Robert H. Thornburg

Email:
rthornburg@addmg.com

Telephone:
407-841-2330

Facsimile:
407-841-2343

Orlando

Practice Areas:

• Patent Acquisition and Counseling
• Trademark and Copyright Acquisition and Counseling
• Intellectual Property Litigation
• Intellectual Property Transactions
• Business Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
  

Admitted:

• 2003: Florida
• 2003: Illinois
• 2006: United States Patent & Trademark Office
• United States District Courts: Middle and Northern District of Florida; Northern District of Illinois
• United States Courts of Appeals: Federal, Seventh and Eleventh Circuit

Education:

• 2004: L.L.M. in Intellectual Property Law, The John Marshall Law School, with honors
• 2002: J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law, with honors, The Order of Barristers, Certificate Degree in Intellectual Property
• 1999: B. S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, cum laude.

Biography:

Mr. Thornburg practices in the area of patent, trademark, trade secrets, copyright and technology related litigation. He also represents clients in the area of patent and trademark prosecution, Internet issues, and client counseling. Mr. Thornburg Chairs the Florida Bar’s Computer Law Committee, and serves on the Executive Counsel of the Business Law Section. He also serves on the Florida Supreme Court’s Trial Technology Committee, and the Florida Bar Civil Rules Subcommittee on Electronic Discovery.

Mr. Thornburg is an active lecturer on topics relating to intellectual property and electronic discovery. He has served as a visiting lecturer at the University of Florida College of Law, the Florida State University College of Law, and the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering. While in law school, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Technology Law and Policy (2002) and President of the Florida Intellectual Property Law Association (2001). His previous experience includes working as an Associate Engineer in Bionetics for the NASA Space Life Sciences Division, Kennedy Space Center (1999).

Mr. Thornburg has authored the following publications:

• Electronic Discovery in Florida, The Florida Bar Journal, Vol. 80, No. 8 (September 2006)
• Trade Secrets in the Digital Age, ABA SciTech Law Journal, Vol. 3, Issue 1 (May 2006)
• Trademark Survey Evidence: Review of Current Trends in the Ninth Circuit, 21 Santa Clara Comp. & High Tech. L. J. 715 (2005)
• Choice of Law in International Copyright: The Split of Authority Between the Second and Ninth Circuits Regarding Extraterritorial Application of the Copyright Act, 10 J. Tech. L. & Pol’y 23 (2005)
• L.L.M. Dissertation, Trademark Surveys: Development of Computer Based Survey Methods, 3 J. Marshall Rev. Intellectual P. L. (2004)
• Stadium Naming Rights: An Assessment of the Contract and Trademark Issues Inherent to Both Professional and Collegiate Stadiums, 2 VA. Sports & Ent. L.J. 328 (2003)
• Florida Privacy Law: Application of Intentional Tort Principles and Florida’s Right to Privacy as Safeguards to Private Dissemination of Private Information, 4 Fla. Coastal L.J. 139 (2003)
• The Impact of Copyright Law on Distance Education Programs: How Fair Use and the CONFU Guidelines May Shape the Future of Academia, 27 S. Ill U.L.J. 321 (2003)

Affiliations:

• The Florida Bar (Business Law Section: Computer Law Committee - Chair, and Intellectual Property Committee)
• Orange County Bar Association (Young Lawyers Section, Chair of Morning at the Federal Courthouse 2006)
• Central Florida Chapter of the American Inns of Court
• The Illinois Bar (Young Lawyers Division)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Federal Bar Association
• American Bar Association