Every matter is unique and requires a tailored strategy aligned with the case-specific business objectives. With this in mind, Jason works with clients to strategically defend, enforce and monetize their intellectual property, with an emphasis on representing plaintiffs and defendants in complex intellectual property disputes. Jason has represented a broad range of clients in patent litigation across the country through case strategy and evaluation, Markman proceedings, trial, and appeal. He has experience involving a wide range of technologies including:
- Pharmaceuticals
- Software applications
- Hardware devices
- Business methods
- Cellular and computer networks
- GPS systems and devices
- RFID systems and devices
- Oil field and downhole tools
- Animal health products
- Chemical compounds
- Microarrays
Jason also serves clients by providing counseling and litigation related to:
- Confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements
- Noncompetition and nonsolicitation agreements
- Design patents
- Inventorship disputes
- Trademark infringement and protection
- Copyright infringement and protection
- Intellectual property ownership
- Licensing issues
- Unfair competition
- Trade secrets and misappropriation
- Privacy concerns
- Internet strategy
- IP asset and portfolio analysis
- Life sciences
Jason is active in the regional startup community, serving as a mentor at the Dallas Entrepreneur Center and Addison TreeHouse. He works with entrepreneurs, startup companies and their investors to evaluate and protect valuable intellectual property, assess risk, and identify barriers to entry.
Prior to law school, Jason worked as a Research Assistant in the University of Nebraska Biological Process Development Facility, a leading research center in the field of biopharmaceuticals. His work focused on developing and manufacturing vaccines and bio therapeutics derived from recombinant proteins, including vaccines for biological warfare agents.
Education
- University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law (J.D., 2003)
- University of Nebraska (B.S., 2000)
- Biochemistry
Bar Admission
- Texas
- Admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas
Professional Affiliations
- Bio North Texas
- Board Chair
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Biotechnology Committee
- Emerging Technologies Committee
- Dallas Bar Association
- Intellectual Property Law Section
- Law in the Schools & Community Committee
- Dallas Entrepreneur Center
- Mentor
- Licensing Executives Society
- Board Member, Dallas Chapter, 2014-2015
- State Bar of Texas
- Intellectual Property Law Section
- Texas Young Lawyers Association
- Addison Treehouse
- Mentor
Recognition
- Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for:
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2026
- Trademark Law, 2025-2026
- Litigation - Patent, 2024-2026
- Selected for inclusion in Thomson Reuters, Texas Super Lawyers, Rising Stars, 2013
- Honorable Barbara M.G. Lynn American Inn of Court, Barrister, 2014-2016
- Appointed to the Board of Directors for bionorthTX, 2018
