PATENT EXPERT - TRADEMARK EXPERT: DAVID G. HENRY

Baylor listened to his plea, allowed him to enroll, and even came up with a viable financial path for the young man and his wife, Priscilla. Henry proved the university made a good decision. He made the dean’s list as a pre-med major during his first semester and soon was tutoring other pre-med students. However, toward the end of his undergraduate years, Henry realized that his other, long- time interest — law — was a more financially viable option at the time than medical school. So he applied to Baylor Law School. “As it turns out, the fortuitous combination of a science undergraduate degree and law degree qualified me to take the patent bar and become a patent attorney,” he says. Henry, a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force’s Auxiliary, pilots his own planes. Flying allows him to go to his clients, so he and Priscilla can live in Waco and get involved with Baylor activities. Since 1994, he has passed on his knowledge of IP law to students covering patent, copyright, trade secrets, and trademark law in his classes. BAYLOR LAW SCHOOL ADJUNCT PROFESSOR DAVID HENRY TAKES HIS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY EXPERTISE FAR AND WIDE Itisan understatement to say that David Henry ( JD ’85) is a busy man. He is a member and chair of the intellectual property and export control compliance section at Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. in Dallas. He has served as adjunct professor at Baylor Law School for more than 20 years. Henry latest venture is with BRIC and the Innovative Business Accelerator (IBA). The IBA will provide businesses with infrastructure, training and connections, and allow them to effectively market themselves. According to Gregory Leman, director of the IBA, the accelerator will provide various kinds of help, from instructions on filing patents to business plans, and raising money. Henry will office in the BRIC. “I will be the IP consultant for the companies that work with BRIC and IBA,” he says. “Numerous companies fail because they didn’t attend to their IP at the start.” So why does he invest so much time with his alma mater? “I have a moral duty to give back, and it is the most rewarding thing I have ever done,” he says. “Baylor and the Baylor Family provided or made possible the most meaningful memories my family and I have. Baylor affords the contexts for the best aspects of my present life and some of my most meaningful relationships, and continually gives me hope and excitement for the future.” He teaches in the Hankamer School of Business’ renowned entrepreneurship program. He helps lead the i5 (Immersion Into International Interdisciplinary Innovation) program at Baylor, and soon he will begin work with the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC). Oh, and he also advises a number of Baylor student groups. Henry says he does all this because Baylor saved his life by giving him a chance when his high school academics were less than stellar. “During my late teens and early 20s, I drifted from one low-wage, dead-end job to another. I had become my own worst nightmare — a person who had nothing of significance to offer others. I decided then and there to turn things around. I believed that, if I could somehow get into Baylor, I could probably turn things around. For whatever reason, it simply had to be Baylor,” he says. Baylor Law School Adjunct Professor David Henry, pictured here at the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative (BRIC), teaches intellectual property law. “There are countless damaging myths about IP law,” Henry says. “In a world where 81 percent of the value of all S&P companies rests in their intellectual property, and much litigation arises from businesses that don’t know the issues, we need to educate lawyers and business people alike on these issues.” Henry has found there isn’t much difference between teaching law students or business students; the message in the unfamiliar field of IP is much the same for both. “We start from ground zero when it comes to IP law,” he says. Henry adds that some of the latest IP issues include the America Invents Act, which switches the U.S. patent system from a “first to invent” to a “first inventor to file” system; and the difference between U.S. and overseas rules, which are surprisingly uniform but varied in enforcement. His i5 students practice what they have learned under Henry’s tutelage. The i5 allows a group of Baylor students, including IP track law students, to join forces with Chinese students and advise actual companies about doing business in China. The students serve as consultants and help to identify and create recommendations for commercializing products and services and, among many other topics, protect a company’s intellectual property. Henry thinks the i5 is the only entrepreneurship program that combines business, engineering, and IP. “I spend about six weeks in China with my students. These students are dealing with real issues that affect companies, including IP issues. I assess what the students are doing and critique their presentations. In addition to the i5 work, I have been advocating with Chinese officials about the evolution of China’s IP laws and enforcement,” he says.

David Henry in DOCKET CALL Magazine

"I particularly enjoy combining the unique flexibility and responsiveness afforded by my aviation resources with my strategic case management experience to provide near 'zero notice' response to clients' patent litigation, trademark litigation, and other intellectual property and export control needs and emergencies, whenever and wherever they may arise. It is very satisfying to tend to matters with efficiencies, and within time constraints that most opponents can scarcely imagine". David G. Henry, Sr. (Named "2014 Super Lawyer" by Super Lawer Magazine)

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Welcome to TeXess.com / PilotAtLaw.com - whether you are a first-time visitor, or a long-time friend. This site began as a place to post some of my favorite photographs, and as a way to convey information to my law students (I have posted some of my law-related articles under "Publications, Talks...."). But, as you will see, the site has grown to encompass a number of other areas.

