Bio: Jeff Sheldon

Founding partner Jeff Sheldon is recognized as one of the 20 best Intellectual Property Lawyers in California as well as for his leadership in creating one of the most dynamic intellectual property law firms in the country. He is the author of the highly acclaimed treatise "How to Write a Patent Application", considered the "bible" for patent attorneys on the art of writing patent applications. His leadership in intellectual property professional organizations has established him at the pinnacle of his professional specialty.

Jeff is regularly retained by in-house counsel of large corporations because of his command of intellectual property law, as well as his skill at achieving the client's objectives thorough the most effective and efficient means.

Jeff Sheldon's technical background is in the biomedical and chemical engineering arts. He was previously employed as a chemical engineer by Exxon and Shell Chemical, as a scientific coordinator by Lee Pharmaceutical and as a medical device development engineer by American Hospital Supply Corporation. Jeff Sheldon practices the full range of intellectual property, including prosecution, litigation, and international and domestic licensing.

He is a summa cum laude graduate of Loyola Law School. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, and a Masters of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. His studies in Scotland resulted from receiving the prestigious Marshall Scholarship from the UK government.

Mr. Sheldon, a former president of Tau Beta pi at CIT, is also an adjunct professor in intellectual property law and patent law at Southwestern University Law School in Los Angeles. A frequent lecturer for the Practising Law Institute and other organizations, he is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, an officer of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, a columnist for the Los Angeles Daily Journal on intellectual law, and a past chairman of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California.

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credentials

Credentials

• American Bar Association (ABA - Intellectual Property Law Section);
  
• State Bar Of California - Intellectual Property Section;
  
• Los Angeles County Bar Association (LACBA-Litigation Section);
  
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA);
  
• Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LAIPLA);
  
• San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association (SFIPLA);
  
• International Trademark Association (INTA);
  
• Licensing Executive Society;
  
• Western San Bernardino County Bar Association;
  
• Pasadena Bar Association;
  
• Los Angeles Complex Litigation Inn Of Court (LACLIC).
  

Publications:
The firm's lawyers write extensively and are often invited to be Editors for Intellectual Property publications.

Authorship:
California Intellectual Property Handbook, Matthew Bender;
How to Write Patent Applications, Jeffrey C. Sheldon, Practicing Law Institute.

Editorships (past and/or current):
Patent World; Trademark World; Copyright World; Managing Intellectual Property; New Matter - Newsletter of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar Of California; California Business Law Reporter - Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB); California Civil Practice - Bancroft Whitney.

Columnists (past and/or current):
Los Angeles Daily Journal; Patent World; Trademark World; Copyright World; Managing Intellectual Property; California Business Law Reporter; Pasadena Star News.

Legal Instruction:
Members of the firm have taught and lectured for the following organizations:

• American Bar Association (ABA);
  
• Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB);
  
• Practicing Law Institute (PLI);
  
• Intellectual Property Section Of The State Bar Of California;
  
• Pasadena Bar Association;
  
• West San Bernardino County Bar Association;
  
• University Of California at Los Angeles (UCLA);
  
• Loyola University School Of Law;
  
• Southwestern University School Of Law;
  
• LaVerne University School Of Law; and the
  
• European Studies Conference, London, England
  

Special Note to New
Inventors

Even though we're primarily an international corporate law firm handling business to business clients, we occasionally represent independent inventors who have prepared themselves and set aside a budget for legal protection services.

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