Mr. Gregory W. Carr, Private Law Practice

GREGORY W. CARR:  With over 20 years of experience, Managing Partner Greg Carr practices the full spectrum of Intellectual Property law, including domestic and foreign matters and proceedings before federal courts throughout the U.S., the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. This frequently involves building portfolios of various Intellectual Property assets, designing alternative processes and devices to avoid infringement, as well as expanding market share through licensing (and other collaborative relationships) and, if necessary, litigation to enforce Intellectual Property rights or challenge infringement claims.

Mr. Carr is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in Texas courts. He is admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Texas. Mr. Carr is additionally admitted before the United States Court of Federal Claims and the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth and Federal Circuits.

Mr. Carr often serves as an industry expert in speaking engagements and publications. He recently co-authored "A Comprehensive Approach to IP Lawyering" in the February 11, 2002 issue of Texas Lawyer and "Wireless Applications Require Comprehensive IP Protection Plan" in the March 18, 2002, issue of Dallas-Fort Worth TechBiz. He also authored "In-House Counsel Drawn Into More Patent Fights," in the July 7, 1986 issue of The National Law Journal. Mr. Carr also provided commentary on Intellectual Property as part of a Legal Issues Panel during the Southwest Equity Capital Summit in October 2002.

Mr. Carr is a member of various professional associations, including: the Dallas Bar Association (Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law Section); the American Bar Association (Chair, Subcommittee Reporting on Intellectual Property Protection in Latin America, 1994-1995); the State Bar of Texas (Intellectual Property Section); the Dallas-Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association; and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (Co-chair, Subcommittee on Exxon-Florio Act, 1990-1991). For the State Bar of Texas, he actively serves on the Planning Committee for a CLE Seminar on "High-Tech Litigation."

With a strong commitment to his community, Mr. Carr formerly co-chaired the law student committee of the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, which received the American Bar Association Award for Outstanding Contribution to Legal Profession in 1988. He is also adjunct professor of law and economics at Southern Methodist University. A graduate of Leadership Dallas and member of its Alumni Association Board of Directors, Mr. Carr is spearheading its effort to build a pavilion and recreation area for the Bon Ton neighborhood, located near the Trinity River Corridor in southeastern Dallas.

Mr. Carr, who is currently working toward a master's degree in Telecommunications, earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Houston in 1982. He received a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Southern Methodist University in 1979, graduating cum laude.