Russell Egan is an intellectual property attorney with extensive experience interacting with inventors to obtain patent protection for their properties.  This includes novelty, infringement and validity searches and opinions, application preparation and prosecution, appeals and interferences, and other needs as they arise.  He has obtained over 500 domestic and foreign patents for individuals and corporations covering a wide range of technologies and subject matter.  His clients range from Fortune 500 corporations such as Texaco to small, single member entities.

Mr. Egan has been responsible for numerous trademark applications and prosecution, and appeals and interferences.  He performs validity searches and opinions and negotiates contracts, licenses and agreements. In addition, his background includes working with both federal and state agencies and pre-trial work in litigation.  He is able to successfully obtain and defend trademarks, both in the United States and abroad.

	Working with the appropriate agencies, Mr Egan can assist intellectual property developers with copyright protection of their works and actively assists in prosecution of copyright infringements and interferences, both foreign and domestic.

Mr. Egan's education includes a bachelor's degree in pre-law and engineering from Penn State and a Juris Doctor from George Washington University.  He holds licenses in the District of Columbia, Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, State Bars of both Virginia and Texas, Patent and Trademark Office Bar, Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Egan has authored numerous intellectual property instructional manuals as well as articles on various aspects of intellectual property for three major corporations.  He is a frequent guest speaker for local media, a board member of Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Greater Houston, and serves on several committees of the American Intellectual Property Law Association.

Unless otherwise stated, all attorneys are registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Unless otherwise stated, attorneys are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. No designation has been
made by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization for a Certificate of Special Competence in intellectual property law.
Russell J. Egan's Principal Office of Law is located in Houston, Texas.

713-984-7569