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DALY, CROWLEY,
MOFFORD & DURKEE, LLP (Canton)
Christopher S. Daly, Partner
Mr. Daly graduated
from the University of New Hampshire in 1984 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and
a minor in biomedical systems engineering. Mr. Daly
began his professional career at Raytheon Company where,
over an eight year period, he worked as a senior design
engineer on microwave and radar systems, semiconductor
circuits and fabrication techniques, signal processing
circuits and algorithms, and digital integrated circuit
components. In 1987, Mr. Daly received a fellowship to
attend the University of Massachusetts where he received
a Master of Science degree with honors, in electrical
engineering. In 1990, he began legal studies in
conjunction with his duties as a patent engineer at
Raytheon. Subsequently, Mr. Daly worked full-time as a
technology specialist and patent agent at an
intellectual property law firm in Boston.
Mr. Daly earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from
Suffolk University Law School in 1994. Following admission
to the Massachusetts Bar, Mr. Daly was associated with the
intellectual property law firm of Bookstein & Kudirka and
then with Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP, where he was a
junior partner.
In 1999, Mr. Daly along with Judy Crowley and Don Mofford
formed the intellectual property law firm of Daly, Crowley,
Mofford, & Durkee, LLP where he continues to provide a wide
range of legal services related to the acquisition,
maintenance and enforcement of U.S. and foreign proprietary
rights on behalf of individuals and corporations. Mr. Daly
regularly counsels clients concerning licensing of
intellectual property as well strategies for developing
intellectual property portfolios which include patents,
trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets. Mr. Daly has
significant technical experience with respect to computer
software, computer architectures, communication and neural
networks, optical systems, medical instrumentation,
semiconductor circuits and processing techniques and
microwave systems and circuits. He is registered to practice
before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and is a member
of the Boston Bar Association, Boston Patent Law
Association, the American Intellectual Property Law
Association, the American Bar Association, and the Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Computer and
Communication Societies). Mr. Daly serves on the Board of
Advisors of several start-up companies.
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Judith C. Crowley, Partner
Ms. Crowley
graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1986
with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical
engineering and began her professional career as a
design engineer at Data General Corporation. In this
capacity, Ms. Crowley gained experience in designing
both analog and digital hardware for computer equipment,
from concept through printed circuit board fabrication,
debug, test, system integration and manufacturing. Ms.
Crowley entered the intellectual property law profession
in 1989, when she joined Raytheon Company's patent
department. There she was responsible for domestic
patent preparation and prosecution and foreign patent
prosecution. In 1990, Ms. Crowley received a Master of
Science degree in electrical engineering from Worcester
Polytechnic Institute and began her legal studies the
same year. Following admission to practice before the
United States Patent and Trademark Office, Ms. Crowley
was associated with the intellectual property law firm
of Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin & Hayes.
In 1994, Ms. Crowley earned her Juris Doctor degree,
summa cum laude, from Suffolk University Law School and was
admitted to practice in the Massachusetts Courts, the U.S.
District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Ms. Crowley
later became associated with the law firm of Nutter,
McClennen & Fish, LLP, where she was a junior partner.
In 1999, Ms. Crowley along with Christopher Daly and Don
Mofford, formed the intellectual property law firm of Daly,
Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP where she continues to
provide a wide range of legal services related to the
protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Ms. Crowley has significant experience with respect to
domestic and foreign trademark and patent preparation,
prosecution, infringement and validity studies. Ms. Crowley
also regularly advises clients with respect to licensing of
intellectual property. Ms. Crowley has significant technical
experience with respect to analog and digital circuits and
systems, computer software and hardware, telecommunication
networks, signal processing systems, medical devices,
robotics, optics and semiconductor circuits and processing
techniques. She is a member of the Boston, Massachusetts,
and American Bar Associations, the American Intellectual
Property Law Association and the Boston Patent Law
Association. Ms. Crowley is also a past Director of the
Women's Initiative for Technology Leadership.
Phone: (781)-401-9988 x112
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DID: (781) 989-5132
Donald F. Mofford, Partner
Mr. Mofford
graduated from Southeastern Massachusetts University in
1981 with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical
engineering and earned his Juris Doctor degree from New
England School of Law in 1985. He is admitted to
practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
the Massachusetts State Courts, the U.S. District Court
for the District of Massachusetts, the U.S. Court of
Federal Claims and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit.
