics. His prosecution experience includes the areas of software, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, fiber content, semiconductors, electrical circuits and geophysical exploration equipment and processes.

Conley Rose is excited to announce the newest additions to its Professional Staff.

9.1.08

Ryan Jenlink clerked with the Plano office this summer after taking the bar exam in May. He holds a B.S. in Cell & Molecular Biology as well as a J.D. degree. While attending the Univ. of Oklahoma, he assessed the potential of obtaining University based patents in the fields of nanotechnology, biology, medicine and chemistry.

Jin Dawson holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT. Some of her areas of expertise include vinyl chloride monomer productions, dynamic distillation models, safety and performance of fuel cells while changing LPG composition, dynamic and static light scattering, cell viability assays, multi-channel electrophoresis and fluorescent spectroscopy. Jin is based in the Houston office.

Conley Rose, P.C. has elected two new shareholders to the firm.
1.1.08

On January 1, 2008, Collin A. Rose and J. Robert Brown were elected Shareholders of Conley Rose, P.C.

Robert Brown practices intellectual property law in the Plano, Texas office. His focus is on technology licensing and client counseling in the software, electrical and telecommunications fields.

Collin Rose handles various patent and trademark prosecution and counseling matters in the Houston office. His practice covers a wide range of technologies including oil-field related equipment, downhole tools and ultrasonic transducer technology.

Collin Rose Co-Authors O'Connor's Federal Intellectual Property Codes Plus
4.4.07

Collin Rose recently completed co-authoring the 2nd Edition of O'Connor's Federal Intellectual Property Codes Plus. This reference is published by Jones McClure Publishing as part of its very popular Annotated Codes series. Collin contributed to the work by editing case annotations for code sections relating to patent prosecution.

In addition to the patent statutes, the reference also includes annotations for the Lanham Act, the Copyright Act, and the Uniform Trade Secrets Act. The reference further includes various international treaties relating to intellectual property and certain provisions of other IP-relevant federal statutes. The publication has been very well-received and a 3rd Edition is to be published this summer.