Mr Thomas Arthur Runk | Attorney

Mr. Runk provides legal services to clients in all of the intellectual property (IP) fields which include patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights. The services primarily encompass originating intellectual property portfolios, managing those portfolios, and enforcing a client's IP against infringers.  His IP services also include reviewing the IP rights of others that may pose some level of risk to a client's business plans and providing advice about the risks. Mr. Runk works in state courts, in U.S. federal courts, and teams up with foreign attorneys for international cases.

Mr. Runk's primary focus is on the fields of electrical, mechanical, signal processing, control systems, information management and processing systems, computer hardware, and software technologies. Mr. Runk has worked with a wide range of technologies such as complex medical apparatus for diabetes control, catheters for atrial mapping and ablation, valve systems, lighting systems for businesses, and inventory control systems using radio frequency identification.

Mr. Runk provides IP services to businesses of all sizes from start-up companies to multi-billion dollar companies, and to individuals.  Mr. Runk is a registered patent attorney at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and as such is licensed to represent clients in all aspects of patents and trademarks at the USPTO.

Mr. Runk has prepared, negotiated, and finalized many intellectual property licenses and settlement agreements.  Additionally, Mr. Runk has also performed the due diligence necessary in IP portfolio acquisition or divestiture which includes confirming clear title, maintenance issues, trademark use issues, and many other issues.  Mr. Runk has also written and negotiated the intellectual property provisions for the contracts in acquisitions and divestitures.   Many of these contracts involve complex contractual provisions for ownership and contingencies.  Mr. Runk has also been actively engaged in intellectual property litigation including trial to a jury.  In foreign countries, Mr. Runk has managed patent and trademark oppositions in Europe and in Asian countries.