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Jerry R. Selinger

Partner

Intellectual Property Law

1700 Pacific Avenue

Suite 2650

Dallas, TX 75201

Phone: 214.720.2200

Fax: 713.623.4846

Direct Line: 214.272.0957

Email: jselinger@pattersonsheridan.com

Profile

Mr. Selinger's practice focuses on litigation of intellectual property and related matters at the trial and appellate levels. He has a wide range of trial and appellate experience in both federal and state courts throughout the United States.

Education

• J.D. (with highest honors), George Washington University Law School
• M.S., Engineering, Columbia University
• B.S. (cum laude), Engineering Science, State University of New York at Buffalo

Practice Areas

• Litigation & Pre-Litigation Counseling

Admissions & Memberships

• United States Court of Appeals for the Third and Fifth Circuits
• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
• United States Supreme Court
• American Intellectual Property Law Association: Board of Directors (2002-2005) (former chair patent litigation committee, former chair special committee PAC, current chair Membership Committee)
• American Bar Association (Founding Editor, IP Committee Newsletter for the Litigation Section)
• State Bar of Texas, Chair, Intellectual Property Law Section (1996-97)
• State Bar of Texas, Board of Directors (1998-2001)
• Dallas Bar Association: Secretary-Treasurer (1995); Board of Directors (1996); Advisory Director (1998-2001)
• Dallas Bar Fellows, Chair (2007)
• Dallas Bar Foundation, Trustee (2001-Present)
• Kilby Foundation International, Trustee (1998-2000)
• Texas Young Lawyers Association: Board of Directors (1984-86)

