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Areas of Practice
Patent & Trademark Prosecution
Patent Reissues, Reexaminations and Interferences
Copyright
Trade Secrets
Software
Licensing
Technology Related Agreements
Title
Partner
Office
Indianapolis, Indiana
Bar Admissions
Indiana, 1994
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1996
Education
Indiana University School of Law, Indianapolis, Indiana
J.D., 1994
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Law Review: Indiana Law Review, Note Development Editor
University of Kentucky
B.S., With Highest Distinction, 1987
Scott Paynter was born in Lexington, Kentucky. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, with high distinction, in 1987 from the University of Kentucky. He received a J.D. degree, summa cum laude, in 1994 from the Indiana University School of Law-Indianapolis, where he was Note Development Editor for the Indiana Law Review. Shortly after beginning the practice of law, Mr. Paynter became a Patent attorney. Prior to entering the legal field, Mr. Paynter obtained seven years of technical experience as an electrical engineer specializing in avionics computers at the Naval Air Warfare Center, a Navy research and design facility located in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Areas of Technical Expertise
Computers, software, business methods, semiconductor manufacturing, digital systems, communications, avionics, electronics, electric power generation and monitoring, control systems, imaging techniques, sensors and detectors, spectroscopy, optics, laser-based systems, medical devices, gas turbine engines, electrical power generators, and nozzles
Published Works
Networking Software Copyrights and the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act: A Study of Legal Protection for Application Specific Integrated Circuit Technology, Indiana Law Review
Honors and Awards
Indiana Super Lawyers, 2006
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