R. Alan Weeks

Director

Location: Tulsa Office

Phone: (918) 599-0621
Email: aweeks@fellerssnider.com


Mr. Weeks is a registered patent attorney who practices in all fields of intellectual property law. He has extensive transactional and litigation experience in addition to maintaining an active patent prosecution and trademark practice. Mr. Weeks designs and implements corporate intellectual property protection programs and manages the worldwide intellectual property portfolios of several large firm clients, working closely with general counsel and company officers to align intellectual property strategy with company business interests and cost effectively resolve IP-related business disputes. He is also an adjunct professor and frequent speaker on intellectual property topics. [ More Info ]

EDUCATION:
Texas A&M University (B.S., Biomedical Science, 1987); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., with honors, 1990).

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS:
Admitted to bar, 1990, Texas; 1994, Oklahoma. Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Professorships:
Adjunct Professor, College of Law, University of Tulsa.

LISTINGS:
Mr. Weeks was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2008 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty area of Intellectual Property Law.

Oklahoma Super Lawyers^®, 2007

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Bar Association, Federal Circuit Bar Association, Oklahoma Bar Intellectual Property Law Association.

More Info:
Mr. Weeks is one of the founders of the Firm's Intellectual Property practice group, which provides turnkey legal services to emerging and established corporate clientele in the areas of patents, trademarks, copyrights, licensing and related litigation. He has experience in obtaining patents in a variety of technical areas and industries and is particularly experienced in the biomedical, sporting and recreation industries and in the representation of academic institutions.

Mr. Weeks prosecutes patents in biomedical areas such as surgical devices and procedures, recombinant DNA technologies, vaccines, nutritional and medical compositions, and cosmetic and prosthetic appliances, and in sporting goods and leisure fields such as fishing and boating equipment, outdoor recreation products, exercise equipment and indoor games.

Mr. Weeks also practices extensively in trademark, copyright and trade secret matters and in the fields of technology acquisition, licensing and transfer.

Prior to moving to Tulsa , Mr. Weeks was a member of the Trial Group in a large Dallas law firm where he litigated significant civil commercial and technology law disputes. He continues to be involved in litigation matters at Fellers Snider.

Born in Chitose , Japan in 1964, Mr. Weeks moved to Greenville , Texas in 1967, where he was raised as a Texas Longhorn fan. However, in light of having attended both Texas A&M and the University of Texas , Mr. Weeks lays claim each season to whichever team has the best chance to beat OU (only to be disappointed anyway).