Education
· J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, cum laude, 1993.
· M.S., Electrical Engineering, George Washington University, 1990.
· B.S., Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 1983.
Mr. Fortkort counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, as well as licensing their IP. For example, Mr. Fortkort successfully negotiated patent licenses all over Asia with most major television manufacturers on patents related to digital television standards. A registered patent attorney, Mr. Fortkort assists clients throughout the life of a patent, from creation, representation before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, analysis, including non-infringement, right to use and patentability opinions, licensing, valuation and sale. In this capacity, he helps clients license their technology, negotiate licenses from others, and helps clients negotiate with investors.
Guided by a strong technical base, Mr. Fortkort has patent expertise in complex electronic trading technologies, digital television, computer hardware and software, Internet technology, electronic commerce, encryption, integrated circuits, and many aspects of telecommunications. He has litigated IP cases involving trade dress infringement, copyright infringement, anti-circumvention claims, and patent cases involving error correction coding, computer disk drives, microprocessor management, cable television, graphical user interfaces, computer software, and communications devices.
Bar Admissions
· Virginia and the District of Columbia
· Registered Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
· U.S. Supreme Court
