Terry L. Watt, Shareholder/Director

Dr. Watt is a registered patent attorney and concentrates his practice in the field of intellectual property law as it relates to high technology subject matters and, especially, computer and software law. He has extensive industry experience with complex signal processing algorithms and computer technology. His practice is focused on obtaining, protecting, and enforcing intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights.

He is an adjunct professor in the College of Law at the University of Tulsa.

Practices

• Intellectual Property
• Intellectual Property Litigation

Education

• University of Tulsa (J.D., 1995)
  • Order of the Curule Chair, University of Tulsa.
  • Solicitor/Research Editor for Articles, Tulsa University Law Review, 1994-1995
  • American Jurisprudence Awards in Constitutional Law, Legal Writing, and Conflict of Laws
• University of Tulsa (M.B.A. in Finance, 1988)
• University of Tulsa (Ph.D. in Geophysics, 1984)
• Princeton University (M.A. in Statistics, 1977)
• University of Tulsa (B.A. in Mathematics, 1975)

Related News & Events

• Fellers Snider Attorneys Recognized In the 2010 Edition of Best Lawyers in America

Bar Admissions

• Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Admitted to bar, 1995, Oklahoma

Articles & Publications

"Numerical Analysis for the Geological Sciences", Technometrics, August 1996, book review.

Internet Training Course for Tulsa University Law Students, prepared for the T.U. Law Library; subsequently published with co-author in Research Instruction Caucus Teach-in, April 9-15, 1995.

"Applied Statistics: A First Course," 32 Technometrics 224 (1990), book review.

The Kurzweil 1000 Series Operations Guide (Alexander Press, 1989). Synthesizer programming book.

Ph.D. Dissertation: Some Applications of Robust Statistical Procedures to Problems in Seismic Signal Processing, 1984.

With co-authors:

L1 Deconvolution and Its Application to Seismic Signal Processing, 34 IEEE ASSP 1655 (1986).

Calculating the Complex Cepstrum Without Phase Unwrapping or Integration, 33 IEEE ASSP 1014 (1985). Paper presented at ICASSP Annual Meeting, Toronto 1984.

Fast Algorithms for LP Deconvolution, 33 IEEE ASSP 174 (1985).

Alpha-Trimmed Means and Their Relationship to Median Filters, 32 IEEE ASSP 145 (1984).

“The Role of the Alpha-Trimmed Mean in Combining and Analyzing Seismic Common-Depth-Point Gathers”, paper presented at Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Convention, Las Vegas, NV. November 1983.

Professional Memberships

• American Bar Association
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Society of Exploration Geophysicists
• Oklahoma Bar Association
• Tulsa County Bar Association

Community Leadership & Activities

• Chairperson of “Information Services and Communications” committee of the Tulsa University Law School Alumni Board, 2002 to present.
• Past President, Intellectual Property Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association
• Past President, Princeton Club of Tulsa

Speaking Engagements

Talks & Presentations

• “There Ought to Be a Law: Questionable Internet Practices and the Law”, Feb. 26, 2008, National Association of Legal Secretaries (Tulsa).
• “Fair Use and Other Murky Copyright Concepts”, Sept. 26, 2007 (Oklahoma State University – Presentation for university faculty and staff).
• “Firmly in the Gray: Questionable Internet Programming Practices and Legal Theories for Attacking (or Defending) Them”. Presented for:
  • University of Tulsa Technology Law Student Association, Sept. 2005,
  • Tulsa Association of Computer Systems Management, March 2006,
  • OBA Intellectual Property Section Mid-Year Meeting, Tanglewood Resort, June 2006, Tulsa Bar Association Intellectual Property CLE, December 2006.
• “Software Protection through Copyright and Patent”, Oklahoma Investment Forum, May 3, 2005 (Tulsa).
• “Copyright Ownership of Joint Works” (OSU, 2005).
• “What Every Oil and Gas Practitioner Should Know About Intellectual Property”, invited lecturer at the Eugene Kuntz conference on Natural Resources Law & Policy’, Nov. 12, 2004 (Oklahoma City, OK).
• “Who is an Inventor?” (OSU, April 2004).
• “The Business of Copyright”, Tulsa Rotary Club, March 2003, Bartlesville Kiwanis March 2004.
• “The Art of Copyright: What every working artist should know”, Bartlesville Art Association, February 2003.
• “Internet Jurisdiction: The Really Long Arm of the Law”, for the OBA “Cyberspace Law Symposium”, March 2001.
• “Statistics and the Courts: Bridging the Divide”, for the Oklahoma Chapter of the American Statistical Association, February 2001.
• “Pitfalls for the small business in e-commerce, hardware, and software”, for OBA annual meeting, November 2000.
• “Intellectual Property for the General Practitioner: Common Copyright Questions”, for Tulsa Bar Assn., August, 1999.
• “Emerging Issues in Intellectual Property Law”, for Oklahoma Bar Assn. symposium “Current Issues in Computer Law,” Oklahoma Bar Association CLE Symposium, March 5 & 26, 1999 (Presented in Oklahoma City and Tulsa).

University Courses Taught:

• “Fundamentals of Patent Law” (Concord Law School, distance learning course, Spring 2009).
• “Trademark Law” (TU Law School, Fall 2002-2008).
• “Patent Law” (TU Law School, Spring 2003, 2004).
• “Intellectual Property Law” (TU Law School, Fall 1998,1999).
• “Statistics and the Law” developed and taught for the College of Law (TU, Spring 1996).
• "Statistical Methods in Geophysics" developed and taught for Department of Geophysics (TU, Spring 1990, graduate course).
• “Geophysical Signal Processing" (TU, Fall 1989, graduate course).
• "Stochastic Systems" (Oklahoma State Univeristy, Summer 1988, Electrical Engineering graduate course).
• "Business Statistics" (TU, Spring 1988, MBA course).
• “Ordinary Differential equations (TU Spring 1984-1985).
• “Calculus III" (TU Fall, 1983-1984).