By way of introduction: I am a Registered Patent Attorney and Patent, Trademark, Trade Secret and Copyright Litigator ("Intellectual Property Attorney"), and in some contexts serve as an IP and Export Control Consultant. I carry on my private legal practice as a partner (member) and IP Section Chair in the business, corporate, IP and energy law firm of Gray Reed & McGraw, PC, with my bases primarily in Dallas and Houston, Texas, while maintaining my contacts and presence in Washington, D.C. I provide IP-related and export control related consulting services for businesses throughout the world, but in particular in the context of China's rapidly evolving IP environment, and by way of my soon-to-be-opened Texess Consulting office in the Baylor Research and Innovation Collaborative facilities.

Though I specialize in Intellectual Property Law, as well as practice in the export control law practice area, Gray, Reed & McGraw affords me ready access to specialists in virtually all legal fields needed to serve my clients, including highly experienced attorneys in the fields of corporate law, energy law, banking, securities and finance, tort law, environmental law, regulatory compliance, trans-national transactions, public/private infrastructure projects (domestic and abroad), public policy, and import/export laws and regulations, just to name a few.

My own practice primarily involves patent infringement litigation, trademark infringement litigation and trade dress litigation in Courts throughout the United States, as well as prosecuting patents and trademarks before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (and in patent offices throughout the world) and advising clients on Export Control Issues. I also assist clients (in part through "intellectual property audits") in identifying and strategically managing patent, trademark, trade dress and other intellectual property assets. In geographic areas (and countries) in which I am not licensed to practice law, I perform consultancy services in assessing IP assets, opportunities or threats, and advise companies of the general principles of Intellectual Property Law that apply to their situations.

Since 1994, I have also served as professor for patent law courses at Baylor Law School in Waco, Texas, and now teach in the Entrepreneurship Program of Baylor's Hankamer School of Business. Teaching in this ranked-second-in-the-nation Entrepreneurship Program involves, in addition to intellectual property-related classroom instruction at Baylor University's main campus, IP-related instruction and oversight of Baylor undergraduate, business graduate and law students, as well introducing IP principles to company representatives who are engaged in the program's commercialization projects in China.

In addition, I serve as the Faculty Advisor to several Baylor University student organizations (see "Delta Delta Delta" and "Pi Kappa Phi"), and provide a variety of other services to Baylor and its students as and when I am able. Teaching and mentoring Baylor students is, for me, a "labor of love", and is intended as part of my "give-back" to Baylor - an institution without which I would have nothing of the life that I and my family have today.

As an avid aviator and aircraft owner, I am able to implement two beneficial polices in my private practice: "I always come to you" and "geography is never an issue." As a result, most of my clients have never actually visited any of my offices, and my clients, cases and projects are dispersed throughout North America (and beyond). Not having to rely on the airlines and their schedules, I am able to conduct meetings in as many as four different cities in a single day.

On the "quality of life" side of the private aviation equation: It is only because of my ability to fly into, and operate out of any city or area with an airport, and on my own schedule, that I am able to balance the travel needs of my international law practice with having my primary residence other than in a major airline hub city. I live near Baylor, in a suburb of Waco, Texas, where I enjoy many Baylor University activities and relationships, as well as a smaller city lifestyle during my off times. Equally important to me are the unique experiences and memories that private aviation has afforded my family, as reflected, in part, in the "Photographs With Altitude" section of this site.

I also am honored to serve as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Military Child Education Coalition - a remarkable organization that serves over 2 million children whose families serve in uniform (please click on the preceding link, and consider supporting the worthy mission of "MCEC" in any way that you can).

As a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force's Auxiliary, I serve as Public Affairs Officer for my unit, that flies humanitarian, search-and-rescue and disaster relief missions under auspices of the U.S. Air Force and a variety of federal and state emergency services agencies.

To round out my interests (as time allows), I enjoy spending time with my family, close friends and our students; hiking and kayaking; history-related tours and exploration; photography (mostly outdoor and aerial photography using my Canon 7D and 50D SLRs - see Photographs with Altitude and My Other Photo Favorites); food (everything from fine dining at favorite restaurants throughout the U.S. to grilling out), and listening to music of most any genre (live or recorded).

Please note (as I am required to say) that nothing presented in this website or linked articles is intended to constitute legal advice. All such information is presented for educational purposes only. Each matter requiring legal advice must be evaluated on an individual basis by an attorney of your choice, taking into consideration the specific facts and needs that are applicable to your circumstances.

If you have any need that relates to intellectual property (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, any issue of infringement in any of these areas, or relating to export control isues, you will need to contact an intellectual property specialist (a registered patent attorney, a patent litigator, a trademark attorney, or one who otherwise specializes in addressing your particular needs) or an export control practitioner or consultant. Proper handling of any such matters is a highly fact-specific process to be handled by a properly licensed and highly experienced attorney or consultant whom you advise of your particular goals and circumstances.

Thank you for visiting my site.

David

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DAVID G. HENRY, SR. - PATENT ATTORNEY * PATENT, TRADEMARK & COPYRIGHT LITIGATION ATTORNEY * INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW PROFESSOR * IP and EXPORT CONTROL CONSULTANT