Intellectual Property

Sean Crandall's practice involves all aspects of intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, copyrights and licensing.

Before entering the legal profession, Mr. Crandall spent seven years with a major U.S. defense contractor and completed an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis in computer engineering. His technical expertise and experience includes:

• Software design and development (including C, C++, LabVIEW, Pascal, FORTRAN and Gensym G2)
• Design and troubleshooting of hardware interfaces
• Modeling and simulation of complex systems
• Design and analysis of digital systems (including Verilog HDL)
• Computer architecture (subsystem level to logic level)
• Integration of analog and digital electronics
• Parts and materials engineering (selection, qualification, testing and sustainment) for high-reliability radiation-hardened systems

• Texas, 2007
• United States Patent and Trademark Office
Mr. Crandall is a Registered Patent Agent authorized to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

• A Practical Guide to the GNU GPL

• New License Makes Popular Application Framework More Attractive for Commercial Use

• New Decision Highlights Need to Consider Impact of Open Source Licenses for Your Internal Systems and Marketed Software Products