Mr. Mofford is a Colonel in the Air National Guard and is
the Commander of the 253rd Combat Communication Group. Mr.
Mofford's military service began in 1971 when he joined the
United States Air Force starting his technical career as
Ground Radio Repair Technician. After leaving active duty,
Mr. Mofford served as a Ground Radio Repair Technician, a
Radio Frequency Spectrum Manager and after earning his
commission, as Communication-Electronics Engineering Officer
where he planned and coordinated communication networks for
many major military deployments.
Mr. Mofford founded Mofford Concrete Forms in 1974 where
he gained valuable business experience. He sold his business
in 1988. He is a licensed Construction Supervisor and Real
Estate Broker.
Mr. Mofford entered the intellectual property law profession
in 1988, when he joined Raytheon Company's patent
department. There he was responsible for preparation and
prosecution of U.S. and foreign patent applications in a
wide variety of technical fields. Mr. Mofford also provided
business and legal counsel on intellectual property matters
to senior management of Raytheon Company. Mr. Mofford
provided such counsel with respect to teaming agreements,
joint development agreements and acquisitions, including
Raytheon's acquisition of the defense business of Texas
Instrument and the defense business of Hughes Electronics
Company. His responsibilities further included advising
management on the proper procedures to protect trade secrets
of the company including limited rights of data delivered to
the government and restricted rights of software delivered
to the government. Mr. Mofford left Raytheon Company in 1997
to join Polaroid Corporation as Associate Patent Counsel
where he was responsible for all intellectual property
matters for Polaroid Corporation's Consumer Imaging Group
and Image Science Lab.
In 1999, Mr. Mofford along with Christopher Daly and Judy
Crowley formed the intellectual property law firm of Daly,
Crowley, Mofford, & Durkee, LLP where he continues to
provide a wide range of legal services related to the
acquisition, maintenance and enforcement of U.S. and foreign
proprietary rights on behalf of individuals and
corporations. Mr. Mofford regularly counsels clients
concerning licensing of intellectual property as well as
strategies for developing intellectual property portfolios,
which include patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade
secrets. Mr. Mofford has significant technical experience
with respect to communication networks, radar systems,
optical systems, imaging techniques, semiconductor circuits
and processing techniques, microwave systems and circuits,
and computer software and architecture. He is a life member
of the Amateur Radio Relay League and a member of the Boston
Patent Law Association.
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Fax: (781)-401-9966
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Paul D. Durkee, Partner
Mr. Durkee
graduated from Tufts University in 1986 with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Electrical Engineering and joined
the General Electric Company as a design engineer. Mr.
Durkee moved to the Raytheon Company where he became a
senior engineer having a wide range of technical
responsibilities relating to the design of sophisticated
radar and communication systems including circuit card
design, simulation, fabrication, and system integration
and software development.
Mr. Durkee earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude,
from Suffolk University Law School and following admission
to the Massachusetts Bar, Mr. Durkee was associated with the
intellectual property law firm of Weingarten, Schurgin
Gagnebin & Hayes and then with Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP,
where he prosecuted foreign and domestic trademark and
patent applications for companies, universities and
individuals and also provided client counseling on a wide
range of intellectual property matters.
In 2000, Mr. Durkee moved his intellectual property
practice to Daly,Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP where he is
a partner and continues to provide a wide range of legal
services related to the acquisition, maintenance, and
enforcement of property rights on behalf of individuals,
non-profit organizations and corporations. Mr. Durkee has
significant experience with respect to electrical circuits,
circuit board fabrication, computer architecture, radar and
communication systems, and micromechanical devices, among
other technologies.
He is a member of the Boston, Massachusetts, and American
Bar Associations, the Boston Patent Law Association, and the
American Intellectual Property Law Association. Mr. Durkee
is also a member of the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers and is admitted to practice in
Massachusetts, the US District Court for the First Circuit,
the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and the US
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
Phone: (781)-401-9988 x121
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Kermit Robinson, Associate
Mr. Robinson
graduated from Brown University in 1973 with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1975,
Mr. Robinson graduated from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology with a Master of Science degree in Ocean
Engineering, with a concentration in underwater
acoustics and sonar electronics.
