Mr. Harris received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from George
Washington University (1979, with high honors, Tau Beta Pi, Eta
Kappa Nu) and his J.D. from George Washington University
(1987, with highest honors, Order of the Coif). He has represented
a number of clients, both large and small, during his 22 years of
practice, the last fourteen of which were in the San
Diego office of Fish & Richardson P.C. During his tenure at Fish,
Mr. Harris brought in numerous Fortune 500 clients, including
Intel, AOL, and the California Institute of Technology. Many of
the patents he obtained have successfully been litigated or
licensed, resulting in substantial recoveries for their owners.
Among many others, Mr. Harris obtained the basic patent for
cameras on a single chip, widely used in cellular telephones. He
is a world-recognized expert in obtaining business method style
patents in the Unites States and his practice emphasizes both
patent procurement and the development and implementation of
optimal strategies for protecting technology. He extensively
advises clients on strategies for forming patent portfolios and
specializes in start-up companies and the formation of patent
portfolios from the ground up, predominately in the electrical arts
where he has significant experience (optics, image processing,
hardware controls, user interfaces, semiconductor integrated
circuits and processing, cryptography, optical disc technology,
cellular telephone electronics and coding). He also has extensive
Interference experience. Mr. Harris's background includes
experience as an engineer. He was a Systems Engineer for
Communications Satellite Corporation and an Electrical Engineer
for E-Systems (Melpar Division) and Raytheon (Equipment
Division). He is admitted to the bar in California, the
District of Columbia, and Pennsylvania, and is registered to
practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
He was named to the "Patent Hall of Fame," as one of the top ten
patent prosecutors in the country by IP Law & Business in 2003
and has been an instructor for the Patent Resources Group, a
Panelist for Washington in the West, and an instructor for USC’s
Intellectual Property Course. Mr. Harris is himself a prolific inventor
and has 28 issued US patents and over 80 pending US patent applications.
His success as a patent lawyer is not surprising when you consider that
he is an inventor, like all of his clients.