CV – Patrick William Fletcher

Patrick William Fletcher

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.

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.

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.

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.

1985 to 1988

Ops Group, Army National Training Center For Desert Warfare (NTC), Fort Irwin – OPFOR, Soviet light weapons instructor.
C 1/506th Airborne Infantry Regiment (Red Currahee), Camp Greaves, Korea – Designated marksman.
C 1/9th Infantry Regiment (Manchu), 4P1, Korea – SAW Gunner (M249), Comms.
D 10/2 Infantry Training Brigade (Vanguard), Harmony Church, Fort Benning – 11B OSUT.
Received Army Achievement Medals in 1986 and 1987.
Received Imjin Scout Certificate (20+ patrols in the Korean Demilitarized Zone) in 1987.
Received Army Certificate of Achievement (max APRT) in 1986.

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

Western State University, College of Law

Western State University, Irvine

HBX, Harvard Business School

U.S. Sailing – Basic Keelboat, Performance Sailing, Basic Cruising, Bareboat Cruising, Coastal Navigation, Coastal Passage Making, Celestial Navigation, Offshore Passage Making (2008 Robb Report “Boat Camp” article).
PGA – Golf Professional competed on the Nationwide, Spanos, and Pepsi Golf tours.
ANDI – Rebreather Diver (Level 2 CCR)
EFR – Emergency First Response Instructor (with AED)
PADI – TecRec Scuba Instructor (#185918)
PSIA – Ski Instructor (Level 3)
American Red Cross – WSIT and LGIT
SAR – National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (narrative pdf) (#160677)