Mr. Benson has more than twenty-five years of trial and appellate litigation experience in cases involving patents, trade secrets, trademarks, contracts and related issues concerning the UCC.
Mr. Benson has negotiated and prepared patent and trade secret licenses, joint development agreements, confidential disclosure agreements, employment agreements for inventors and invention assignments worldwide.
Since being registered to prosecute patent applications in the United States in 1977, Mr. Benson has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent applications. He has obtained patents in the United States, under the Patent Cooperation Treaty, in the European Patent Office and in foreign countries worldwide.
His experience also includes conducting interference proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as conducting patent infringement and validity investigations. Mr. Benson has conducted intellectual property seminars for technical and management personnel of corporate clients and has consulted with clients concerning diverse intellectual property issues. He is responsible for managing substantial patent portfolios for his clients.
