Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Brian Moriarty, Esq., Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, www.hbsr.com

Joseph J. Laferrera, Esq., Gesmer, Updegrove, www.gesmer.com

J. Scott Southworth, Esq. www.southworthpatent.com

Robert A. Adelson, Esq., www.engelschultz.com

Brian Moriarty is an attorney with Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds whose practice focuses on IP litigation, opinions, licensing, patent prosecution, and related counseling. He is one of only a handful of registered patent attorneys in the U.S. who also has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney. A seasoned trial attorney, Brian has extensive experience as lead trial counsel in many and varied patent and intellectual property cases. He recently served as lead counsel for the pharmaceutical patent trials concerning the billion-dollar drugs Prilosec® and Zofran® and was involved in the successful effort to invalidate patents covering Prozac®. He has also served as lead trial counsel in a case concerning the use of a laser for medical treatment and a case concerning licensing of a photo-optics patent. Brian has substantial experience in matters involving lasers, RFID technology, pharmaceutical compounds and formulations, immunology, medical devices, business methodologies, mechanical systems, and computer software.

Joseph Laferrera is an attorney with Gesmer Updegrove who concentrates on serving the high-tech community in all aspects of the litigation and appellate process. He has represented large and small clients in a variety of matters, including matters involving computer applications, software development and intellectual property issues. In addition to his traditional litigation responsibilities, Mr. Laferrera heads the firm's Employment Law practice area, providing counseling and litigation assistance to both employers and executives. Mr. Laferrera earned his J.D. at Boston University School of Law, from which he graduated magna cum laude in 1993. While at Boston University, Mr. Laferrera served as the managing editor of the Boston University International Law Journal. Mr. Laferrera received his undergraduate education at Dartmouth College, where he majored in computer science and philosophy.

Scott Southworth is founder of an independent private practice in patent and intellectual property (IP) law. He has worked extensively with entrepreneurs and start-up companies developing patent portfolios and counseling them on a broad range of intellectual property issues. He has also performed patent and IP legal work for major technology and computer companies, as well as for educational institutions. His legal publications include articles on provisional patent applications and publicizing inventions on web sites. Prior to obtaining his law degree, he has had extensive work experience in the computer field at Digital Equipment Corporation, Apollo Computer, and Hewlett-Packard. He has published several technical articles and books, including several articles on hypertext linking. Mr. Southworth obtained his J.D. degree from Suffolk University Law School, Magna Cum Laude, with a High Technology Concentration with Distinction, and his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Robert A. Adelson has been a business attorney since 1977. He began his career as an associate with major New York City law firms Dewey Ballantine and later Weil Gotshal & Manges, and returned home to Boston in 1985, where he has been a partner in small and medium sized Boston law firms. His firm today is a 7-attorney general practice law firm, at 125 High Street in Boston's Financial District. His areas are corporate, tax, contracts, employment, M&A, trademarks and intellectual property law services. His clients are (1) Entrepreneurs and early stage technology-based companies, (3) CEOs, COOs and senior executives and key employees, (3) Independent consultants, and (4) Family businesses, mainly those facing transitions. Rob is a graduate of Boston University, B.A. summa cum laude, and Phi Beta Kappa , Northwestern University (Chicago, IL), J.D., Law Review member, and New York University. LL.M. in Taxation.

Robert Weber is a serial entrepreneur, inventor, senior executive, and management consultant. Most recently, Mr. Weber was Co-founder and Senior Vice President of Corporate & Market Development at Evergreen Open Broadband, a wireless Internet services startup acquired by Mobilepro Corp. (MOBL.OB) in June, 2005. Previously, he was SVP Business and Technology Strategy, InterTrust Technologies, where he made significant contributions to the company's intellectual property. InterTrust went public in October, 1999. Mr. Weber has also been a Principal at Northeast Consulting Resources, Inc. At NCRI, his consulting practice focused on Information Commerce, publishing, Internet-based services, and technology-based companies. Weber is an inventor with 11 issued United States patents and a number of foreign issued patents dealing mainly with information security and digital rights management.