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Tom Arno

12790 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
Tel: 858-836-9000
Fax: 858-836-9001
Email:

 

Legal Areas of Emphasis

Patents

Client Counseling

Licensing

Trade Secrets

Technical Areas of Emphasis

Electrical/Computers

Mechanical

Software

Biotech

Physics/Optics

Telecommunications

Professional Profile

Thomas R. Arno is a partner in our San Diego office. He specializes in patent protection for a variety of industries, including analog and digital electronics, computer hardware and software, communications, and drug discovery technologies. His practice is focused on both U.S. and foreign patent-related matters, technology licensing and client counseling in connection with intellectual property strategies.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Arno was an electrical product safety consultant with Compliance West in San Diego, California from 1987 to 1994. While with Compliance West, he started law school at the University of San Diego School of Law, where he was a member of the San Diego Law Review and authored “Use Restrictions and the Retention of Property Interests in Chattels Through Intellectual Property Rights,” which was published in the Winter 1994 issue of the San Diego Law Review.

Mr. Arno joined the firm in 1995 and became a partner in 2000.

Education

University of San Diego School of Law (J.D. 1995) cum laude

University of California at San Diego (M.S. Physics 1987)

California Polytechnic University San Luis Obispo (B.S. Physics 1985)

Admissions/Qualifications

State of California

Registered to practice before the U.S. District Court, Southern District of California and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Articles

“Use Restrictions and the Retention of Property Interests in Chattels Through Intellectual Property Rights,” San Diego Law Review (Winter 1994)

 





 
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