The Law Offices of Neil P. Calvin, PLLC

Intellectual Property attorney

Biography

Neil P. Calvin is a registered patent attorney specializing in the area of patent/intellectual property licensing and transactional work.  Prior to forming his own law firm, Mr. Calvin was a named partner at Amin, Turocy & Calvin, a partner at Gonzalez, Saggio & Harlan, LLC, and worked for Microsoft Corporation for nearly nine years as Associate General Counsel and Director of Patent Licensing. In addition to a diverse patent/intellectual property practice at Microsoft supporting patent/IP issues for Windows, he formed and led Microsoft’s Patent Licensing Team and specialized in IP issues in the areas of standards, open source software, outbound patent licenses, cross licenses, OEM software licensing, patent sales and acquisitions, and joint development agreements.

Mr. Calvin’s experience also includes six years as an attorney with Leydig, Voit & Mayer in Chicago, focusing on patent litigation and opinion work. Prior to that, he gained experience as an Engineer with AT&T Technologies in Columbus, working on factory automation systems and JIT manufacturing.

He has been a featured ABA speaker on patent litigation issues and a guest lecturer on Open Source issues at the University of Washington School of Law. Mr. Calvin earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, with High Honors, and he earned a Juris Doctorate from The Ohio State University College of Law.

He is a member of the Washington and Illinois State Bar Associations and is currently admitted to practice in Washington State, the U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Education

Ohio State University College of Law, J.D.
Case Western Reserve University, B.S., Computer Engineering, with High Honors

Bar Admissions

Washington

Illinois*
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Patent and Trademark Office

* not currently active in Illinois, currently residing in Myrtle Beach, SC area