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- Practice Areas
Corporate, Securities and Finance
E-Commerce and Technology
Intellectual Property
- Education
J.D. The Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, 1990
M.A. Auburn University, 1984
B.A. Auburn University, cum laude, 1977
Diploma, U.S. Naval War College, with distinction, 1994 - Professional Recognition
AV Peer Review Rating by LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
Virginia’s “Legal Elite,” Virginia Business magazine
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers
Virginia Super Lawyers, 2006 Edition
- Memberships
Virginia State Bar, IP Section
District of Columbia Bar Association, IP Section
Norfolk Portsmouth Bar Association
International Trademark Association
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TIMOTHY J. LOCKHART
, Member
Norfolk
Phone (757) 628-5582
Fax (757) 628-5566
tlockhart@wilsav.com
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Tim is a member of the firm and practices in its Corporate, Securities and Finance Section, where he heads the Intellectual Property (“IP”) Group. Tim concentrates his practice on trademark and copyright counseling, registration and enforcement, software and technology licensing, e-commerce and other web-related agreements, trade secret protection and IP litigation, arbitration and mediation.
In addition, Tim works closely with patent counsel on obtaining and enforcing patent rights for clients’ business methods, software and other types of inventions. He also supervises due-diligence reviews of merger and acquisition transactions and counsels clients regarding noncompetition, nondisclosure and other employment issues, broadcast and telecommunications matters and government contracts.
A member of the Bars of Virginia and the District of Columbia, Tim is admitted to practice before several federal district and appellate courts, including the Eastern District of Virginia, the Fourth Circuit, the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has co-chaired a subcommittee of the International Trademark Association and frequently publishes articles on developments in U.S. and international trademark law.
Relevant
Experience
- Prepared and negotiated all types of intellectual property licensing agreements, including software and other copyright agreements, merchandising and other trademark agreements, and patent and other technology agreements.
- Represented major authentication-management company in negotiating and drafting complex agreements for the licensing and development of biometric identification technology.
- Represented web-based fleet-management company in negotiating and drafting complex agreements for local and remote control of large inventories of capital equipment such as forklifts.
- Planned, developed and implemented a comprehensive program for protecting the intellectual property, including patents, of a start-up provider of high-technology design and manufacturing services.
- Represented high-speed Internet access company in negotiating and drafting multi-party agreements for assignment of over 35 contracts for vendor-supplied telecommunications circuits.
- Led a team of five lawyers and two legal assistants in performing a comprehensive due-diligence review of all of a major New York publisher’s intellectual property assets, including copyrights, trademarks and author agreements.
- Reviewed and revised all intellectual property agreements associated with multimillion-dollar investment by major venture capital firm in online recruiting service.
- Led large teams of lawyers and legal assistants responsible for registering and enforcing sports-related copyrights and trademarks, including planning, coordinating, and conducting “John Doe” seizures at stadiums and other locations.
- Participated in litigating numerous copyright, patent, trade secret and trademark infringement cases and in successfully appealing trademark decisions to U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Second Circuit and Fourth Circuit.
- Top Secret security clearance based on Special Background Investigation. Full-scope polygraph. As Naval Reserve officer and defense contractor, supported CIA, CNO N2, DIA, FEMA, JFCOM, JFIC, NATO, NAVSEA and ONI.
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