Peter F. Malen Jr. - Equity Shareholder

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Peter F. Malen Jr.

Mr. Malen’s current practice is concerned with domestic and foreign intellectual property matters in the areas of patents and trademarks.

Mr. Malen is licensed as a professional engineer in the State of Washington and, prior to joining the firm, was employed for thirteen years as a mechanical engineer with the Department of Defense. Mr. Malen worked in various capacities for the Department of Defense specializing in design and troubleshooting of a variety of mechanical systems on aircraft carriers and surface combatants.

While in law school, Mr. Malen worked as a law clerk for the Antitrust Division of the Washington State Attorney General’s Office in Seattle, WA.

Highlights, Experience & Education

Primary Practice Focus

 
  • U.S. Prosecution of IP
    • Patent Prosecution
  • International Prosecution of IP
    • Patent Prosecution
  • Licensing, Other Transactional Work & Client Counseling
    • U. S. and Foreign Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights, Including Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Trade Secrets, and Know How
    • Employment Agreements & Invention Ownership
    • Non-Disclosure Agreements
    • Assignments of Intellectual Property Rights
    • Patentability Opinions
    • Trademark Searches and Clearance Opinions
    • Patent Infringement Opinions
    • Defensive Opinions of Non-infringement and Design Around Strategies

Other Practice Experience

  • Complex IP Litigation, Inter Partes Conflicts & Mediation and Arbitration
    • U. S. Trademark Oppositions
    • Europe Patent and Trademark Oppositions
  • Appeals
    • Before the Board of Appeals and Patent Interference of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Technical Experience

  • Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering
    • Medical and Dental Device Technology
  • Electronics & Electrical Engineering
    • Electrical & Electromechanical Systems
    • Semiconductors & Semiconductor Fabrication
  • Computer Systems, Software, E-Commerce, Business Methods & Information Technology
    • Hardware Systems
    • Software Systems and Architecture
    • E-Commerce Technologies and Business Methods
    • Internet Technologies
  • Physics & Optics
  • Agriculture Science
    • Machinery & Equipment

 

Community Involvement

Utah Small Districts Coalition member

 

Professional Accomplishments of Note

International Commission for Accreditation of Professional Genealogists v. Know Your Heritage Organization, Proceeding No. 92032963 (T.T.A.B. Oct. 30, 2003) (successful trademark opposition and cancellation).

 

Publications

Peter F. Malen & Vernon R. Rice, Non-Disclosure Agreements; The Essential Component of Technology Transfer and Exploitation, Chemical Pilot Magazine 16 (Winter 2005).

Education

  • J.D., cum laude, Seattle University Law School, 1998
  • B.S., Gonzaga University, Mechanical Engineering, 1985

Professional Admissions and Associations

  • Utah State Bar
  • Registered Patent Attorney
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  • Salt Lake County Bar
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

 

Other Information of Interest

Member of Workman Nydegger's Board of Directors; Supervising shareholder - Docketing department.

Contact Information

1000 Eagle Gate Tower
60 East South Temple
Salt Lake City, UT 84111

Office: (801) 533-9800
Fax: (801) 328-1707