Intellectual Property in Government Contracts: Protecting and Enforcing IP at the State and Federal Level

James McEwen, a founding partner of Stein McEwen & Bui, has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in computer hardware and software, control systems, mechanical and optical devices, semiconductor manufacturing, batteries, and display device technologies. In addition, Mr. McEwen has prepared and been involved in patent validity and infringement opinions, reissue and reexamination proceedings, intellectual property licensing and settlement negotiations, intellectual property licensing with elements of the Federal government, trademark prosecution, domain name disputes, trade secret protection, and provided litigation support in patent infringement claims. David S. Bloch is a partner with the law firm of Winston & Strawn, LLP., at their San Francisco office. David focuses his practice on complex intellectual property disputes, as well as the intersections of antitrust, government contracts, and intellectual property law. He is a graduate of Reed College and The George Washington University (M.P.H., J.D. with honors), and served as a Fellow in International Trade Law at the University Institute of European Studies in Turin, Italy, in 1997. Richard M. Gray is the Director of the Intellectual Property Office, and Associate General Counsel, in the Acquisition Law Division of the Department of the Air Force, Office of the General Counsel. His primary duties include advising members of the Secretariat and Air Staff on intellectual property and technology transfer issues, and representing the Air Force on interdepartmental and interagency committees pertaining to intellectual property and technology transfer, including chairing the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council's Patents, Data, and Copyright Committee. For these subject matters, Mr. Gray also participates in regulatory and statutory drafting, and coordinating Air Force reporting to Congress and the Government Accountability Office. Additionally, Mr. Gray practices in the areas of cyberspace and computer law, information management, information assurance, e-authentication, and information technology acquisitions.McEwen, James G. is the author of 'Intellectual Property in Government Contracts: Protecting and Enforcing IP at the State and Federal Level', published 2009 under ISBN 9780195338560 and ISBN 0195338561.