Primarily responsible for drafting and prosecuting patent, copyright and trademark applications, James E. Shultz, Jr. conducts work for clients within the United States and internationally.  Mr. Shultz has significant experience in patent appeal, opposition and interference proceedings.  He has extensive experience in evaluation of third party patent portfolios and drafting patentability, freedom-to-operate and infringement opinions.  He has drafted a number of technology transfer, joint development and licensing agreements.  Additionally, Mr. Shultz has significant experience with patent and trademark litigation.  Clients identify with his well-balanced approach earned through his background as an in-house attorney and value his understanding of intellectual property law and intellectual property portfolio development and management.

Recent Client Work

  • Drafted and prosecuted patents, copyrights and trademarks, and drafted agreements and licenses for top global automotive products company
  • Provided foreign prosecution for patents on appeal and attended opposition proceedings in Tokyo and Munich

Detailed Biography

Representative Experience

  • Artificial vision systems
  • Distributed control systems
  • Electro-optical technologies
  • Power system facilities
  • Programmable logic controllers

  • Wireless and wired digital networks

Background and Credentials

Prior to joining Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, James E. Shultz, Jr. served as an in-house intellectual property attorney at a global automotive products company that markets high technology electronics.  As a result, he provides a balanced perspective to electrical engineering clients in need of prosecuting patents, trademarks and copyrights.

For innovators within the electrical, software and mechanical engineering industries, Mr. Shultz has a keen familiarity with marketable product design, permitting him to draft agreements and licenses to protect organizations’ trade secrets.  He also provides clients with trademark litigation support and counsel.

Mr. Shultz completed a J.D. from Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio.  He also received an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University.

Community and Professional Involvement

  • American Bar Association
  • Michigan Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association

Short Biography

Education

  • Capital University Law School, J.D.
  • Ohio University, M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ohio University, B.S., Electrical Engineering

Practices

Industries

Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
  • Illinois
  • Michigan
  • Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Memberships

  • American Bar Association (ABA)

  • Michigan State Bar Association

  • Ohio State Bar Association

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James E. Shultz, Jr.

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Primarily responsible for drafting and prosecuting patent, copyright and trademark applications, James E. Shultz, Jr. conducts work for clients within the United States and internationally.  Mr. Shultz has significant experience in patent appeal, opposition and interference proceedings.  He has extensive experience in evaluation of third party patent portfolios and drafting patentability, freedom-to-operate and infringement opinions.  He has drafted a number of technology transfer, joint development and licensing agreements.  Additionally, Mr. Shultz has significant experience with patent and trademark litigation.  Clients identify with his well-balanced approach earned through his background as an in-house attorney and value his understanding of intellectual property law and intellectual property portfolio development and management.

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James E. Shultz, Jr.

James E. Shultz, Jr.

Recent Client Work

  • Drafted and prosecuted patents, copyrights and trademarks, and drafted agreements and licenses for top global automotive products company
  • Provided foreign prosecution for patents on appeal and attended opposition proceedings in Tokyo and Munich

Detailed Biography

Representative Experience

  • Artificial vision systems
  • Distributed control systems
  • Electro-optical technologies
  • Power system facilities
  • Programmable logic controllers

  • Wireless and wired digital networks

Background and Credentials

Prior to joining Marshall, Gerstein & Borun, James E. Shultz, Jr. served as an in-house intellectual property attorney at a global automotive products company that markets high technology electronics.  As a result, he provides a balanced perspective to electrical engineering clients in need of prosecuting patents, trademarks and copyrights.

For innovators within the electrical, software and mechanical engineering industries, Mr. Shultz has a keen familiarity with marketable product design, permitting him to draft agreements and licenses to protect organizations’ trade secrets.  He also provides clients with trademark litigation support and counsel.

Mr. Shultz completed a J.D. from Capital University Law School in Columbus, Ohio.  He also received an M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University.

Community and Professional Involvement

  • American Bar Association
  • Michigan Bar Association
  • Ohio State Bar Association

Short Biography

James E. Shultz, Jr.

Education

  • Capital University Law School, J.D.
  • Ohio University, M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Ohio University, B.S., Electrical Engineering

Practices

Industries

Admissions

  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
  • Illinois
  • Michigan
  • Ohio
  • U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio

Memberships

  • American Bar Association (ABA)

  • Michigan State Bar Association

  • Ohio State Bar Association

News

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