Orville R. Cockings, an associate, was born in Jamaica, West Indies. Mr. Cockings is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Cockings’ practice includes all aspects of intellectual property. He has had significant experience in patent and trademark litigation, preparing and prosecuting patents, and opinion work. Mr. Cockings also counsels clients concerning intellectual property portfolio development. His practice has included various technologies including telecommunications, circuit design including microwave, clock recovery and echo cancellation circuitry, signal processing, magnetic resonance imaging, laser electronics, wireless communications, information networks, as well as Internet and business method based applications. Mr. Cockings has also prepared and prosecuted patent applications covering large software systems and applications. Prior to joining the firm, he had over ten years of electrical engineering and engineering technology experience, including work both as an electrical engineer and in house patent counsel in a large software development and telecommunications engineering corporation.