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EXPERTISE
Keith Rutherford brings
years of outside law firm experience coupled with extensive in-house legal
experience to bear on solving clients’ problems.
At Wong Cabello
Mr. Rutherford’s practice has focused on patent litigation, IP
strategy, pre-litigation conflict resolution, licensing/deal negotiations, analysis
of patent portfolios both for offensive and defensive purposes,
opinion work, and prosecution management. From 2005 to 2008 alone, Mr. Rutherford was involved in 15 patent litigations for clients including Raytheon Company, Apple Inc., McAfee, Inc., Polycom, Inc., BMC Software, Inc. and Motorola, Inc. During that time Mr. Rutherford was involved in two jury trials. He has served as lead counsel on a case for Polycom, Inc. He has first-chaired and second-chaired Markman hearings involving diverse technology for companies such as Raytheon Company, Precision Drilling, Inc., Inventec Corporation and others. He has handled cases where the alleged sales base at risk exceeded a billion dollars.
Mr. Rutherford has consistently
provided positive, cost-effective results for clients in litigation.
He has negotiated numerous patent licenses and other IP related
agreements. He has managed analysis of patent portfolios ranging
from small, to those containing thousands of patents. He has favorably
resolved a number of disputes for clients without the need of litigation.
Mr. Rutherford works in a number of technology areas with particular
emphasis in electronics, computing, telecommunications, VoIP and
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EDUCATION
- J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School
of Law
- B.S.
in Petroleum Engineering, with honors, The University of Texas
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
- State of Texas
- U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court
for the Northern District of California
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Partner, Wong,
Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri L.L.P.
- Vice President of
Business Development, Questia Media, Inc.
- Associate General
Counsel IP, Questia Media Inc.
- Senior IP Counsel,
Compaq Computer Corp.
- Attorney, Arnold,
White & Durkee
- Subsurface Engineer, Exxon
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
AND AWARDS
- Member, American
Intellectual Property Law Association
- Member, Houston Bar Association
- Member, Houston Intellectual Property
Law Association
- Member, Licensing
Executive Society
- Selected as a "Best Lawyer in America for Intellectual Property," IP Law and Business Magazine
- Listed in Texas Super Lawyers (2009)
- Listed in Texas' Best Lawyers (Intellectual Property) in The Best Lawyers
in
America (2008, 2009)
- AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
AND PRESENTATIONS
- "Portfolio
Mining – Sweat Equity Pays Dividends" LES Annual Meeting 2005
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