Current Employment Position(s)

Director

Lawyer Overview

Tom Donovan focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and complex commercial disputes. His clients range from start up software developers to the largest software companies, from small computer parts resellers to worldwide digital printer manufacturers. Tom has prosecuted and defended patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret suits involving computer software and hardware products, medical equipment, web design, database management and electronic commerce. He has represented businesses faced with disparagement from e-mail or website communications ("cyber smears"). His cases have taken him to courts in several jurisdictions, as well as overseas.

Areas of Practice

• Computer Software Ownership and Licensing Litigation
• Trade Secret and Non-Competition Disputes

West Practice Categories

Computer Law, Administrative Law, Business & Commercial Law, Litigation & Appeals, Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition

Bar Admissions

• New Hampshire, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 1st Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Arbitration Association (Member, Commercial Panel of Arbitrators)
• Norwin S. and Elizabeth N. Bean Foundation, 1991 - Present (Trustee)
• Manchester Bar Association, 1984 - 1985 (President)
• New Hampshire Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• New Hampshire Bar Foundation, 1987 - Present (Chairman, Committee on Computer Data Bases)
• Association of Ski Defense Attorneys (Member)
• Palace Theatre Trust, Manchester (Director and Secretary)
• Child and Family Services of New Hampshire (Regional President/Director)
• New Hampshire Bar Association (Legislative Chair, Section of Business Litigation)

Honors and Awards

• The Best Lawyers in America
• Chambers & Partners America's Leading Lawyers for Business

Classes and Seminars

• Lecturer, Commercial Litigation

Education

• University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1978
  J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
• Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975
  B.A., Bachelor of Arts
  Honors: magna cum laude
• Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire

Address

City Hall Plaza
900 Elm Street
Manchester, NH 03101

Phones

(603) 628-1337

Faxes

(603) 625-5650

Emails

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Websites

http://www.mclane.com