Cynthia Stephenson
Partner
703-707-9110
Email: cstephenson@poszlaw.com

Education
Oral Roberts University, B.S.
Computer Science Magna Cum Laude 1981
Georgetown University, J.D.
Cum Laude 1991

Admissions
District of Columbia
Commonwealth of Virginia
United States Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships
American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section

Cynthia K. Stephenson, a partner with Posz Law Group, is experienced in providing patent, trademark, and copyright protection and licensing in the digital and electronic fields. She has extensive experience meeting with inventors and engineers to write patent specifications; and file & prosecute new patent applications (including PCT). Her trademark experience includes clearance of trademarks, filing and prosecuting trademark applications in the U.S. and internationally.

Mrs. Stephenson previously was a partner at Piper Marbury Rudnick & Wolfe, a junior partner at Hale and Dorr, and an associate at Foley & Lardner. Prior to beginning her legal practice, Mrs. Stephenson spent seven years as a computer programmer at NCR Corporation, a small company, and a national laboratory.

Mrs. Stephenson's technical specialties include digital technologies, software, semiconductor, electronic arts, and telecommunications technologies.

Publications

Co-Author, Copyrightability chapter for Patent Resources Group seminar (1996)

Computer Crime, in Fifth Survey of White Collar Crime, 28 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 393 (1991)

Computer Viruses: Information Age Vulnerability and the Technopath, 27 Am. Crim. L. Rev. 525 (1990)

Associations
Adjunct Professor, Catholic University, Columbus School of Law, since 1997

Seminars
Panelist, DC Chamber of Commerce, Copyright Issues (October 2000)

Panelist, Multi-Media Licensing, at the Annual Meeting of the American Intellectual

Property Law Association, Computer and Electronics Law Committee (1995)