Intellectual Property, Patents and Licensing Attorney in Annapolis, Maryland
Kenneth P. Waszkiewicz, Attorney at Law
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29 Murray Avenue Annapolis, Maryland 21401 USA |
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(410) 271-4975
Law Firm Overview
Ken Waszkiewicz is a solo practitioner licensed to practice law in Maryland, and has been a registered patent attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 2000. Kens patent law experience includes preparing and prosecuting patent applications, preparing non-infringement and invalidity opinions of counsel, and litigating patent matters. Ken currently focuses his practice on assisting inventors and technology companies with the development and protection of Intellectual Property and patent portfolios.PATENT PREPARATION AND PROSECUTION
Ken has prepared and filed numerous original U.S. and PCT patent applications in various technology areas, including a number of highly complex computer applications. Through his relationships with foreign associates, he has filed numerous PCT national phase applications. He has also prepared and filed responsive papers those patent applications.
CLIENT COUNSELING
Ken counsels his clients on the impact of Intellectual Property on their business objectives. He analyzes patents to evaluate the risk associated with patent litigation and the risk of a product release. He also prepares and negotiates technology license agreements and advises his clients on issues regarding collaboration, joint development, confidentiality, employment, and privacy.
TECHNOLOGY AREAS
Ken has obtained and evaluated patents for computer, data processing, electronics, telecommunications, and mechanical inventions. The subject matter of these applications included:
- computer hardware
- computer software
- business processes
- computing processes
- electronic commerce
- distributed systems
- data storage
- digital photography
- digital image processing
- smart card technology
- bioinformatics
- biometric systems
- cryptography
- digital rights management
- call processing
- communication networks
- speech processing
- wireless networking
- electrical engineering
- fluorescent lamps
- fuel containment systems
TECHNICAL BACKGROUND
Before practicing law, Ken was a systems engineering and integration consultant to NASA, the Air Force, the Department of Defense, and commercial clients for 14 years. He has extensive experience building and integrating mission-driven system. He has designed system architectures to support database and data warehouse applications, real-time data processing, cryptographic and secure processing, business-to-business messaging, inventory control, network communication processing, and spacecraft simulation and control applications. He has design and development experience with object-oriented and structured design methodologies, and has developed software for a variety of hardware platforms, operating systems, and programming languages.
EDUCATION
Ken received a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in 1985, and an M.S. degree in Computer Science from the George Washington University in 1988. Ken received a J. D. degree from the University of Baltimore, School of Law in 1997, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Intellectual Property Law Journal.
