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MCCA Names Dunlap Codding Shareholder Douglas J. Sorocco A Minority Rainmaker
Posted Mar 5, 2015 at 13:35 pm See More

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA – March 5, 2015 – Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Douglas J. Sorocco, who was born with spina bifida, was one of 15 minority rainmakers recently selected by MCCA (Minority Corporate Counsel Association) for inclusion in its annual, nationwide list and featured in Diversity & The Bar.  

MCCA was founded in 1997 to advocate for the expanded hiring, retention, and promotion of minority attorneys in corporate law departments and the law firms that serve them. Dunlap Codding is unusual among intellectual property law firms, typically composed largely of male attorneys with engineering degrees, in that over fifty percent of its fee-earning professionals are females. The firm is committed to advancing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession as evidenced by its membership in and support of the MCCA’s Firm Affiliate Network (FAN). Dunlap Codding is the only Oklahoma law firm member of FAN. 

Dunlap Codding P.C., with offices in Austin, Chicago, Oklahoma City, and Washington, D.C., serves sophisticated international, national, and regional clients.  Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the region’s largest and most versatile IP boutique providing counsel in the areas of patent, trademark, copyright, and entertainment law as well as related litigation and licensing services. 

Dunlap Codding Director Jordan Sigale Named a 2015 Illinois Super Lawyer
Posted Jan 29, 2015 at 8:14 am See More

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – January 21, 2015 – Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Jordan Sigale has been selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Illinois Super Lawyers 2015 for Intellectual Property Litigation and for Intellectual Property.  Sigale has been listed as a Super Lawyer since 2014 for Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, and for Media Law. 

Jordan Sigale practices in intellectual property, computer and patent law with a focus on patent and trade secret litigation and alternative dispute resolution. His work also extends to client counseling on issues of corporate and strategic planning involving copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. He is extensively involved in patent prosecution for a variety of clients with specific focus on the interface between computers and end-users in an array of situations and transactions. 

Jordan has served as lead litigation and trial counsel in district courts throughout the U.S. involving a variety of intellectual property issues including computer intrusion, copyright infringement, false advertising, design and utility patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation and trademark infringement. He has also served as lead litigation and trial counsel on a variety of antitrust claims, usually focused on the antitrust – intellectual property interface. Jordan has been extensively involved in coordinating foreign intellectual property litigation strategy in Australia, China, Europe, and Hong Kong. 

Dunlap Codding P.C., with offices in Austin, Chicago, Oklahoma City, Wilmington, and Washington, D.C., serves sophisticated international, national, and regional clients.  Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique.  For the past 50 years, the firm has obtained more patents, trademarks, and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Dunlap Codding Senior Associate Julie L. Langdon Named an Illinois Rising Star 2015
Posted Jan 29, 2015 at 8:11 am See More

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – January 21, 2015 – Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Julie L. Langdon has been named to the IllinoisRising Stars 2015 list for Intellectual Property Litigation as one of the top up-and-coming attorneys in Illinois. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in a state receive this honor.  Langdon has been listed as a Rising Star since 2012. 

Langdon’s practice encompasses a number of areas of intellectual property law, including litigation, licensing, counseling, and asset prosecution. Her primary practice is patent litigation with a concentration in the areas of biotechnology and life sciences, chemical, and pharmaceutical arts, including Hatch-Waxman issues. She represents plaintiffs and defendants in patent-related litigations involving infringement and other disputes arising over patent rights.  She also has experience with trademark portfolio protection and maintenance before the USPTO and international bodies. Prior to joining Dunlap Codding in 2015, Langdon was an associate attorney at Loeb & Loeb LLP and at Ladas & Parry LLP.  

Dunlap Codding P.C., with offices in Austin, Chicago, Oklahoma City, Wilmington, and Washington, D.C., serves sophisticated international, national, and regional clients.  Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique.  For the past 50 years, the firm has obtained more patents, trademarks, and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Dunlap Codding Adds Intellectual Property Litigator Julie L. Langdon in Chicago
Posted Jan 29, 2015 at 8:03 am See More

January 28, 2015 (Oklahoma City, OK) – Dunlap Codding, a law firm concentrated on intellectual property law and ensconced in Midwestern values, has added IP litigation attorney Julie L. Langdon, formerly with Loeb & Loeb in Chicago.  

The addition of Langdon continues the strategic growth of the firm, deepening its focus on IP litigation, and growing its Chicago office.  Langdon’s practice encompasses a number of areas of intellectual property law, including litigation, licensing and counseling. Her primary practice is patent litigation with a concentration in the areas of biotechnology and life sciences, chemical, and pharmaceutical arts, including Hatch-Waxman issues. She represents plaintiffs and defendants in patent-related litigations involving infringement and other disputes arising over patent rights.  She also has experience with asset prosecution, specifically, patent and trademark portfolio protection and maintenance before the USPTO and international bodies. Prior to joining Dunlap Codding in 2015, Langdon was an associate attorney at Loeb & Loeb LLP and at Ladas & Parry LLP.

