Patrick William Fletcher

Summary

  • Intellectual Property Attorney with 20 years experience advising clients regarding all aspects of IP (copyrights, trademarks, and patents) development, protection, management, and litigation, with extensive experience in domain name dispute resolution before ICANN, WIPO under the UDRP, and in the Federal Courts.

Experience

Fletcher Law Offices (Attorney)

1998 to present

  • Copyright, trademark, and patent registration, prosecution, litigation, and enforcement solutions for a large base of domestic and international clients.
  • Ranked number 11 of the top 20 Trademark Attorneys in the U.S. by Trademark Insider magazine in 2002.
  • Domain name dispute litigation before ICANN, WIPO, and in the Federal Courts (including precedent setting case wwwtickets.com, which is now the standard for how generic domain names are treated under the UDRP).
  • E-commerce and online privacy mandates.
  • In-house IP counsel to No Limit Records, Master P, and all recording artists represented by the label.

The Aegis Group (Attorney)

1996 to 1998

  • Secured, defended, and licensed intellectual property rights protecting multimedia and software-based educational materials.
  • Analyzed and drafted web site licenses, online privacy policies, and operations manuals for internet service providers (ISPs), online retailers, and multi-level marketers.
  • Managed corporate services department conducting merger and acquisition negotiations and maintaining SEC compliance and corporate formalities for more than 250 clients.

The Club At Sutherlin (Owner and General Manager)

1994 to 1996

  • Secured funding to purchase a championship 18-hole golf course, restaurant, banquet facility, and surrounding residential properties out of bankruptcy from the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC).
  • Managed day to day operations of golf course, restaurant, and banquet facility, to include a grounds crew, server staff, sales team, and management team of approximately 50.
  • Subdivided and sold golf course adjacent land parcels to fund main property acquisition, course redesign, and capital improvements.

United States Army (Infantry)

1985 to 1988

Education

Internet Law Graduate Program

Berkman Center For Internet & Society, Harvard Law School

LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law

Frankin Pierce School Of Law, University Of New Hampshire

  • Instructor – Cross-Cultural Negotiations for IP & Business Matters
  • Attended – Advanced IP Licensing Institute
  • Published – ICANN’s Domain Name System: A Bottleneck to the Natural Evolution of Internet Infrastructure
  • Published – Shrink-Wrap Licenses and the Need for Alternative Mechanisms of IP Protection

Doctor of Jurisprudence

Western State University, College of Law

Bachelor of Science

Western State University, Irvine

Continuing Education

Leading With Finance Graduate Program

HBX, Harvard Business School

Miscellaneous Skills & Certifications