Keith E. George is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Washington, D.C. office. He is a member of the Intellectual Property, Media & Technology Department and concentrates his practice on patent matters, including patent prosecution, as well as client counseling and due diligence analysis on issues of patentability, validity and infringement.
Keith’s technical experience encompasses wireless and landline digital networks, protocols and services, free-space and fiber based optical communications, video encoding and transport protocols, networks for access to the Internet and systems for voice telephone service over the Internet, telephone networks and service features, business methods implemented using computers and networks, mail processing equipment, photocopiers, facsimile machines, lighting systems, optical electrical transducers and microwave heating.
Keith is a former patent examiner in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and is admitted to practice in Virginia, in the District of Columbia and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He received a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
Keith is a member of the American Bar Association (Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, Science and Technology Section) and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Education:
George Washington University Law School, J.D., 1984
George Washington University, B.S.E.E., 1978 |