Mr. Robinson began his professional career at the
Hazeltine Corporation, now a division of British Aerospace,
where over a fifteen year period he worked as a Principal
Design Engineer and Project Manager on sonar and sonar
countermeasure systems. He subsequently spent a year in
commercial sonar design and a year at Analog Devices, Inc.,
doing industrial electronics design. In 1995 Mr. Robinson
became a Project Manager and Principal Design Engineer at
LTX Corporation, a supplier of ATE, automatic test
equipment. During 6 years at LTX, Mr. Robinson assisted in
the design and project management of a high speed random
waveform source and measure system, among various other
instrumentation measurement systems. Mr. Robinson
coordinated all hardware and software development activities
on several major instrumentation projects.
In 1995, Mr. Robinson began legal studies at Suffolk
University. Mr. Robinson earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum
laude, from Suffolk University Law School in 1999. Following
admission to the Massachusetts Bar, Mr. Robinson became an
associate with the intellectual property law firm of Daly,
Crowley & Mofford, LLP.
Mr. Robinson has significant technical experience with
respect to instrumentation software architectures,
instrumentation hardware architectures, sonar designs, ATE
systems, and semiconductor circuits and processing. : He a
member of the Massachusetts Bar Association, the American
Bar Association, and the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers. and is admitted to practice in
Massachusetts and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark
Office.
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Marianne M. Downing, Of Counsel
Ms. Downing
graduated from the University of Lowell in 1987 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and
began her professional career at Raytheon Company. Over
a nine and half year period, Ms. Downing worked as a
senior engineer on radar and automated test systems,
video, receiver, and communications circuits,
mixed-signal ASIC designs, high-speed digital circuits,
low and high frequency analog circuits and devices, and
power supplies, and she also served as lead engineer on
a militarized computer system design. In 1990, Ms.
Downing received Master of Science Degree in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Lowell. In 1993, Ms.
Downing began her legal studies at Suffolk University
Law School in conjunction with her job as a senior
engineer at Raytheon. While at Suffolk, Ms. Downing was
a member of the Transnational Law Review, received an
award for Best Oral Advocate, and began work full-time
as a technology specialist at an intellectual property
law firm in Boston.
Ms. Downing earned her Juris Doctor degree, cum laude,
from Suffolk in 1997, with a concentration with distinction
in High Technology Law. Following admission to the
Massachusetts Bar, Ms. Downing was associated with the law
firm of Testa Hurwitz and Thibeault, LLP, then with the law
firm of Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky, and Popeo, PC.
While at these firms, she was involved in prosecution of
patents and trademarks, drafting intellectual property
agreements, conducting intellectual property audits and due
diligence analyses, drafting non-infringement and product
clearance opinions, and supporting patent litigation,
including assisting in depositions, interviewing and
preparing technical and patent expert witnesses for patent
infringement trials and depositions, and preparing and
responding to motions, subpoenas, and document requests. In
2002, Ms. Downing became Associate Patent Counsel for
Digimarc Corporation, in Burlington, Massachusetts.
In 2004, Ms. Downing joined the law firm of Daly,
Crowley, Mofford, & Durkee, LLP, where she continues to
provide a wide range of legal services related to
acquisition, maintenance, and enforcement of domestic and
foreign intellectual property rights. Ms. Downing has
significant technical and patent prosecution expertise
relating to computer hardware, software, networks, and
systems, radar systems, automated test systems,
semiconductor and printed circuit board manufacturing and
processing systems, medical devices, machine vision and
image capture systems, business methods, and secure
identification technologies, including biometrics,
identification documents, printing and lamination
technologies, adhesives, coatings, and inks.
Phone: (781)-401-9988 x122
Fax: (781)-401-9966
DID: (781) 989-5142
Anthony T. Moosey, Associate
Mr. Moosey
graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1986 with
a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering
and began his professional career as a 2nd Lieutenant in
the United States Air Force at the Kirtland Contracting
Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico where he later served
as a warranted Administrative Contracting Officer. In
1990, Mr. Moosey received a Master of Science Degree in
Electrical Engineering from the Air Force Institute of
Technology specializing in solid-state devices and
communications. Mr. Moosey was subsequently assigned to
the Electronic Systems Center near Boston, Massachusetts
where he worked as an electrical engineer on the Saudi
Air Defense System (PEACE SHIELD) and the Colombian Air
Surveillance System (PEACE PANORAMA). He later worked as
a program manager for the Air Force’s Anti-Radiation
Missile Decoy and the Theater Missile Defense programs.
