As the Senior Managing Partner of the firm which he joined in 1967, Stan Schurgin's practice extends to all facets of intellectual property law. He is a specialist in the licensing of technology and patents and in counseling corporate and university clients in patent, licensing, trademark and other intellectual property matters, and has extensive experience in the establishment and maintenance of internal company procedures for the management of intellectual property. With over thirty-five years in practice, Mr. Schurgin is often called upon to evaluate intellectual property as part of start-up, acquisition and financing ventures, to conduct due diligence studies, and to render legal opinions on issues of infringement, validity and ownership of intellectual property. He also provides counsel in technological transactions and in the strategic use and protection of intellectual property.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Schurgin commenced his career as a patent engineer and then as a corporate patent attorney at a large international electronics and communications company where he was engaged in the protection and analysis of a broad range of technology, particularly electronic systems, and in government contract patent and data requirements.

He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from Northeastern University (1959) and obtained his law degree, cum laude, from the New England School of Law (1964), where he was an Adjunct Professor of patent law for ten years. He has organized and participates in numerous seminars, conferences and continuing legal education programs on many different intellectual property topics.

Mr. Schurgin has been registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1962, a member of the Massachusetts Bar since 1964, and is admitted to practice in the Federal District and Appellate Courts of Massachusetts and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is a member of the Boston Patent Law Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Licensing Executives Society, and the International Trademark Association.

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