Areas of Practice:
- Asset Protection
- Bankruptcy
- Coporate/Business
- Emminent Domain
- Estate Planning
- Intellectual Property
- Litigation
- Mediation/Arbitration
- Mergers/Aquistions
- Patents
- Personal Injury
- Probate
- Wealth Preservation
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Mr. Turner enjoys successful legal experience with a focus on Intellectual Property Rights. Be it for an individual or a corportion, Mr. Turner's expertise in the field ensure's that your ownership and intersts will be vigourously represented and protected. Mr. Turner commands an extensive and detailed understanding of Trademarks, Sevice Marks, Copyrights, Patents, and Contracts. He has influenced key cases in Intellectual Property Rights including the first Patents on Compact Discs. Academia: Courts: Admitted to Practice: - U.S. Patent Office (1966)
- Commonwealth of Virginia (1970) (now inactive)
- State of California (1973)
- Admitted to the United States Supreme Court, the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and Ninth Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Northern and Central Districts of California, the Southern District of New York and the District of Columbia.
Legal experiences: - Pennie, Edmonds, Morton, Taylor & Adams, Washington, D,C. (1965-68)
- Patton, Boggs & Blow, Washington, D.C. (1971-72)
- Litton Industries, Inc. Legal Department, Beverly Hills, California (1972-75)
- Nielsen, Robins, Dahlgren & Berliner, Los Angeles, California (1975-76)
- Kleinberg, Morganstern, Scholnick & Mann, Beverly Hills, California (1976-80)
- Private Practice, Beverly Hills and Los Angeles, California (1980-present)
Representative Cases: Trademarks:
- Lindy Pen Co., Inc. v Bic Pen Corp. (796 F.2d 254)
Patents:- Patent No. 5,859,963 (Computer Program Optimizer Code), O'Dowd, et al.
- Patent No. 4,865,836 (Synthetic Oxygen Transport, i.e. "artificial blood"), Long, et al.
- First Patents covering Laser Discs and Players (CDs), Broadbent, et al. (on team with two others)
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