Jim K. Dawson , Esq Executive Center of Simi Valley 1445 E. Los Angeles Avenue, Suite 208 Simi Valley, California 93065-2827 Communication Center Phone: (805) 579-2500 (866) PAT-LAW1 Fax: (805) 584-6427 Web site: http://www.brooksiplaw.com Education Affiliations

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Jim K. Dawson holds his Juris Doctor from University of Dayton School of Law, Dayton, Ohio, as part of their Program in Law and Technology. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Mr. Dawson has been practicing intellectual property law for more than 15 years. He has extensive experience drafting U.S. and international patent applications ("PCT" applications), Office Action responses, responses to Written Opinions and in providing guidance to foreign patent prosecution counsel. He also performs patent infringement and validity analysis; drafts and negotiates intellectual property licenses, including technology and product development agreements, service and consulting agreements, trademark licenses, non-disclosure agreements, and other agreements necessary to bring ideas to market.

Prior to associating with the Law Office of Michael Blaine Brooks, PC, Mr. Dawson was a Shareholder at Koppel, Patrick, Heybl & Dawson, PC, an intellectual property boutique firm in Ventura County, California, was previously an Associate at Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman in Los Angeles, California, and also served Senior Intellectual Property Counsel at Conexant Systems, Inc., in Newport Beach, California.

Mr. Dawson currently serves as Vice President of the Intellectual Property Section of the Ventura County Bar (2007-present). He was named a "Rising Star" in Intellectual Property law in Southern California in a survey of his peers, published in Los Angeles Magazine and Super Lawyers Magazine, in both 2004 and 2005. He is a member of the Licensing Committee of the Intellectual Property Section of the State Bar of California and is a contributing editor for Drafting Business Contracts: Principles, Techniques & Forms, CEB 2006 - 2010. He is a member of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association, Orange County Patent Law Association and American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Representative original patents (examples):
USP 7,173,290 "Thyristor Switch With Turn-Off Current Shunt, and Operating Method"
USP 7,786,808 "Micro-Structured Optic Apparatus"
USP 7,106,041 "Current Mirror Apparatus and Method For Reduced Early Effect"

Representative published original patent applications (examples):
US 2010/0108292 A1 "Heat Sink With Fin Structure"
US 2010/0072909 A1 "System for Field-Programmed Determination of Illumination Set Points in Ballasts

Bar Admissions:

• State Bar of California
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
• U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Education:

• Juris Doctor, University of Dayton, School of Law
• BS, Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, UCLA