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CARR LLP
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW
THE FIRM PERSPECTIVE
At CARR LLP, we help clients grow or maintain market share and profitability by leveraging intellectual capital. Through counseling, procurement, litigation and licensing in the principal areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and antitrust, we can help our clients identify, protect and use their Intellectual Property assests. Whether our clients improve existing products or pioneer innnovations in their industries, CARR LLP handles matters thoroughly, cost-effectively and responsively.
Our Approach
We collaborate closely with clients to develop strong Intellectual Property portfolios. Our approach is simple. A thorough technical understanding of our clients helps us devise a coordinated approach to protecting all forms of Intellectual Property. As a result, our clients' Intellectual Property creates a competitive advantage, builds market share, enhances profitability, and heightens their intrinsic value.
Our overarching goal is to develop and maintain recognition for our clients' technology, products and services, and with long-term perspective. By beginning with an understanding of how all areas of Intellectual Property may affect a business, we are better equipped to help our clients anticipate future needs. This approach becomes crucial as new technologies arise, including the convergence of businesses online.
We pride ourselves on delivering superior services and on developing long-term relationships impacting the value and bottom line of our clients. CARR LLP represents Fortune 500 and emerging growth companies, as well as educational and research institutions and independent inventors, in a wide range of legal issues throughout the United States and abroad. Located in the heart of downtown Dallas and near the Federal and State Courthouses, CARR LLP also provides a convenient staging area for litigation in Dallas.
An Experienced, Dependable Team
As a specialized-practice firm, our clients benefit from our unique, personalized approach. Each client works with a consistent team of attorneys who gain a deep familiarity with the client's needs and industry. All clients receive the attention and direct involvement of one of the lead partners, each of whom has more than 18 years of experience with Intellectual Property counseling, licensing, procurement and litigation.
We deliver consistent and reliable counsel. Attorneys at CARR LLP offer a breadth and depth of experience rarely found. Each attorney is well-versed in handling prosecution, litigation and licensing across all segments of Intellectual Property law and possesses deep legal and technical expertise. All attorneys hold degrees in one or more scientific or engineering fields. As a result, clients receive efficient and effective legal counsel.
The true benefit of the CARR LLP team approach arises when a client faces litigation. The team possesses a successful track record, and understanding of the law and an ability to gain familiarity with the client's background and needs to quickly and efficiently initiate or respond to litigation.
Independent Judgment
We have and will maintain a staunch practice of avoiding representation that would pose a conflict of interest to our clients. Our specialization dramatically reduces the possibility of conflicts of interest with other clients. With Intellectual Property as our sole focus, our judgment can remain independent from any conflicting interest of clients the firm otherwise might represent across other legal areas.
Getting Started
CARR LLP establishes a "partnering" relationship with our clients. While not a partnership in a legal sense, the firm recognizes that the success of every client is a success indirectly shared by the firm, building a lasting relationship, enhancing market share and promoting client growth. We do this simply by creating legal barriers protecting valuable client information, which helps preserve and grow market share.
To help companies assess their intellectual capital, we have developed an Intellectual Property Audit to highlight key questions companies should ask and any corresponding activities they should consider undertaking. The audit helps companies identify ways they can gain vital protection of their information.
For more information on how to build and protect your market share or to understand the scope of protection available for Intellectual Property, please contact CARR LLP.
670 Founders Square 900 Jackson Street DALLAS, TEXAS 75202 Telephone: (214) 760-3000 Facsimile: (214) 760-3003 E-mail:
OUR LAWYERS
GREGORY W. CARR , Managing Partner: 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 United States; 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 United States 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 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 a 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 his 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.
THEODORE F. SHIELLS, Partner: Partner Ted Shiells brings more than 18 years of experience in Intellectual Property law, including a background in licensing, litigation and prosecution. His patent infringement cases have included high-performance baseball bats, offshore oilrigs, and chemical processes. Mr. Shiells has provided trademark and copyright infringement counsel for national restaurant chains, food product packaging, and a popular bean-bag toy. His patent prosecution experience includes systems for advanced helicopter and military image processing, telecommunications systems, building construction materials, and sports equipment.
Mr. Shiells is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is a member of the State Bars of Texas, California, and New York. He is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts in the Northern District of Texas, the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Eastern District of Michigan, and before the United States Court of Federal Claims and Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
A frequent author, Mr. Shiells 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. His published articles also include "In a Novel Ruling, the Sixth Circuit Holds That Attorneys May Be Liable in a Bivens Action If They've Seized Goods That Allegedly Infringe a Copyright or Trademark," in The National Law Journal on July 1, 1996.
Mr. Shiells is also a member of many professional organizations including: the Dallas Bar Association (Intellectual Property Section); the State Bar of Texas; the Dallas-Fort Worth Intellectual Property Law Association; the New York Intellectual Property Law Association; and the American Bar Association.
Mr. Shiells received his Juris Doctorate degree from Hastings College of Law at the University of California in 1983 and his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California in 1975. Mr. Shiells has undertaken graduate studies in Telecommunications.
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