Richard C. Woodbridge specializes in mechanical and electrical inventions, with an emphasis on computers, computer software, technology transfer, licensing and the organization of high technology businesses.

Mr. Woodbridge earned his undergraduate degree in electrical engineering from Princeton University (B.S., 1965). He earned his law degree from George Washington University (J.D., with honors, 1971). He was a project engineer with the International Equipment Department of Proctor & Gamble, an examiner in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and an associate in the Washington office of the international law firm of Baker & McKenzie.

He has appeared often on public television and radio and is the editor and chief author of Protecting Intellectual Property Under New Jersey Law, published by the Cambridge Institute, and co-author of the 1989 edition of Marketing Your Invention, a booklet published by the American Bar Association.

Mr. Woodbridge has served on: the New Jersey State Subcommittee for Capital for New Technology; the New Jersey Higher Education Committee to establish academic/industry guidelines; the New Jersey Technology Transfer Merit Program Selection Committee; the New Jersey Business Incubator Task Force; and Congressman Richard Zimmer's Science and Technology Advisory Committee. He also served as an elected member of the Princeton Borough Council for 11 years, including two years as Council president.  He was subsequently elected committeeman for Princeton Township, where he served as mayor from 1991 through 1992.

In 1997, Mr. Woodbridge left Mathews, Woodbridge & Collins, P.C., an IP firm he co-founded in 1980, and which became one of the largest IP firms in New Jersey. He started Woodbridge & Associates, P.C. in order to focus on the Internet, communications and electronic patent needs of businesses in New Jersey.

In 2003, Woodbridge & Associates joined Synnestvedt & Lechner LLP.

Practice Group(s):

Computer Science and Internet
Trademarks

Litigation Percentage:

20% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Virginia, 1971

District of Columbia, 1972

New Jersey, 1974

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Education:

George Washington University National Law Center, Washington DC, 1971
Honors: Cum Laude

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 1965
BSEE
Major:  Electrical Engineering

Past Employment Positions:

Woodbridge & Associates, P.C.
Senior Partner & Founder, 1997 - 2003

Mathews, Woodbridge & Collins
Senior Partner & Founder, 1980 - 1997

Sole Practitioner, 1977 - 1980

Behr & Woodbridge
Partner, 1973 - 1977

Baker & McKenzie
Associate, 1972 - 1973

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Patent Examiner, 1968 - 1972

Proctor & Gamble
Design Engineer, 1965 - 1967

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Nassau Club, 2004 - 2005

President

Princeton University Class of 1965, 2005 - Present

President

Princeton University Store, 1996 - 1999

Member, Board of Directors

Princeton Area Community Foundation, 1991 - 1998

Member, Board of Trustees

Princeton Pettoranello Foundation, 1992 - 1999

Member, Board of Trustees

Technology Transfer Merit Program (TTMP), NJ Commission on Science & Technology, 1992 - 2003

Member, Technology Transfer Review Committee

Explorers Club of New York

Former Executive Committee Member & Chairman, Law Committee

Representative Clients:

Princeton University

Boy Scouts of America

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Princeton Video Image Virtual Media Services, LLC

Paralec, Inc.

Global Photonics

Monitoring Technology

JSTOR

Gaming Laboratories International, Inc.

Speedus Corp.

Representative Cases:

H.W. Wilson Co. v. Princeton Microfilm

Published Works:

"Do You Have The Right IP Docking System?", Intellectual Property Today, Vol. 9, No. 4, Apr., 2002

"Selecting An IP Docket Management System", Intellectual Property Today, Vol. 6, No. 1, Jan., 1999

"Protecting Intellectual Property Under NJ Law", The Cambridge Institute, 1990

"Marketing Your Invention" (Edited & Co-Author), ABA, Spring, 1989

"Wireless Network System Offers Alternatives to Law", Leader's Legal Tech Newsletter, May 16, 1990

"Evaluating New Technology -- Where To Go For Help", Journal of the Patent Office Society, Nov., 1989

"Selecting and Protecting Your Trademark", (Co-Author with Robert G. Sheperd), Venture Capital Club Monthly, Apr.-May, 1986

"Taxation of the Development and Sale of Patents, Tradesecrets and Copyrights", (Co-Author with Charles E. Falk), The New Jersey Lawyer, Spring, 1985

"Sunken Treasure - Rediscovery of a Revolutionary War Battleship Spurs Legislation", The NJ State Bar Assoc. Journal, Nov., 1975

References:

Bank of America

Honors and Awards:

Cavaliere Dell Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, Recipient, 2005

Co-Community Leader of the Year 2003, Princeton Rotary Club

Certificate of Appreciation, NJ Attorney General for 20 years of Service on Committee of Voting Equipment Examiners, 2003

Outstanding Young Men of America, U.S. Jaycees, 1976

NJ "Super Lawyer", "The Top Attorneys in New Jersey", New Jersey Monthly, May 2005

Pro Bono Activities:

Mayor, Princeton Township, 1991 - 1992

Committeeman, Princeton Township, 1990 - 1992

Council President, Princeton Borough, 1982 - 1983

Councilman, Princeton Borough, 1977 - 1987

Languages:

German