James H. Morris

James Morris has over 20 years experience in patent prosecution and opinion work in the electrical, electromechanical, computer, software, and optical arts. He also works with companies and research institutions in the biomedical, medical device, and bioinformatics fields. He represents a full spectrum of business entities including multinational companies, medium-size companies, and individual inventors.

James regularly evaluates other competitors’ technologies and patent portfolios and advises clients on potential risks and opportunities. He has particular expertise in semiconductors, memory, semiconductor manufacturing, analog and digital circuits, optical switches, software, and computer related inventions. He also has a particular interest in business method patents and has obtained a number of such patents in the U.S. and abroad.

James has successfully argued a number of cases before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences and has also represented clients in mediations and negotiations.

Previous Experience

Prior to joining the firm, James worked as an electrical engineer. He held positions as an audio/visual systems designer, hardware design engineer, and research and development engineer. During his engineering career, he designed control systems for presentation facilities, audio and video systems, motor control circuits, memory systems and associated control circuits, and remote digital controllers.

James also worked on image processing and prepress systems and did research on human visual perception in connection with development of electronic color prepress image processing and editing systems.

Professional and Civic Activities

American Bar Association

Boston Patent Law Association

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Massachusetts Bar Association

Intellectual Property Owners Association

Patent Office Practice Committee

Also Noteworthy

James was the firm’s first technology specialist in 1988.