Overview

LaVar Oldham is an IP prosecutor. Clients appreciate LaVar’s professional experience as an electrical engineer to help them in technical fields with the preparation and prosecution of patents, and with procuring and protecting copyrights and trademarks. His extensive experience includes helping clients in various industries including computer systems, IT, encryption, circuit design, fiber optics, complex communication systems, control systems, analog and digital signal processing, nightvision systems, content publishing, and various mechanical systems.

LaVar has a keen understanding of his clients’ businesses—prior to becoming a lawyer, he was an engineer with Underwriters Laboratories.

Experience

Experience
  • U.S. Prosecution of IP
  • Electronics and Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Systems, Software, E-Commerce, Business Methods and Information Technology
  • Physics and Optics

Education

Education
  • J.D., magna cum laude, Order of the Coif, University of Houston Law Center, 2002
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering Brigham Young University, 1996
  • A.S., Electrical Engineering Ricks College, 1994

Admissions

Admissions
  • Utah State Bar
  • Registered Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • California Professional Engineer, Electrical Engineering

Achievements

Achievements
  • 2016 – 2022, The Best Lawyers in America©
  • 2016, “Utah Legal Elite”, Utah Business Magazine

Community Involvement

Community Involvement
  • Salt Lake Community College Planned Giving Advisory Council
  • Volunteer, Scout Master, Varsity Scout Coach, Boy Scouts of America
  • Adjunct professor, Brigham Young University (courses in patent prosecution)

Memberships

Memberships
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements
  • “Reaping the Benefits of Withholding Information About Your Invention While Causing Your Patent Attorneys to Lose Their Licenses and Your Employees to Go to Jail. An Ethics Discussion of the Best Mode Requirement Under the AIA.” Presented to the Mountain West Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel. November 13, 2014.
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  • Sign Your Own Name: A Review of Office of Enrollment and Discipline Decisions In 2021

    Numerous individuals have been indicted, convicted, and imprisoned for violating 18 USC 1001, which prohibits lying to government officials. Many,...
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  • Harry Potter And The Unregistrable Trademark: Beware The Pitfalls of Trying to Trademark Your Book Title

    Obtaining a trademark registration for the title of your new book may not be as simple as you think. The...
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  • Neglecting Your Trademark Protection – Penny Wise and Whopper® Foolish

    On Charleston Ave., in the small town of Matoon, Illinois sits a Burger King. You won’t be able to order...
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  • The Curious Case of Comic Con; Or is it Comic-Con?

    On Friday, December 8, 2017, a jury in San Diego, California found that Salt Lake Comic Con infringed the trademark...
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  • Copyright Office Issues Notice of Inquiry Regarding Expansion of Moral Rights

    Moral rights are copyright rights that are generally agreed to include a right of attribution and a right of integrity....
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Jennifer Escamilla

Experience

  • 10 years at Workman Nydegger
  • Certified Paralegal

Education

  • B.S., Sociology, University of Utah

Contact Information
Email  jescamilla@wnlaw.com
Phone  801-533-9800

Languages

Languages
  • Swedish