Publications/Speeches/Presentations

• Ethical Issues Surrounding Client Representation, presented at the 4th Annual Advanced Patent Litigation Course, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, August 1, 2008
• In-House Counsel Perspectives: Handling IP Issues in a Changing Landscape and Expectations of Outside Counsel, panel discussion moderated at the Annual Meeting of the State Bar of Texas, Intellectual Property Law Section, June 27, 2008
• Tafas/GSK: A Journey Along the Amicus Trial from Preliminary Injunction to Summary Judgment, presented at the Spring 2008 Seminar of the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association, May 3, 2008
• Views from Inside Counsel and Outside Counsel about 'Beauty Contests' When the Potential Client Already Has Been Sued for Patent Infringement, presented at the 2008 mid-winter meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, January 2008
• Markman Hearings: Where the Rubber Meets the Road, presented at the 3d Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, July 2007
• Personal Jurisdiction: It's Still a Contact Sport, presented at the 20th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, March 2007
• Ethics in the Brave New World, A Panel Discussion, moderated at the 2007 mid-winter meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, January 2007
• Views from Different Districts, A Panel Discussion of Federal District Judges from the Fourth Texas Districts, moderated at the 19th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, March 2006
• Willful Infringement After Underwater Devices at the Federal Circuit, presented at the 2005 midwinter meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, January 2005
• Where District Courts Have Gone Wrong in Claim Construction (According to the Federal Circuit), presented at the spring 2004 meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, May 2004)
• Practical Tips on Enforcing and Defending Patents: Practical Tips and Techniques Regarding Select Pretrial Matters, presented at programs sponsored by the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law in San Diego (June 2003) and Chicago (September 2003)
• Advocacy of IP Cases to the Supreme Court, presented at the 47th Annual Conference on Developments in Intellectual Property Law at the John Marshall Law School Center for Intellectual Property Law, February 2003
• On-Sale Bars and Offers to Sell: New Pitfalls and Opportunities, presented at the 15th Annual Intellectual Property Law Institute, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, March 2002
• Patent Damages in a Challenging Economy, presented at the UT Intellectual Property Law Symposium, February 2002
• On-Sale Bars and Offers to Sell: New Pitfalls and Opportunities, presented at the American Intellectual Property Law Association 2001 Road Show, Advanced Patent Litigation Seminar, June 2001
• Avoiding Damages and Injunctive Relief: An Update on the Affirmative Defenses of Laches and Equitable Estoppel, presented at the plenary session of the Mid-Winter Meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, January 2001
• Binding Claim Construction, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, November 2000
• Life after Pfaff AXear and a Half of Federal Circuit Implementation, presented at the First Annual Symposium on Intellectual Property Litigation in the 21st Century, co-sponsored by the University of Texas School of Law Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal and Intellectual Property Law Society, April 2000
• Observations on Ethical Obligations in Licensing (luncheon speaker), presented at the Thirteenth Annual Computer & Information Law Institute, October 1999
• Observations on the Pfaff Argument at the Supreme Court, presented at the AIPLA Spring Meeting, April 1999
• Case and Consequences: What the Supreme Court's New On-Sale Bar Test Really Means to Inventors and Patent Counsel, presented at 14th Annual Spring CLE Program of the American Bar Association, Section of Intellectual Property Law, April 1999
• Pfaff and Its Consequences, presented at the State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Law Institute, March 1999
• Special Masters -- A view from both sides, presented at the Annual Institute on Patent Law of the Southwest Legal Foundation, November 1998
• An Advocate's View of Amicus Submissions at the United States Supreme Court, presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, October 1998
• Painting the Picture for Your Audience: How to Take a Complicated Litigation Scenario and Make it Simple for Judge or Jury, presented at the 1998 Advanced Intellectual Property Course, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, July 1998
• Ethics in Intellectual Property, presented to the DBA Intellectual Property Law Section, March 1998
• Jurisdiction and Notice: Damned If You Do and Damned if You Don't, presented at the Annual State Bar Intellectual Property Law Institute, March 1998
• Copyright Protection of Computer Program Data Structures, presented at the 1997 Advanced Intellectual Property Course, sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, July 1997
• 'Life After Markman: A Panel's Views', presented at the American Intellectual Property Law Association Spring Meeting, April 1997
• 'Litigating Along the Food Chain: A Patentee's Rights Against an Infringing Competitor's Customers.' Presented at the 33rd Annual Institute on Patent Law, sponsored by The Southwestern Legal Foundation, November 1995
• Money Damages in Patent (IP) Cases: Current Theories, presented at the professional development program entitled 'Intellectual Property Law 1995,' sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, March 1995
• European Protection Using Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights: The Coming of 1992 - Presented at the Europe 1992 Conference, co-sponsored by the University of Texas at Arlington College of Business and the U.S. Department of Commerce, December 1989
• International Protection Using Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights - Presented at a seminar entitled 'Legal Aspects of International Trade,' sponsored by the Southwestern Legal Foundation, April 1989
• Depositions: Goals, Tactics, Mechanics and Problems - Presented at the 26th Annual Institute on Patent Law, sponsored by the Southwest Legal Foundation, December 1988
• Getting the Other Side's Case -- Current Trends and Techniques in Discovery -- Presented at the Professional development program entitled 'A Spectrum of Civil Litigation: Strategies, Techniques and Insights for Lawyers and Legal Assistants,' sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, December 1987
• Antitrust for Patent Lawyers: A Review of Antitrust Principles in Their Application to the Nine No-No's, presented to the IPL Section of the State Bar of Texas, Texas Bar Convention, June 1987
• Recent Developments in Federal Practice: Herein of RICO, Antitrust, Securities and Procedure - Presented at the professional development program entitled 'Spectrum of Civil Litigation: Business Litigation,' sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, 1987
• Depositions: The Respective Roles of the Attorney and the Legal Assistant in Arranging for, Obtaining and Using Them -- Presented at a professional development program entitled 'Civil Litigation: For Legal Assistants and Attorneys,' sponsored by the State Bar of Texas, February 1984
• Guest lecturer at SMTJ School of Law and SMU Department of Economics on topics pertaining to intellectual property law (periodically)