James A. Sheridan
Partner
Intellectual Property Law
250 Cambridge Avenue
Suite 300
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Phone: 650.330.2310
Fax: 650.330.2314
Direct Line: 650.384.4401
Email: jsheridan@pattersonsheridan.com
Profile
Jim Sheridan is a named partner of the firm and practices patent, copyright and trademark law. His emphasis centers on patent preparation, prosecution, licensing and portfolio evaluation in the fields of electronics, semiconductor devices, packaging and processes, computer applications and computer software. Prior to joining the firm, Jim was a partner in the law firm of Flehr Hohbach Test Albritton & Herbert in Palo Alto, California. Jim was also a design engineer for Motorola, Inc., a U.S. Patent Office Examiner with Group 320, the Director of Patents and Licensing at National Semiconductor Corporation, and a partner in the law firm of Schuyler, Banner, Birch, McKie & Beckett in Washington, D.C.
Education
- J.D., DePaul University, 1967
- M.B.A., Pepperdine University, 1983
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Marquette University, 1964
Practice Areas
Admissions & Memberships
- American Bar Association - Chairman, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 1975-1977
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- Peninsula Patent Law Association
- San Francisco Patent and Trademark Law Association
Publications/Speeches/Presentations
- "Patent office to battle backlog," The Washington Times, Monday, March 14, 2005, by Marguerite Higgins.
- Law firm awards Gunn High student engineering scholarship, San Jose Business Journal, July 16, 2004.
- "Small, Yet Very Big," San Francisco Daily Journal, May 18, 2003, by Xenia P. Kobylarz.
- "Small Firm Stretches Coast to Coast to Thrive in Competitive IP Market," Of Counsel, January 2003, by Steven T. Taylor.
- "Supplement to Attorney's Guide to Trade Secrets," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1985, 1987.
- Editor, 'Attorney's Guide to Trade Secrets," California Continuing Education of the Bar, 1985-1995.
- "Patent Protection for Computer Software - Practical Insights," 23 Santa Clara Law Review 989, 1983.
