1. Daniel P. Morris
Day time: 914-766-0093; Cell: 914-522-8081
Email: daniel_p_morris@yahoo.com
EDUCATION
J.D. Pace University School of Law Honors: Dean's List, Ranking Scholar
Ph.D. Physics - The City University of New York
M.Phil. Physics - The City University of New York
M.A. Physics - B.S. Physics/Chemistry/Engineering Cum Laude -The City College of The City University of N.Y.
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES
Admitted – N. Y .S. Bar; U. S. Patent and Trademark Office, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
EMPLOYMENT
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, CORP.
IBM Counsel Legal Department T. J. Watson Research Center
IP Counsel to VP Mobile Solutions and Mathematical Science, and VP Science & Technology. I am responsible for
all IP matters for these groups. Manage the development, acquisition, and licensing of intellectual property assets.
Specialize in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law. Current primary areas of focus: (1) Assisting inventors in
identifying inventions in their work; (2) IP education for technical personnel; (3) Promoting high volume generation
of invention disclosures; (3) Identify inventors for recognition; (4) Evaluation of inventions with inventors, technical
experts and management to decide if a patent application should be filed; (5) Personally file and prosecute patent
applications for inventions and manage outside counsel on a large number of aplications; (6) Conduct interference,
reexamination and reissue proceeding in the U. S. Patent Office. (7) Licensing of technology and joint development
agreements to generate financial return on research investment; (8) Negotiate spin-off formation, joint venture
formation, joint development agreements, equity agreement, technology and patent licensing agreements, assignments,
government contracts, M & A, advertising services agreements and sales contracts etc.; (9) Lead team of technical
and legal experts to analyze competitive products for patent infringement; (10) Asserting infringement against third
party patent infringers; (11) Patent infringement and validity opinions, to defend against third party assertions of
infringement; (12) Patent licensing; (13) Trademark, copyright and trade secret opinions and licensing; (14) Manage
worldwide patent portfolio; (15) Instruct junior attorneys; (16) Responsible for a broad subject matter of technology,
including: software, e-business, business methods, services, mathematical sciences, social media, financial
transactions, fraud detections, market forecasting, communications, computer architecture, internet architecture and
operation, virtual machines, front of screen, systems biology, functional genomics, chemistry, chemical engineering,
bioinformatics, optics, optical tools, circuits, semiconductors, material science, superconductors, electronic packaging,
mechanical apparatus, test equipment, metallurgy, multilevel electronic structures; (17) Manage outside counsel in
patent prosecution in the preceding fields. (18) Handle open source software matters; (19) Work on U.S. patent law
legislative proposals, USPTO regulation modifications and amicus brief preparation to U.S. federal courts. (20) I have
personally handled civil actions before the U.S. District Court for the SDNY, the U. S. 2nd
Circuit Court of Appeals
and the N. Y. S. Supreme Court.
IBM ENGINEER IBM East Fishkill New York Development Laboratory
Semiconductor science and technology development; Computer modeling of semiconductor devices; Semiconductor
device process development; Manufacturing and reliability engineering;
Fourth IBM Invention Plateau. Inventor on 29 issued patents.
PHYSICIST RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Designed and directed experimental solid state, chemical and fluids physics using lasers and optical techniques.
HUNTER COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Lecturer in the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Taught physics, astronomy and mathematics
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Intellectual Property Law Association, IPO, IIPS, ABA, American Physical Society