Ed Anderson, a partner at Kolisch Hartwell, is an intellectual property attorney active in preparing and prosecuting U.S. and international applications for patents and trademarks. He has extensive experience in many technical arts, with emphasis in the electrical, electronic, and computer arts. He regularly counsels clients on licensing, transfers, freedom to operate, enforcement, trade secrets, and copyrights. He provides strategic planning for enterprises at all stages of development. Ed supports clients from our Portland office and from our Bay Area office in Palo Alto, California.
Technical Expertise and Professional Background
Ed has more than 25 years of experience in intellectual property law. He began his IP career with Kolisch, Hartwell & Dickinson and helped establish our Palo Alto office to serve California and the Silicon Valley. Ed’s extensive experience inside and outside the legal field over the years allows him to excel in his treatment of many technical fields, including:
- Computers, computer peripherals, software, networks, and data processing
- Telecommunications including RF systems for mobile
communications
- Video and analog signal processing
- Security management and passenger-screening systems
- Electronic devices and control systems
- Energy-conserving lighting systems and power supplies
- Millimeter-wave, magnetic, and digital imaging
- Internet-based commerce and business methods
- Medical, mechanical, forensic, and optical devices.
In addition to serving established companies and individual inventors, he has assisted many start-up companies from conception through venture capital funding, acquisition, and IPO.
Education
- Northwestern School of Law of Lewis & Clark College (J.D., 1980)
- Oregon State University (M.S., Management Science, 1971)
- Oregon State University (B.S., Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 1970)
Bar Admissions
- Oregon State Bar
- Multnomah County Professional Responsibility Committee
- Quality of Life Committee (Chairman, 2007)
- Intellectual Property Section
- Computer and Internet Section
- Washington State Bar Association
- State Bar of California
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Professional License and Associations
Registered Professional Engineer (Oregon, inactive status); Oregon
Patent Law Association (OPLA); American Intellectual Property Law
Association (AIPLA); American Bar Association (ABA); Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)