After fulfilling his military commitments, Mr. Moosey
joined Analog Devices, Inc. in Norwood, Massachusetts in
1995 where he would spend the next five years working in the
Digital Signal Processing Division as a business analyst, a
customer service manager and as a software product manager
in the DSP Tools Group. In 1997, he earned a Master of
Business Administration from Boston University.
Mr. Moosey earned his Juris Doctor degree in 2001 from
Suffolk University Law School. After law school, Mr. Moosey
spent more than three years with Fish & Richardson, P.C. as
an associate where he prosecuted U.S. and foreign patent
applications, performed product clearance, validity and
infringement analysis and counseled clients on all aspects
of patent protection. After leaving Fish & Richardson, P.C.,
Mr. Moosey worked as Intellectual Property Counsel for
Teradyne, Inc. where he provided trade secret, patent and
trademark counseling to the Semiconductor Test Division,
drafted licenses, prosecuted foreign and domestic patents
and managed outside counsel.
In 2005, Mr. Moosey joined the law firm of Daly, Crowley,
Mofford and Durkee, LLP where he specializes in U.S. and
international patent protection for innovations in the
electronic, electrical, electro-mechanical and software
arts. He has significant experience in solid-state
electronics, semiconductor manufacturing, automatic test
equipment, communications, computer hardware, computer
graphics, software, business methods, security exchange
trading systems, medical devices and water-filtration
systems among other technologies. Mr. Moosey also has
significant experience in advising clients on open source
software issues.
He is admitted to practice in Massachusetts, the U.S.
District Court for the First Circuit and the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office and is a member of the American Bar
Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, the Boston
Patent Law Association and the Institute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers.
Phone: (781)-401-9988 x123
Fax: (781)-401-9966
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Cathy L. Peterson
Ms. Peterson joined
Daly, Crowley, Mofford & Durkee, LLP, as Of Counsel in
May 2007. Her practice emphasizes patent prosecution,
with a focus on electrical and software technologies.
She has a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical
engineering from Union College, and a law degree from
Suffolk University Law School. She is admitted to the
bar in Massachusetts and is registered to practice
before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Ms. Peterson has had ten years of engineering work
experience at Digital Equipment Corporation. She also has
had prior patent law work experience at Digital Equipment
Corporation, Fish & Richardson P.C., Daly, Crowley & Mofford,
LLP, and Intel Corporation.
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Fax: (781)-401-9966
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Steven M. Cohen
Mr. Cohen graduated from Tufts University, College of
Engineering in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science degree in
engineering with a minor in psychology. Mr. Cohen began his
professional career at Commonwealth Edison in Chicago, IL,
where he designed operator workstations and electrical
systems for power plants. Mr. Cohen received a Master of
Science Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer
Science in 1995 from the University of Illinois. Mr. Cohen’s
graduate work included designing a system for collecting,
processing, and displaying electroencephalograms (EEGs)
during surgery to measure brain waves. At the University of
Illinois, Mr. Cohen was a member of the Electronic
Visualization Laboratory, where he combined hardware and
software for advanced electronics applications.
After graduate school, Mr. Cohen was a principal engineer
at ElectroGig, Inc., a computer software company in San
Francisco, CA and a software engineer for the AutoCAD
product lines at Autodesk, Inc., in San Rafael, CA. Mr.
Cohen served as the Director of Intellectual Property for a
small Boston startup, where he managed outside counsel in
patent prosecution, trademarks, and copyrights for the
company. Mr. Cohen was also a programmer consultant for
clients in CAD, geographic mapping, and telecommunications.
Mr. Cohen earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from
Suffolk University Law School. During law school, Mr. Cohen
was a member of the Suffolk University Law Review and
published articles on the application of U.S. patent law
abroad and on standards for injunctive relief in patent
infringement cases. Mr. Cohen also conducted legal research
on zoning for clean energy development. Mr. Cohen was an
associate at the law firm of Edwards, Angel, Palmer, &
Dodge, LLP in Boston, where he prosecuted U.S. patent
applications, performed validity and infringement analyses,
and counseled clients on all aspects of intellectual
property protection and strategy.
In 2008, Mr. Cohen joined the law firm of Daly, Crowley,
Mofford, & Durkee, LLP, where he continues to provide a wide
range of legal services and strategies related to acquiring,
maintaining, and enforcing intellectual property rights. Mr.
Cohen has significant technical and patent prosecution
expertise in the mechanical, electrical, and computer
science arts, as well as business method patenting.
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