Langdon received her J.D. for DePaul University College of Law and her M.S. in Forensic Science with a focus on biotechnology from Florida International University.  She received her B.S. in Cellular Biology and Biotechnology from the State University of New York. 

She has been selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Illinois Rising Stars 2015 for Intellectual Property Litigation, and has been listed since 2012.  In 2013, she was named to the Top 100 Under 50 Diverse Executive & Emerging Leaders by Diversity MBA Magazine.

Dunlap Codding P.C., with offices in Austin, Chicago, Oklahoma City, Wilmington, and Washington, D.C., serves sophisticated international, national, and regional clients.  Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique.  For the past 50 years, the firm has obtained more patents, trademarks, and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Dunlap Codding Adds Intellectual Property Litigation Attorney Jordan A. Sigale
Posted Nov 13, 2014 at 7:16 am See More

November 13, 2014 (Oklahoma City, OK) – Dunlap Codding, a law firm concentrated on intellectual property law and ensconced in Midwestern values, has added IP litigation attorney Jordan A. Sigale, formerly a partner with Loeb & Loeb in Chicago.  Sigale reunites with his long-time friend and former law colleague, Douglas J. Sorocco, a director at Dunlap Codding, and will serve on the firm’s Board of Directors and Co-Chair the firm’s litigation practice. Dunlap Codding is also laying down roots at Chicago’s historic Merchandise Mart—more recently home to high tech companies such as Google, eBay, and the city’s game-changing tech incubator 1871.com.

The addition of Sigale highlights the strategic growth of the firm, deepening its focus on IP litigation. Sigale has served as lead litigation and trial counsel in a wide variety of intellectual property matters including computer intrusion, copyright infringement, false advertising, design and utility patent infringement, trade secrets and trademark infringement.  Sigale has also served as lead litigation and trial counsel on a variety of antitrust claims, particularly focused on the antitrust-intellectual property interface.  He has extensive experience coordinating foreign intellectual property litigation strategy in Australia, China, Europe, and Hong Kong.

“At Dunlap Codding, we’re benefitting from clients’ renewed interest in doing business with boutique and regional firms.  The irony of this new trend of moving away from Big Law is that it’s also an old one. The rise of the huge, bill-by-the-hour law firm came during the second half of the twentieth century. Prior to that, lawyers worked in smaller firms, often on flat fee retainers, and provided personal service to clients. So, what’s old is new again,” said Sorocco. He added, “Jordan, personally and professionally, is one of the most highly regarded IP litigation attorneys in Chicago. He will greatly enhance the capabilities of our IP Litigation practice, and he fits right in with our deeply rooted Midwestern values.”

“Returning to my IP boutique roots with a firm that shares my values and client-focus was a no brainer,” Sigale says. “I’m excited to join forces with such a diverse group of individuals who have deep technical knowledge combined with legal acumen and business sense. It feels like I am coming home.”

Sorocco adds,  “For 60 years Dunlap Codding’s philosophy has been simple: To listen and respond to each client’s unique needs with micro-customized services in order to help them create and protect robust intellectual property portfolios, vigorously pursued and properly grounded in science and law.”

Sigale received his JD from the University of Illinois College of Law, magna cum laude, in 1992.  He also received his BS from the University of Illinois College of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1989, where he was nominated to the Electrical Engineering Honors Society, Eta Kappa Nu.

About Dunlap Codding
Founded in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the region’s largest and most versatile boutique IP firm serving a global and sophisticated client base.  Home to a group of professionals with diverse scientific and legal acumen, the firm is large enough to provide depth and experience in almost any field, and small enough to provide personalized, responsive legal representation.

Dunlap Codding Shareholder Emily E. Campbell Named A Rising Star
Posted Oct 12, 2014 at 12:18 pm See More

OCTOBER 12, 2014—Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Emily E. Campbell has been named to the 2015 Oklahoma Rising Starslist as one of the top up-and-coming attorneys in Oklahoma. Each year, no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in a state receive this honor. 

Campbell provides strategic counsel to clients on trademarks, copyrights, internet law, and licensing. She has served as the head of the firm’s Trademark, Copyright, Internet and E-Commerce Practice Group since 2012, and was recently elected to Dunlap Codding’s shareholder ranks. She is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Campbell graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law in May 2007. Prior to law school, she received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering in December 2003 from the University of Oklahoma.  Campbell currently serves on The University of Oklahoma’s College of Engineering Industrial & Systems Engineering Advisory Board and was the inaugural chair of Ignite Oklahoma City, where she continues to serve on the board of directors. She is also a member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City, and as such contributed more than 30 hours of volunteer service in the past year. 

Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national and international clients. Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique. Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Dunlap Codding is a member of Primerus, an International Society of Law Firms.

Dunlap Codding Elects Emily E. Campbell To Its Shareholder Ranks
Posted Sep 3, 2014 at 10:55 am See More

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK—September 3, 2014—Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Emily E. Campbell has been elected to the firm’s shareholder ranks.  She has been an associate at the firm, an intern during law school, and the first undergraduate technical specialist hired by the firm at the urging of the University of Oklahoma’s then Acting Dean of the College of Engineering.  Emily has served as the head of the firm’s Trademark, Copyright, Internet and E-Commerce Practice Group since 2012, providing strategic counsel to clients. Nick Rouse, the firm’s managing shareholder said, “We are proud to welcome Emily to firm ownership. Her election signals the esteem in which we—and the firm’s clients—hold her.”  Campbell said, “I am honored to become part of the ownership ranks at a firm I have long considered to be my second family.”  

Campbell is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. She graduated from Oklahoma City University School of Law in May 2007. Prior to law school, Campbell received her B.S. in Industrial Engineering in December 2003 from the University of Oklahoma.   She currently serves on The University of Oklahoma’s College of Engineering Industrial & Systems Engineering Advisory Board and was the inaugural chair of Ignite Oklahoma City, where she continues to serve on the board of directors.  She is also a member of the Junior League of Oklahoma City, and as such contributed more than 30 hours of volunteer service in the past year.  In her free time, Campbell enjoys spending time with her husband, Robert Campbell, also a practicing attorney, and their two-year-old daughter, Ellie.

Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national and international clients. Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique. Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Dunlap Codding is a member of Primerus, an International Society of Law Firms.

Dunlap Codding Adds Associate Attorney Evan W. Talley
Posted Aug 26, 2014 at 12:00 pm See More

AUGUST 26, 2014—Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Evan W. Talley has joined the firm as an associate attorney.  Firm managing shareholder Nicholas D. Rouse said, “We look forward to having Evan on the team as we continue to strive to provide the utmost in service and value to our clients.”  Talley’s practice focuses on complex commercial transactions, business tort, and intellectual property law.  His work has also included public utility litigation, tort litigation, and insurance subrogation, as well as having included assisting in the drafting and prosecution of patent and trademark applications.  He is admitted to practice in Oklahoma and received his J.D. degree, with distinction, from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.  He received a B.B.A. degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Business, with distinction, as well. 

Prior to joining Dunlap Codding, Talley practiced in the area of public utility litigation, representing one of Oklahoma’s largest electric providers.  He also worked at Los Angeles-based, boutique intellectual property law firm Wagner, Anderson & Bright.

Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national and international clients. Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique. Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Dunlap Codding is a member of Primerus, an International Society of Law Firms.

Dunlap Codding Shareholders Selected For Inclusion In The Best Lawyers In America® 2015
Posted Aug 18, 2014 at 10:37 am See More

AUGUST 18, 2014—Dunlap Codding is pleased to announce that Marc A. Brockhaus, Nicholas D. Rouse and Douglas J. Sorocco have been selected by attorney peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015, the oldest and most respected peer–review publication in the legal profession.  Firm managing shareholder Nick Rouse said, “We’re delighted to be included in the publication.  We have always worked to provide excellent service and value to our clients and to uphold the reputation of our industry.” 

Marc Brockhaus was listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 for Patent Law.  Marc leads Dunlap Codding’s Electrical Engineering & Systems group.  His practice includes all areas of intellectual property, including technology, computer and patent law, and extends to counseling, transactions, litigation, and prosecution before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  He is ranked in the top band of Oklahoma’s top intellectual property practitioners by the highly regarded Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Marc has been an adjunct faculty member at the University Of Oklahoma College Of Law and received his J.D. and his Masters of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma in 1997, where he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma.  He received his B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Oklahoma in 1993.

Nick Rouse, listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 in the fields of Patent Law and Trademark Law, has served as Dunlap Codding’s managing shareholder since 2007 while continuing an active practice.  In its inaugural coverage of intellectual property law in Oklahoma, the highly regarded Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Businessranked Nick in the top band of leading practitioners, and he continues to be ranked in the top band. Nick provides a broad range of patent counseling to clients ranging from individual inventors to large multinational manufacturing companies. His practice includes patent preparation and prosecution, patent portfolio management, validity and infringement opinions, evaluations of new designs, and licensing strategy.  Nick graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1987 with a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering, and received his J.D. from the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1990. He is a member of the Intellectual Property Law Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association, and served as its president in 2006.

