Tyson Winarski
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Room 230 Beus Center of Law and Society 111 E. Taylor St. Phoenix, AZ 85004
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Mail code: 9520Campus: Dtphx
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Tyson Winarski is a Patent and Intellectual Property Law Professor with the Intellectual Property Law Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law. Tyson teaches courses on Patent Licensing and Monetization, IP Licensing, and Appeals to the USPTO PTAB. Tyson is a registered patent attorney (BSME, MSEE) specializing in patent licensing, patent portfolio strategic development, and patent prosecution. Tyson is also the inventor of 46 patents in the fields of blockchain technologies, renewable energy, graphene-based optic fibers, nano-composite storage mediums, and social networking devices. Various technology companies have purchased or taken a license to Tyson’s patents. Tyson is also an LGBT professional.
Tyson’s patent practice has included patent litigation in Federal District Court and the International Trade Commission under Section 337, opinions on validity and infringement, all phases of patent preparation and prosecution, portfolio due diligence for mergers and acquisitions as well as IPO S-1 statements, patent reexamination proceedings, and copyright and trademark litigation and licensing. Tyson has also testified as an expert witness on licensing in Federal District Court.
Tyson has previously practiced at Intellectual Ventures in Mountain View, California as well as Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and Steptoe and Johnson LLP in Washington, D.C. Tyson is widely published on IP matters having written the book chapter on patent licensing for the Wolters Kluwer Licensing Update published every year since 2014. Tyson has also co-authored a chapter on Section 337 litigation for the ABA’s Patent Litigation Handbook and has provided numerous articles on patent issues for IAM-Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, Intellectual Property Today, IEEE Magazines, and other legal journals. Tyson has also been a frequent lecturer on patent matters at the Practicing Law Institute, IEEE Conferences, European Nano Systems NSTI, the San Francisco Intellectual Property law Association, and the Arizona Bar Association.
Tyson also serves on the board of directors for the Grand Canyon Conservancy, the official nonprofit partner of the Grand Canyon National Park.
BSME, University of Colorado '95 JD, Arizona State University '98 MSEE, Arizona State University '01
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
• Authored book chapter on Patent Licensing legal updates every year for Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Publication LICENSING UPDATE from 2014 to 2022. (See for example ISBN 978-1-4548-8621-2; ISBN 978-1-5348-1132-2; ISBN 978-1-4548-9977-8; ISBN 978-1-4548-8621-2; ISBN 978-1-4548-7225-2).
• “Maximising value in financial transactions involving strategic patent portfolios,” Intellectual Asset Management Magazine, Issue 73, September/October 2015.
• “Chapter 4 - Patent Licensing: Portfolio Due Diligence And License Agreement Structures For M&A Transactions,” 2015 Licensing Update, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2015. ISBN 978-1-4548-5730-3.
• “Patent Licensing, Chapter 4,” 2014 Licensing Update, Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, 2014. ISBN 978-1-4548-4808-0.
• “Patent Zombies and IP Monetization – a study in patent ecosystem statics and dynamics - understanding what is driving today’s explosive patent wealth,” Intellectual Property Today, August, 2012, vol. 19, no. 8.
• “Patent Remedies – Structured to support a marketplace for patents (a.k.a. Patent Trolls are People Too),” Intellectual Property Today, June, 2011, vol. 18, no. 6.
• “Protecting Electrical Technology Through Patents,” IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, Vol. 29, No. 4, Winter 2010.
• “PRO-IP Act: Counterfeit and Piracy Laws Strengthened,” E-Commerce Law & Policy, Vol. 11, Issue 1, January 2009.
• “International Technology Trade Wars: Defending Patented Electrical Technology at the International Trade Commission,” Cover article of Intellectual Property Today, November 2008.
• Patent Litigation Strategies Handbook, Second Edition, American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, 2005 (Coauthor of Chapter on Section 337 Patent Actions).
• “Nanotechnology Thriving on Patents,” Cover article of Intellectual Property Today, April, 2005.
• “Pacific Rim Patent Infringement: Patent Enforcement Against Japanese Exports Before the US International Trade Commission,” International Trade Law and Regulation, Issue 4, 2006.
• “Pharmaceutical Trade Wars: Defending Proprietary Drugs at the ITC,” BNA Pharmaceutical Law & Industry, Vol. 3, No. 45, pp 1221-1223, 2005.
• “Protecting Corporate Trade Secrets in a Digital Network Environment,” Privacy & Data Security Law Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1, December 2005
• “The Year in Business Method Patents,” Intellectual Property Counselor, December, 2004.
• “ITC Filings Surge in 2004,”ALM The Intellectual Property Strategist, Law Journal Newsletters, Vol. 11, No. 2, November, 2004.
• “Technology Transfer at Universities,” Intellectual Property Today, August, 2003, vol. 10 no. 8.
TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS
• “Patenting Bright Ideas, Current State of Patented Technology in the Field of Organic Light Emitting Diodes,” Cover article of IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine, March/April, 2004, vol. 20, no. 2, pp.10-22.
• “Dielectrics in MOS Devices, DRAM Capacitors, and Inter-Metal Isolation," IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, November/December, 2001, Vol. 17, Number 6, pp. 34-47.
Courses
2024 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SDO 598 | Special Topics |
SDO 598 | Special Topics |
2024 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
SDO 598 | Special Topics |
SDO 598 | Special Topics |
LAW 691 | Seminar |
LAW 691 | Seminar |
2023 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 645 | Patent Law |
2023 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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SDO 598 | Special Topics |
SDO 598 | Special Topics |
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 691 | Seminar |
SDO 598 | Special Topics |
SDO 598 | Special Topics |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 691 | Seminar |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
LAW 691 | Seminar |
SDO 598 | Special Topics |
SDO 598 | Special Topics |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 691 | Seminar |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
SDO 598 | Special Topics |
SDO 598 | Special Topics |
LAW 691 | Seminar |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 691 | Seminar |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2019 Fall
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LAW 781 | Independent Study |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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LAW 691 | Seminar |