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Garland Stephens, Penny and Edmonds, NY
Mr. Stephens graduated from the University of Chicago in 1984 with a B.S. in Mathematics, where his studies emphasized computational complexity theory and theoretical computer science. Mr. Stephens received his J.D. from the University of Missouri in 1990. During and after his studies at the University of Missouri, Mr. Stephens worked as a law clerk for Judges William H. Billings and John C. Holstein of the Missouri Supreme Court. Subsequently, Mr. Stephens worked as a law clerk for Judge R. Kenton Musgrave of the United States Court of International Trade. While at the Court of International Trade, Mr. Stephens attended Columbia University, from which he received an M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1994. Mr. Stephens' studies at Columbia emphasized computer architecture and digital signal processing.
Mr. Stephens' practice focuses on software, computer and network-related technologies, and the intellectual property needed to protect and defend investments in them. Mr. Stephens works extensively in electronic commerce and financial business methods, cryptography and public-key infrastructure, privacy policy and technology, and network and distributed computing technologies. Mr. Stephens has litigated cases involving Internet business methods, cryptographic software, integrated circuit designs, electronic design automation software, wavelets, and other computer technologies in Federal District Courts, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and in the International Trade Commission. He has advised a number of very large financial institutions on cryptographic and business method patents and patent policy, and has advised companies and organizations that create Internet and network standards on patents and patent policy. He also regularly advises a wide range of technology companies on patent procurement and licensing.
Recent highlights of Mr. Stephens' practice include drafting (with other attorneys of P&E) a published non-infringement opinion (available at http://www.w3.org/TR/P3P-analysis) for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), and litigating (with other attorneys of P&E) the one-click patent infringement case brought by Amazon.com against Barnesandnoble.com on behalf of Barnesandnoble.com.