Professional History:
§ 2005-present: Owner, Bockhop Intellectual Property Law, LLC
§ 2000-2002: Founding Partner, Bockhop & Reich, LLP
§ 1994-2000: Associate, Needle & Rosenberg, PC
§ 1988-1991:
IBM - Design Engineer (Designed arithmetic logic circuits used in CPU of AS/400 computer)
§ 1980-1985: U.S. Naval Officer - Electrical
Officer USS Nicholson (DD 982)
Education:
§ M.S., Electrical and Computer
Engineering, The University of Iowa, 1988 Research and Thesis: Switching Properties of Non-Linear Optical Interface; Eta Kappa
Nu Electrical Engineering Honors Society
§ U.S. Navy Gas Turbine Officers'
School, 1983
Admitted to Practice:
§ Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
§ 11th Circuit Court
of Appeals
§ U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
§ Georgia Supreme Court
Professional and Cultural Activities:
§ State Bar of Georgia Intellectual Property Section
§ Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce
Significant
Cases:
§ DM Records v. Koch Entertainment: Lead counsel representing R&B legend Clarence Carter and record company Koch Entertainment;
successfully achieved summary judgment preserving Carter's ownership of the copyrights in his hits, including: "Slip Away," "Too Weak
to Fight," "Patches" and "Strokin'."
§ Advantastar Automotive Research Corp. of America v. GPI-Atlanta, Inc.: Lead counsel
representing plaintiff; successfully achieved summary judgment of copyright infringement and favorable settlement.
Publications and
Presentations:
§ "Introduction to Nanotechonlogy" July 2005, presentation to the Renaissance Executive Forum
§ "Protecting Nanotechnology: Patents & Trade Secrets," presentation
at the Starting and Building a Nanotech Company" seminar hosted by Georgia Tech Research Corporation and Georgia Tech Center for Nanoscience
& Nanotechnology, March 26, 2003.
§ "Trade Secrets in Nanotechnology: Keeping the Nano-Genie in the Molecular Bottle," presented
to Emerging Technology Committee, AIPLA Winter Meeting, January 2003.
§ 4 Georgia Jurisprudence "Trademarks and Tradenames" (Practice
Commentator).
§ 1998 PLI Patent Litigation Handbook, "Filing Considerations: Should You Sue?"
News Items:
§ January 2, 2018:
U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,367,214 - filed by Bryan Bockhop - for the configuration of a tour bus issued to The Ride, LLC.
§ December 3, 2017: Ryan Kenny, inventor of U.S. Patent Des.787,365 - filed by Bryan Bockhop - featured on ABC's "Shark Tank" to
show his artificial tree accessory.
§ February 4, 2016: BBC radio program interviews Dr. Phillip R. Kennedy, inventor of invention
claimed in U.S. Patent No. 7,275,035 – filed by Bryan Bockhop – about speech generation from brain activity technology in patent.
§ December 29, 2012: Prof. ZL Wang, inventor of over 20 patents filed by Bryan Bockhop, interviewed on CNN
§ March 29, 2011: Article
about technology embodied in U.S. Patent No. 7,898,156 - filed by Bryan Bockhop - featured in The Telegraph
