Herbert (Dick) Schulze

He writes and prosecutes patent and trademark applications and manages foreign counterparts. He regularly represents companies in the computer and high-tech electronics industries, as well as various small businesses and individual research scientists, product engineers, and inventors.

Prior to joining Holland & Hart, Dick was an in-house attorney managing intellectual property legal issues for Agilent Technologies and Hewlett-Packard Co. While at Agilent he led the company’s IP program in its central research laboratories and supervised a staff of attorneys throughout the Asia-Pacific, the United States, Germany, and Singapore. While at Hewlett-Packard he was managing counsel for the company’s intellectual property. Dick also served in the U.S. Air Force as a military lawyer for five years in active duty and 25 years in the reserves, retiring as a colonel in 1997.

Preparation and Prosecution

• Domestic and international patent preparation and prosecution

Opinions and Counseling

• Patent infringement and validity analysis 
• Non-infringement and invalidity opinions 
• Product design counseling

Patent Licensing and Due Diligence

• Licensing negotiations and strategies 
• Strategic patent acquisitions 
• Product clearances 
• IP due diligence

Strategic Trademark Portfolio Management

• Preliminary and Full Searches and Clearances 
• Registrations/Prosecution
• Trademark acquisition and maintenance 
• Development of domestic and international filing strategies 
• Domestic and Worldwide Watch Services 
• Strategies for international brand asset management 
• Portfolio gap analysis 
• Development of Proper Use guidelines

Other Areas of Experience

• Copyright matters 
• Trade secret protection

TECHNOLOGIES

Circuits, networks, and communication systems, computers, software, control systems, memory design and semiconductor fabrication, lasers and optics, nanotechnology

• American Bar Association Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections, Member 
• California Bar Association, Member, 
• Nevada Bar Association, Member 
• Nevada State Bar IP Section, Chair 2019
• Colorado Bar Association, Member 
• Washoe County (NV) Bar Association, Member 
• Tahoe-Truckee (CA) Bar Association, Member of Board of Directors 2016-2019, President 2019
• University of Nevada Boyd School of Law, Adjunct Professor 
• MIT Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, Faculty Member 2010-Present 
• University of Nevada (Reno) and University of California (San Diego) business schools, former instructor in intellectual property 
• Federal tort claims at U.S. Air Force Annual Survey of the Law, Lecturer 
• Covenant House CA, Member of Board of Directors 2010-Present
• North Tahoe ski resorts for winter youth programs of SOS Outreach, Local Program Coordinator 
• Vail Resorts, Snowboard and Ski Instructor 2003-Present
• Northstar CA Ski Resort, Snowboard Instructor 
• Level 2 instructor certifications from AASI (Amer. Ass’n of Snowboard Instructors) and SBINZ (Snowboard Instructors New Zealand)