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Tom J. Colson, Esq.

Thomas J. Colson is a registered patent attorney with broad experience in both prosecution and litigation. Mr. Colson also has years of hands-on experience in business. His technical background is in the chemical arts, although he has written and prosecuted chemical, mechanical and software/business method patents. Since the legal function exists solely to support the business goals of clients, such business experience is of critical importance. And, since intellectual property has become the business weapon of choice, such combination experience is fast becoming a requirement for all visionary companies. Simply put, with an intimate appreciation of the business challenges and goals of clients, an attorney can best support its clients' needs within the realities of global competition.

Throughout his career, Mr. Colson has succeeded in business roles from Sales & Marketing, to Operational Management, to President. As the president of a Manning & Napier company, he assisted clients in creating and implementing robust intellectual property strategies to support business goals such as building market entry barriers, enhancing product/service margins, creating distribution networks, leveraging partner relationships, increasing corporate valuations, and generating low cost licensing revenue.

To assist clients in implementing such business driven intellectual property strategies, Mr. Colson has created client specific processes (using industry best practices and tools) for invention creation, invention and information capture, and intellectual property exploitation.

Mr. Colson is also an accomplished inventor and entrepreneur, which better helps him to understand and serve our creative clients. He has invented software and business methods associated with the efficient analysis and management of intellectual property. He is currently the named inventor in eight United States patent applications.

Through his work with customers across the United States, Mr. Colson has become a recognized expert in the creation and implementation of intellectual property strategies. He has been a primary speaker at events sponsored by the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, American Bar Association, Licensing Executive Society, Intellectual Property Society of San Jose, North Carolina Bar Association, LinuxWorld, American Chemical Engineers Association, Association of Food Scientists, Database 2002 of Tokyo, Upstate Alliance For Innovation, Women in Computers, and others.

Moreover, Mr. Colson's opinions on intellectual property issues have been solicited by members of the United States Congress, and he has been quoted in articles appearing in the New York Times, London Financial Times, California Lawyer, many other magazines and journals, and a book entitled, "Edison in the Boardroom." Mr. Colson has written many articles related to intellectual property that have been published in journals and magazines such as Directors & Boards, Patent World, Ivy Business Journal, Chemical Innovation, CIO, BioTech, Successful Meetings, Machine Design, Law.com, MIP, and Future and the Inventor.

Contact Tom Colson via email at tcolson@idealawyers.com

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