Doug Sorocco is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2015 in the field of Technology Law.  He practices in the areas of intellectual property, technology, licensing, life sciences and patent law and is involved in counseling and transactional work involving all aspects of intellectual property. He is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Doug regularly counsels clients in all aspects of intellectual property including acquisition and commercialization of intellectual property, portfolio management, licensing and transactional matters. He is ranked in the top band of Oklahoma’s top intellectual property practitioners by the highly regarded Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Doug was also selected by attorney peers for inclusion in Oklahoma Super Lawyers–Rising Stars Edition (2010).  He is an adjunct faculty member at the Oklahoma City University School of Law and in the Physiology Department at the University of Oklahoma’s Health Sciences Center.

Since its inception in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer–review survey on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor. Corporate Counsel magazine has called Best Lawyers “the most respected referral list of attorneys in practice.”

Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national and international clients. Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique. Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks and copyrights than any other firm in the region.

Dunlap Codding is a member of Primerus, an International Society of Law Firms.

Dunlap Codding Ranked in Band 1 for Intellectual Property by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business
Posted Jun 3, 2014 at 13:24 pm See More

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA—June 3, 2014—Dunlap Codding is pleased to be ranked in Band 1 (the top band) for intellectual property by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. The publication is widely regarded as the most reliable and intensively researched of all lawyer rating directories. Chambers USA began ranking Oklahoma Intellectual Property firms in 2010. Dunlap Codding has been a top-ranked firm since the inaugural coverage of the state’s intellectual property practitioners, and is again ranked in Band 1 for 2014. Additionally, each of the firm’s shareholders is listed in the top band.  The firm is the only firm in the United States ranked in Band 1 with each of its shareholders or partners also ranked in the top-most band for intellectual property. 

Chambers quotes sources as saying, “A go-to for any kind of IP work,” and, “Dunlap’s fantastic customer service is one big reason why we have engaged and continue to utilize their services.” Sources quoted in the publication in prior years said, “The attorneys at Dunlap Codding really try to understand the objectives and the needs of our company and use them to form their advice,” and, “They were outstanding—they contributed to improving the patent and never dropped the ball.”   

Chambers described the firm as a “[l]ong-established, independent IP boutique with comprehensive coverage of contentious issues and the strategic management of copyright, patent and trademark portfolios.  Expertise in sectors such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, electrical engineering and software….Significant clients [include] Ashland, Cristal USA, DePuy Synthes, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, University of Oklahoma.” 

Regarding Nicholas D. Rouse, Chambers said, “[Nick] acts as both managing director and head of the mechanical engineering group.  He is regarded by commentators as a “fine attorney” with particular experience in transactional work.”  Chambers also said, “Marc Brockhaus specializes in electrical engineering matters and recently defended online retailer QuiBids against a threatened law suit.  Clients praise his “amazing talent for explaining complicated technical specifications in layman’s terms,” and his dedication to their best interests.”  Finally, Chambers wrote, “Douglas Sorocco’s academic background is appreciated by biotechnology and life sciences clients.  He regularly advises on transactions, portfolio management and licensing.” 

Dunlap Codding P.C. is an Oklahoma City-based law firm serving regional, national, and international clients. Established in 1957 as Oklahoma’s original intellectual property firm, Dunlap Codding remains the state’s largest and most versatile IP boutique. Dunlap Codding represents a substantial number of sophisticated client companies, and for the past 50 years has obtained more patents, trademarks, and copyrights than any other firm in the region. 

Dunlap Codding is a member of Primerus, an International Society of Law Firms.

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DC on Film Row is a free event space open to everyone in our community.

We like to say that the space is a “home for creatives and innovators, home builders and the homeless, celebrators and the celebrated” so people understand that we are inclusive and want everyone from throughout our community using our space.

Our goal is to celebrate the incredible diversity of creativity, innovation, and passion within Oklahoma City and to provide a venue—free of charge—to those groups and individuals working to bind us all together and make our home a cooler and better place. No strings attached—no extensive rules to follow. We simply ask that all of our neighbors be honored and that all viewpoints be respected. Our criteria for use is simple: If the event, group, or meeting is something which strengthens our community and brings us all together, the space is available for use.

The space has hosted everything from charitable fundraisers to an underground nightclub party to celebrate Canterbury Choral Society’s 45th anniversary season. We host dinners for the OKC homeless population most Monday evenings where upwards of 250 people are served—we provide the space and soft drinks and a local church provides the food. We’ve hosted university planning retreats and monthly local rock concerts.

Every Wednesday, we open up the courtyard for lunch, invite a local food truck to set up outside our gates, and welcome our downtown neighbors into the space for a bit of socialization.

Our never-ending soda fountain seems to be the biggest hit with some of our neighbors while others spend time playing pool or simply chatting about what is happening on the weekend.

For October we turn the space into a haunted house and invite the neighborhood children to come out and trick-or-treat.

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