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Marilyn R. Khorsandi
Khorsandi Patent Law Group, Marilyn Khorsandi is a patent attorney registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. She specializes in the protection of intellectual property, including the practice of patent, trademark, and copyright law. She is also experienced in negotiating complex technology transactions. Prior to attending law school, Marilyn had more than fifteen years experience in scientific and business computer software systems design and development with such companies as Planning Research Corporation at Kennedy Space Center, Oryx Energy Company, Sun Information Systems, and Electronic Data Systems. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Statistics, magna cum laude, awarded in 1973, and a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering/ Operations Research, awarded in 1976, both from the University of Central Florida. Marilyn was awarded a Juris Doctor by Georgetown University Law Center in 1994. With her technology background, Marilyn focuses her intellectual property law practice in the area of computer software, multimedia and converging technology inventions and related transactions. She has prepared and prosecuted trademark, utility patent, and design patent applications; the utility patent applications have involved inventions in the computer software, electrical and mechanical arts. She is also experienced in the analysis and preparation of trademark and patent opinions concerning such matters as infringement and validity.
In addition to the transactional and prosecution side of intellectual property law, Marilyn also has strong litigation experience; cited cases include: S Industries, Inc. v. Stone Age Equipment, et al., 12 F. Supp. 2d 796 (N.D. Ill. 1998). Marilyn was admitted to practice before
California state courts in 1994 and has been admitted to practice
before numerous federal courts, including: the U.S. Court of Appeals,
Federal Circuit; the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; and several
U.S. District Courts including the Northern, Central and Southern
Districts of California. While a student at Georgetown, Marilyn served on the staff of the Tax Lawyer and authored the Law Review article entitled, "Does Your Client Have a Profit Motive? An Analysis of Tax Court Criteria Used to Evaluate a Taxpayer's Profit Motive Under IRC Section 183," 47 Tax Lawyer 291 (Fall 1993). She also served as a student attorney with the Georgetown University Law Center Criminal Justice Clinic. During her time at Georgetown, Marilyn served as Legal Intern for the U.S. Department of Justice (U.S. Attorney's Office, Washington D.C., Appellate Division), and for judges with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims and the Superior Court for the District of Columbia. In service of the technology community of Southern California, Marilyn has served as a member of the Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum Executive Committee since 1995. In this role, she has produced a number of forums for entrepreneurs that have examined business and technology issues regarding Computer Software, Internet and Converging Technologies. Marilyn is a recipient of the 2001
EDnet (Economic Development Network) Partnership Award
from the California Community Colleges Economic Development Program
in recognition of her role in the Pasadena Community College—BioCatalytics
Incubator Pilot. © 2000 Khorsandi
Patent Law Group, A.L.C.
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