Thomas F. Lebens is a partner with Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & McIvor in San Luis Obispo, California, and Fitch, Even Tabin and Flannery, residing in the firm's San Diego, California office. Mr. Lebens serves as Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Group at Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & McIvor, and Managing Partner for West Coast Operations at Fitch, Even, Tabin and Flannery.
Mr. Lebens received his Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo and served as student body president at Cal Poly. Mr. Lebens received his law degree with honors from the University of San Diego School of Law, and is presently an Adjunct Professor of Law for the University of San Diego.
Mr. Lebens is an experienced patent attorney, having served clients
since 1991 in preparing and prosecuting patent and trademark applications,
including appeals and interference practice, with a technical emphasis in
the areas of analog and digital electronics; optics; control systems;
communications, including cellular telephony and satellite communications
and design; semiconductor fabrication; circuit design; physics; medical
devices, implants and imaging; consumer electronics, including television
technologies, and optical video technologies; materials and contraband
detection and imagery; weaponry, including non-lethal weaponry; complex
computer software technologies, including data compression and encryption,
database design, intruder detection, software design tools, and internet
technologies; and business methods,
including software and business processes. Mr. Lebens is highly experienced in matters pertaining to
intellectual property and business strategy; licensing; infringement and
validity analysis; patentability, infringement and validity opinions; and
copyright, both for artistic works and computer software. Mr. Lebens is also
expert at counseling clients and negotiating licensing and infringement
matters.
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Tom is
an attorney at law, and patent attorney with
Sinsheimer Juhnke Lebens & McIvor, and with Fitch, Even, Tabin and Flannery.
Tom can be reached at work at 805.541.2800 and at 858.552.1311. - Tom serves as a soccer coach and referee in AYSO Region 83. Tom also serves as Area Director for AYSO Area 10/Q. Tom is an AYSO Advanced Management Instructor, AYSO Coach Instructor, an AYSO National Coach, and AYSO Intermediate Referee. Tom is also the Coach of the U12B National Games Team.
- Tom has served as Chair of the Technology Advocacy Committee and Chair of the Board of Directors, and presently serves on the Technology Advocacy Committee and Board of Directors for the San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce.
- Tom serves on the Board of Directors for Softec.
- Tom serves on the Board of Directors for the Cal Poly Alumni Association.
- Tom Serves on the Board of Directors for the Cal Poly Corporation.
- Tom volunteers at Saint John's Lutheran Church by operating the sound board and PowerPoint during worship services.
- If you would like to contact Tom via e-mail, please send e-mail to t.lebens@ieee.org, t.lebens@acm.org, t.lebens@computer.org or tom.lebens@fanciful.org. Encrypt messages using Tom's PGP public key. If you need encryption software, download it from www.pgp.com (free for non-commercial users).
- Tom is building an amateur radio page and maintains the San Diego Hikers' Net homepage. These pages are works in progress!
- Tom is also an avid amateur photographer, so when he is not busy working, programming, or maintaining the servers at Fanciful Online, you can often find him around San Diego and San Luis Obispo with his camera, photographing the many beautiful local sites. Take a look.
- Julie is past President of the Shell Beach School Parent Teacher Organization (PTO), and a past Member of the SIP (School Improvement Plan, aka, School Site Council) Committee. Julie presently volunteers at Saint John's Lutheran Church through committee work.
- Julie is a referee for AYSO Region 83.
- If you would like to contact Julie Lebens, please send e-mail to julie.lebens@fanciful.org. Encrypt messages using Julie's PGP public key. If you need encryption software, download it from www.pgp.com (free for non-commercial users).