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Education
J.D., 1992
University of Houston Law Center
Research Editor, Houston Law Review
M.B.A., 1992
University of Houston Graduate School of Business
Beta Gamma Sigma
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1989
University of Texas at Austin
Pi Tau Sigma
Memberships
- State Bar of Texas, 1993
- Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent
and Trademark Office, Registration No. 38,286
- Admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court;
the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal
Circuit
- American/Houston/Austin Intellectual Property Law
Associations
- Texas Bar Association, Intellectual
Property Law and Litigation Sections
- Houston Bar Association, Litigation
Section
- Austin Bar Association
- Houston Law Review Alumni Association
- Association of Former Law Clerks and Technical Advisors to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Former Federal Law Clerks Society
Community and Civic Involvement
- National Eagle Scout Association - Life Member
- A.A. White Society - Associate Member - University of Houston Law Foundation
- Friends of Alec - Life Endowment - University of Texas College of Engineering
- Chancellor's Council of The University of Texas System
Awards & Recognition
Served from 1993 to 1995 as Judicial Law Clerk to the Honorable Wilson Cowen, Senior Circuit Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Presentation Topics
CONCURRENT USE TRADEMARK RIGHTS ON THE INTERNET -
Who Gets to Keep the Domain Name When More than One Party Has Acquired Concurrent Use Trademark Rights in a Second-Level Domain Name?
Eighteenth Annual (2002) Institute on Intellectual Property Law, Galveston, Texas, presented by the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association (HIPLA) and the University of Houston Law Center Institute for Intellectual Property & Information Law
Representative Client Services
- Vigorous representation of clients in patent litigation matters from pre-filing investigation to appeals in the Federal Circuit
- Enforcement and defense of trademark rights including Internet domain name issues
- Preliminary injunction proceedings in federal courts, and temporary injunction proceedings in state courts, to provide early and efficient resolution to intellectual property litigation matters including patent, trademark and copyright infringement, unfair competition, and trade secrets misappropriation
- Declaratory judgment proceedings to secure choices of forum and provide a vigorous defense of rights for clients accused of intellectual property infringement
Charles Rogers assists firm clients in a broad
range of complex intellectual property litigation matters,
licensing agreements, and patent prosecution. His extensive
intellectual property litigation experience covers all areas
of discovery, motion practice, injunctions, and trials in
state and federal courts, including briefing and oral argument
of appeals in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. A representative listing
of transactions and cases is available here.
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