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Paul I. Kravetz was born in Chicago, Illinois .  He received a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from the University of Iowa in 1986.  Mr. Kravetz received his Juris Doctorate of Law from DePaul University in Chicago in 1992 .  He is admitted to the Bar of Illinois, the Bar of the District of Columbia and to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Upon receiving his electrical engineering degree, Mr. Kravetz worked for a company which designs and manufactures computer systems.  In his position, Mr. Kravetz was responsible for negotiating complex purchase and service agreements for large-scale computer systems.

After graduation from law school, Mr. Kravetz worked for the United States Department of the Navy as a patent attorney.  In this position, he was mainly responsible for performing patent searches, preparing patent applications, and patent prosecution.

Mr. Kravetz has experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications in many areas of electrical and computer engineering, including fiber optics, optical communication systems, wireless communication systems, computer hardware and computer software-related inventions (including e-commerce and business models) and analog and digital circuitry.

Mr. Kravetz also has significant experience preparing infringement/non-infringement and validity/invalidity opinions in various technologies.

Mr. Kravetz is the author of "Copyright Protection of Screen Displays After Lotus Development Corporation v. Paperback Software International," 4 DePaul Business Law Journal 485, 1992, reprinted, 25 Intellectual Property Law Review 321, 1993, "'Idea/Expression Dichotomy' and 'Method of Operation': Determining Copyright Protection for Computer Programs," 8 DePaul Business Law Journal 75, 1995, "Copyright Protection of Computer Programs," 80 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (JPTOS) 41, 1998,  "The Examination of Computer-Related Inventions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office," International Legal Strategy (ILS), IX-6, June 2000, and Efficiently Preparing U.S. Patent Applications, Intellectual Property Today, May 2006.

Mr. Kravetz is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Areas of Practice

• Intellectual Property Law
• Patent
• Trademark
• Copyright

West Practice Categories

Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks

Bar Admissions

• Illinois, 1992
• District of Columbia, 1994
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Intellectual Property Law Association (Member)

Education

• De Paul University College of Law, Chicago, Illinois, 1992
  J.D.
• University of Iowa, 1986
  B.S.E.E.

Published Works

• "Copyright Protection of Screen Displays After Lotus Development Corporation v. Paperback Software International", 4 DePaul Business Law Journal 485, 1992
• "Copyright Protection of Screen Displays After Lotus Development Corporation v. Paperback Software International", Reprinted, 25 Intellectual Property Law Review 321, 1993
• "'Idea/Expression Dichotomy' and 'Method of Operation': Determining Copyright Protection for Computer Programs", 8 DePaul Business Law Journal 75, 1995
• "Copyright Protection of Computer Programs", 80 Journal of the Patent and Trademark Office Society (JPTOS) 41, 1998
• "The Examination of Computer-Related Inventions by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office" (Co-Author), International Legal Strategy (ILS), IX-6, June, 2000
• "Efficiently Preparing U.S. Patent Applications", Intellectual Property Today, May, 2006

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