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INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
LAWYER
MICHAEL
BAIRD McMURRY
Patents,
Trolls, and
the Steam
Engine
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The Lounge
at Iwan Ries
Tuesday, March
1, 2016,
5:30-8:30pm
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 Mike
McMurry
will talk to the Cigar
Society about patents:
what they are, what
they're good for, and how
they can be misused.
His
story will emphasize
the
history of patent law:
from the Venetian
Patent Statute
of 1450, through
James Watt's
groundbreaking
patent of his
steam engine in
1796, up
to the
patent struggles of
the current day involving
business
processes, pharmaceuticals,
and software.
Mr.
McMurry has
been an intellectual
property lawyer in the
Chicago area
for more than forty
years. Before that, he
was a computer
scientist and patent
agent for Burroughs
Corporation, after
serving
as Lt. Commander in
the the United States
Navy. He has a
BS in electrical
engineering
from the University of
Illinois (1964),
an MBA from the
University of Iowa
(1969), and a JD from
the University of
Detroit School of Law
(1974). Mr. McMurry is
a member of the
Chicago Bar Association,
the Intellectual
Property Law Association
of Chicago, the
Copyright
Society of the
USA, the
Computer Law
Association, the
Licensing
Executive
Society, and the
Cigar Society of
Chicago.
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About
the
Cigar Society of
Chicago
ONE OF
THE OLDEST AND greatest
traditions of the city
clubs of Chicago is the
discussion of
intellectual, social,
legal, artistic,
historical, scientific,
musical, theatrical, and
philosophical issues in
the company of educated,
bright, and
appropriately
provocative individuals,
all under the beneficent
influence of substantial
amounts of tobacco and
spirits. The
Cigar Society of
Chicago
embraces this tradition
and extends it with its
Informal Smokers,
University Series
lectures, and Cigar
Society Dinners,
in which cigars, and
from time to time pipes
and cigarettes, appear
as an important
component of our version
of the classical
symposium. To be
included in the Cigar
Society's mailing list,
write to the secretary
at
curtis.tuckey@logicophilosophicus.org
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