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Thomas Cooney McThenia Jr.

Partner

Practice Areas

• Intellectual Property
• Technology and Internet Law
• Sports and Entertainment Law

Specialty Practices/ Industries

Licensing; Internet; Software and Technology; Intellectual Property

Education

• University of Virginia, School of Law, J.D., 1993
• Duke University, School of Engineering, B.S., 1986

Admitted

• The Florida Bar, 2004
• The Virginia State Bar, 2000
• The North Carolina State Bar, 1993
• U.S. District Courts for Middle District of Florida, North Carolina and Virginia
• U.S. Court of Appeals for Fourth Circuit and Federal Circuit
• Registered Patent Attorney, USPTO, 1997

Appointments and Elected Positions

• American Corporate Counsel Central Florida Chapter, Former Vice President, 2006

Professional Certification, Memberships and Activities

Professional Associations
University of Virginia Alumni Association
Duke University Alumni Association
The American Bar Association
Licensing Executives Society
The Florida Bar
Orange County Bar Association

Publications and Lectures

Co-Author, 20 Cambell Law Review, 1993. A Review of Copyright and the Internet
Virginia Local Government Attorneys Annual Conference, Charlottesville, VA, September, 2000 Software Development, Integration and Licensing
CLE Sponsored by Charlottesville Bar Association, March 2001, Intellectual Property Overview
CLE sponsored by LeClair Ryan, Richmond, VA, March 2001, Business Method Patents
University of Virginia Computer Science Department, March 2001, Intellectual Property Law
National Conference, Campus Crusade for Christ, Colorado Springs, Colorado Mickey Mouse, Microsoft and the Internet
American Corporate Counsel, Orlando, 2006, CyberLaw CLE
Internet Evangelism Coalition, Annual Meeting, Chicago, September, 2006
"YouTube' for Business" Orange County Bar Association Intellectual Property Committee

Representative Client Experience

• Legal counseling, opinions and commercial transactions involving patents, (including patents in the internet, business method, software, mechanical, and electro-mechanical arts), software, information technology and other technologies, the Internet, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets
• Experience with licensing, development and acquisition of software, technology including information and Internet technology, patents and other intellectual property
• Handles the formation of various types of joint ventures, strategic alliances, and the newly-emerging business relationships spawned by the growth of the Internet
• Handles matters relating to trademark practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.