Michael Blaine Brooks, PhD(Engr.), PE(EE)
Michael Blaine Brooks, a Prof. Corp. 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

Michael B. Brooks holds his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law, of Malibu, California, having a course of study that included the Intellectual Property Summer Institute of the Franklin Pierce Law Center of Concord, New Hampshire. He is admitted to practice before all courts of the State of California , the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9^th Circuit.

Dr. Brooks holds BS, MS & PhD degrees in engineering from the UCLA School of Engineering and Applied Science, and is registered in the state of California as a Professional Electrical Engineer.

Dr. Brooks was Adjunct Professor of Patent Law, Spring 2011 and Spring 2010, Pepperdine University School of Law. He is presently Adjunct Professor of Patent Law for the Spring 2012 semester at PUSOL.

Dr. Brooks has extensive experience in the research and development of advanced avionics, particularly advanced control and estimation systems, digital signal processing, and complex algorithmic processes. While leading advanced technology development teams, Michael Brooks was concurrently a Howard Hughes Fellow pursuing his PhD at UCLA, and later Dr. Brooks added a part-time Assistant Professorship of Engineering with California State University , Northridge, while continuing with Hughes Aircraft's rich tradition of advanced technological developments. Prior to founding the Firm in the year 2000, he was the General Counsel for what was then one of America's fastest growing privately-held corporations, itself successfully performing and expanding with Small Business Innovative Research contracts and international Technology Research and Development Programs.

As a professional electrical engineer and patent attorney, Dr. Brooks is a senior member of both the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is also a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers. He is a member of national professional legal associations including the American Bar Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association. Dr. Brooks actively participates in furthering excellence in intellectual property practice as a member of the Ventura County Bar Association and the San Fernando Valley Bar Association.

Author:

Journal Article: “Practice Tips: America Invents Act – Creating Synergy with the PCT-PPH for Faster Prosecution of U.S. Patents,” Jim K. Dawson and Michael Blaine Brooks, New Matter, Official Publication of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the State Bar of California, Volume 36, Number 4, pp.19-21, Winter 2011.

Book: The Patent Protractor: A Tool For A Least One Prudent Business Planner (2008)
(Available in paperback at Amazon.com)

Certification/Specialties:

Professional Electrical Engineer, State of California

Bar Admissions:

California, 1995

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1996

U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1996

U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1996

Education:

Pepperdine University SOL, Malibu, California, December, 1994
Juris Doctor (28-Month Program),

Including 1994 summer study at Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire

University of California, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Los Angeles, California, June, 1988
Doctor of Philosophy
Howard Hughes Fellowship

Major:  Engineering

University of California, SE&AS, Los Angeles, California, December, 1981
Master of Science
Major:  Engineering

University of California, SE&AS, Los Angeles, California, June, 1979
Bachelor of Science
Honors: Cum Laude
Major:  Engineering

Classes/Seminars Taught or Scheduled:

Adjunct Professor of Law, Spring Semesters of 2012, 2011 and 2010, Patent Law, Pepperdine University School of Law

Assistant (Adjunct) Professor of Engineering, 1988-91, California State University, Northridge, CA (Decision Analysis, Operations Research and Multivariable Non-Linear Optimization, Applied Statistics, Kalman Filtering and Stochastic Optimal Control)

 

Recent Legal Seminars Prepared and Presented:

• Advancing US Patent Cases via the Patent Cooperation Treaty-Patent Prosecution Highway; August 2010, Ventura County Bar Association, summary at mypatentpending.com

• Patent Law Update 2010-2011; April 2011, Ventura County Bar Association
• Candor and Conduct in Light of Therasense and Global-Tech; July 2011, Ventura County Bar Association