J. LaVar Oldham

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.

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

• 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

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

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

• 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)

• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

• “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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