Thomas A. Fairhall is a partner with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP. Mr. Fairhall's practice is primarily devoted to obtaining U.S. and foreign patents and trademarks for clients, counseling clients in the management and development of their intellectual property assets, and advising venture capital groups on the intellectual property of target companies. While he has prepared and prosecuted many patent applications in the electrical engineering and mechanical engineering disciplines, he concentrates his practice in biomedical devices and instrumentation, complex optical and mechanical systems, wireless communication and computer networking.
He is the author of many articles on patent law topics and has been an invited speaker at several continuing legal education programs.
Published Articles
"Prior use of Trade Secrets and the Intersection with Patent Law: The Prior User Rights Statute, 35 U.S.C. § 273", Fed. Cir. Bar J. April, 2005.