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I have a passion and enthusiasm for innovation that stems from my upbringing.
My dad, who is a world-renowned neuroscientist in the field of Alzheimer’s Disease research, taught me to embrace the unknown; as he says, that is where the biggest opportunity for learning resides.
Being an intellectual property attorney allows me to help inventors, founders and business owners protect and increase the value of their hard work.
I know what it takes to create a successful business from the ground up, and unfortunately I also know how easy it is for other people to steal and profit from your ideas if you don't have legal protection in place.
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Edward C. (Ed) Schewe is a seasoned attorney, trusted advisor and the advocate chosen by companies and individual inventors alike to protect their intellectual property rights.
He is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and has more than twenty-five years of experience in patent litigation and patent procurement. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in California and admitted to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
He obtained his J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law in Malibu, California, an M.S. in engineering from the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois and a B.S. degree in engineering from Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona.
Ed obtained Professional Certificates from NITA, the National Institute of Trial Advocacy, for its "Discovery Depositions" and "Art & Skills of Trial Advocacy" programs. Ed also was a patent claims drafting instructor for Dr. Kayton's Patent Resources Group Patent Bar Preparation Course from 1994-1996.
Ed has experience in patents, trademarks and service marks, unfair competition, trade dress, trade secrets, trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings and patent procurement and patent reexamination proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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A technical prodigy, Obi was a Technical Fellow for Boeing and served as Chief IP Counsel at Cardinal Health, a leading provider of product services and technologies for the health care industry. These qualifications give Obi a balanced approach to the practice of law that emphasizes efficiency. Here’s Obi’s story about how he ended up as a practicing patent attorney:
I entered the field of Intellectual Property law because I had this fascination for it even while I was studying for my Master’s Degree in electronics engineering. At that time I was working as an Avionics/Flight Control Systems engineer at Northrop Corporation. Later in my engineering career, I joined The Boeing Company and as I developed innovative systems for high performance military airplanes, wrote peer reviewed papers, and submitted these papers to the patent department for possible patenting, I received feedback that I felt required me to do the patent application drafting work for the IP folks.
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Curtis is a registered patent attorney with an extensive background in technology and law. While at Hughes Aircraft he worked on the Venus Radar Mapper. After that he founded one of the first web ventures in 1997 in San Francisco. Curtis has since helped numerous manufacturing, telecommunications, and start-up companies build their patent portfolios. Curtis litigates in California, Washington, and in other jurisdictions. He has Master's and Bachelor's degrees in Electrical Engineering and is a licensed Professional Engineer.
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My love for science and technology began by watching Star Trek: The Next Generation with my mother every week. Although fictional, the show's hopeful view of an advanced utopian future fueled my desire to learn all I could about math and science. I excelled in elementary school and high school, and eventually focused my passion on learning about robotic human prostheses and implantable medical devices. If someone's life could be dramatically improved by installing a new part, I wanted to help make that part.
I went on to attend Johns Hopkins University, where I received a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering. At Hopkins, I worked in the JHU Cardiovascular Systems Lab and developed an understanding of implantable drug-diffusing vascular devices and vasodilation medications. After graduating, I worked for a few years as an engineer developing electrophoretic molecular separators, molecular sequencers, and mass spectrometer interfaces at Beckman Coulter, Inc. in Orange County.
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Clients rely on Griffin for guidance on all aspects of intellectual property including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and fashion law. His practice focuses on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as with foreign patent applications. He enjoys working with start-ups and entrepreneurs and helping them work toward obtaining their goals.
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Just starting off her legal career, Stephanie is the newest member to the Cotman IP team. Currently a full-time student, she attends California State University Los Angeles where she is studying in the Political Science program.
Realizing early on in her life that she had a passion for government and politics, she decided to turn that passion into a career in the legal profession. She enrolled in Riverside City College in 2012 and began studying in their Paralegal Studies program.
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