How I Really Feel About ChatGPT from an IP Lawyer’s Perspective
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Partner
- Phone:
- 208.388.4875
- Fax:
- 208.954.5216
- Email:
- bfrazer@hawleytroxell.com
Biography
Bradlee Frazer is a partner with Hawley Troxell and is Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property & Internet practice group. In addition to emphasizing and focusing on all facets of Internet law, Intellectual Property law, and Information Technology law, he also helps clients with related transactional work and litigation.
Brad is a published novelist, and he has also written extensively for national legal publications and law blogs. He is also a frequent speaker on internet, intellectual property, and computer law topics and is a regular guest lecturer at Boise State University on those subjects.
A Boise native, Brad began his legal career in 1989 as an intellectual property attorney and commercial litigator at a Boise-based law firm. In 1997 he accepted an in-house position as Senior Intellectual Property Counsel with Fortune 1000 company, Micron Electronics, Inc., and remained there through the company’s merger with Interland, Inc. (now Web.com), then the nation’s largest Web hosting company. He eventually became Deputy General Counsel for Micron Electronics, Inc., and Interland, Inc. From June 2003 to February 2006, Mr. Frazer served as Deputy General Counsel to MPC Computers, LLC, in Nampa, Idaho.
SIGNIFICANT REPRESENTATION & EXPERIENCE
Successfully registered color “BLUE” with United States Patent and Trademark Office for Boise State University’s blue turf playing field (Reg. No. 3,707,623; November 2009).
Managed the acquisition of Micron Internet Services by Micron Electronics, Inc., 2001.
Managed IP due diligence for merger between Interland Web Hosting (Atlanta) and Micron Electronics, Inc., 2001.
Managed IP due diligence for acquisition of Hostpro Web Hosting (Los Angeles) by Micron Electronics, Inc., 2000.supply, and agency agreements.
Advises clients regarding strategies available to business owners regarding business exit strategies.
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Moderator, Breakfast Series: Tech Trends, Idaho Business Review, February 2021
Additional publications by Brad Frazer, Muckrack
Idaho Business Review Out Loud Interview, Idaho Business Review, November 2019
When Works Enter The Public Domain, Everyone Wins, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, March 2019
360 Immersive: IP and the Business of Virtual Reality Interview, YouTube, August 2018
Exercise Due Diligence When Selecting New Trademarks, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, July 2018
The Biggest Legal Risk You Never Heard Of, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, June 2016
Trade Secrets Add Value to Your Company, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, February 2016
Plan Now For Your Exit With Intangible Assets, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, January 2016
Trademark is not a Verb: Guidelines from a Trademark Lawyer, Detroit Legal News, December 2015
“Software Patents Are Dead! Long Live Software Patents!”, co-author, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, October 2015
Is It Fair Use? 7 Questions to Ask Before Using Copyrighted Material, Jane Friedman, August 2015
So You Have a Business Idea: Now What?, Idaho Business Review, July 2015
Cybercurrency And The Bank Secrecy Act, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, July 2015
Protecting Your Domain Name, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, April 2015
When Workers Use Social Media To Harm A Former Employer, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, January 2015
Protect Your Work, Be It A Novel Or A Tumblr Post, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, November 2014
From Startup to Exit: Cashing in on Your Tech IP, Boise State University’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Zions Bank’s Business Strategies Series, October, 2014
Place the IP Horse Before the VC Cart – and the Money Will Come to You, co-author, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, February 2014
Trademark Is Not a Verb: Guidelines From a Trademark Lawyer, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, June 2013
Intellectual Property Issues in International Commerce, World Trade Day, May 2013
Cloud Services Clarification Act Update, Idaho Technology Council develop.idaho Conference, April 2013
Cloud computing tax will harm growing tech economy, co-author, Idaho Statesman, February 2013
Q&A on Copyright With an Attorney, Jane Friedman, October 2012
Show Me The Money: Key Things to Remember When Commercializing Your Code, Idaho Technology Council develop.idaho Conference, April 2012
Intellectual Property Issues in International Commerce, World Trade Day, April 2012
New Pilot Survey Reveals Importance of Intellectual Property, Hawley Troxell Newsletter, March 2012
Top Ten Internet Legal Issues for In-house Counsel, Association of Corporate Counsel CLE, November 2011
Intellectual Property Issues in International Commerce, Idaho State Bar International Law Section, October 2011
Legal Implications of a Mobile Enterprise, Second Annual IT Symposium, September 2011
Who Owns the Code?, Idaho Technology Council develop.idaho Conference, April 2011
The Power of Your Internet Brand, Boise State University CPD Sales Power Pack Conference, 2011
IP Law – Ongoing Series, Boise State University MBA Program Guest Lecturer, 2011
Protecting Your Internet Brand, Boise State University Entrepreneurship Day, April 2011
Social Media and IP Law, Sales and Marketing Executives Conference, 2010
Legal Issues with Social Media, Information Technology Leadership Roundtable, September 2010
Software Copyright Issues, Boise Code Camp; February 2008, March 2009, 2010
How Technology is Changing the Law, Idaho State Bar Continuing Legal Education, October 2010
“IP and SoMe” – The Power of Your Internet Brand, Boise State University Center for Professional Development, September 2010
Best Practices in Software Licensing, Information Technology Leadership Roundtable, May 2009
Open Source Software, University of Idaho Business Law Symposium, April 2009
Open Source Licensing, University of Idaho Business Law Symposium, April 2009
Open Source is Not Public Domain: Evolving Licensing Philosophies, University of Idaho Law Review, Vol. 45, April 2009
Copyright and Trademark Law for Media Professionals, Idaho Press Club, November 2009
Why Businesses Should Care about Copyright Issues, Idaho Business Review, Idaho Business & Law, Fall 2008
Recent Developments in Internet Law, The Advocate, Idaho State Bar, July 2006
Subpoena Powers Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, American Bar Association, Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law, Internet Industry Committee Report, Fall 2002
Internet Key Word Issues and Internationalized Domain Names, American Bar Association, Section of Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law, Internet Industry Committee Report, Spring 2002
Licensing, Internet, and IP Law, Idaho State Bar Continuing Legal Education Programs, since 1995
EDUCATION
Law School:
University of California Hastings College of the Law, J.D., 1988
Law Review, Note Topic: “Comparative Bad Faith”
Graduate:
University of Utah, M.B.A., 1989
Undergraduate:
Brigham Young University, B.S. Finance cum laude, 1985
National Merit Scholar
Beta Gamma Sigma
BAR ADMISSIONS
Idaho
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
PROFESSIONAL/COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS
Idaho Technology Council, Board of Trustees, since 2009
American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section
Idaho State Bar, Intellectual Property Law Section
Licensing Executives Society, Member
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Mountain States Super Lawyer – Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Litigation, & Technology Transactions, since 2021
Idaho Business Review, Leaders in Law – Partner, 2016
Mountain States Super Lawyer, 2013
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