REGISTRATIONS - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Founder, Registered Patent Attorney
• IP Attorney

David's practice includes drafting and prosecuting patent applications, as well as assisting clients to enforce their patent rights once a patent is obtained. He has diversified his area of practice so that he can assist his clients not only with patents in computer and software technology, but also in mechanical, materials science and medical-related technologies. David's professional engineering activities included modification and analysis of avionics and weapons computers on F/A-18 Hornet aircraft, which required SECRET government security clearance. As a diagnostic Engineer, he coded software test programs to analyze analog and digital circuits. His engineering experience enabled him to become a co-inventor on two patents, thereby maximizing value of new technology. Ever since joining Morriss O'Bryant Compagni Cannon, P.C. as a founding shareholder, David has been able to devote significant time to protecting touch technology found in computers and mobile computing devices, friction stir welding technology that enables solid state welding of high melting temperature materials, and chemical analysis devices and technology for time-of-flight, ion mobility and ion trap mass spectrometry.

Job Titles:

• Founder, Registered Patent Attorney
• Founding Partner of Morriss O'Bryant Compagni Cannon
• IP Attorney

As a founding partner of Morriss O'Bryant Compagni Cannon, Frank Compagni has assisted his clients in protecting and enforcing their intellectual property rights. In doing so, Frank has prepared and prosecuted patents in all areas of art including mechanical, chemical, biotech, electrical, software and business methods, and has significant experience in trademark and copyright matters. In addition, Frank has successfully represented his clients in enforcing their intellectual property rights as well as defending his clients that have been accused of infringing the intellectual property rights of others. He has also prepared, negotiated and enforced licensing and manufacturing agreements, product development agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other technology-related contractual matters for his clients. Frank has additional experience in preparing patentability, infringement and right-to-use opinions as well as performing due diligence analyses for intellectual property acquisitions. In addition to assisting his U.S.-based clients in protecting their foreign intellectual property rights, Frank represents many foreign clients in pursuing their U.S. patent and trademark rights. As such, he has substantial experience in preparing and filing international patent and trademark applications and nationalizing and prosecuting foreign patent and trademark applications domestically. Before practicing law, Frank had several years of engineering experience working for such companies as Hercules, Inc., Thiokol, Corporation and Rockwell International, Collins Defense Communications Division. At Hercules, he was involved with carbon fiber manufacturing and helped develop processes for improving carbon fiber production and quality. At Thiokol's Space Operations, Frank worked in the engineering department for NASA's space shuttle booster program and was involved in test firings of solid rocket motors. At Rockwell International, he was responsible for streamlining manufacturing processes for the production of military electronic communications systems.

Job Titles:

• Artist
• Founder, Registered Patent Attorney
• IP Attorney

Julie has enjoyed a diverse practice in intellectual property, concentrating in domestic and foreign patent preparation and prosecution, as well as foreign and domestic trademark application and registration. She counsels both U.S. and foreign clients on global protection of intellectual property rights to assure the strongest market position for her clients' products and processes. Julie has been registered before the United States Patent and Trademark Office for nearly twenty-five years, and enjoys the distinction of being the first female patent attorney in the state of Utah. In addition to obtaining patent, trademark and copyright protection for her clients, Julie has advised both U.S. and foreign clients in building strong intellectual property portfolios through rendering right-to-use opinions and through strategic licensing of intellectual property rights. She has successfully negotiated effective resolutions for her clients in intellectual property disputes, having secured the most cost-effective and enduring protection of her clients' rights. Julie has also represented clients in the federal courts and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office to secure and defend their rights. Julie is also a visual artist and is co-founder of an art gallery in Salt Lake City. As such, she has a keen interest in assisting fellow artists in the protection of the intellectual property rights in their creative works.

Job Titles:

• IP Attorney
• Member of the Registered Patent Attorney

Karl Cannon specializes in all aspects of U.S. and international protection and enforcement of patent, trademark and other classic intellectual property rights, IP litigation, IP licensing, and in defending parties wrongly or overbroadly accused of violating others' intellectual property rights. He spent several years educating the public about intellectual property law issues in two regular newspaper columns for over a decade. As the author of numerous IP law articles in several different nationally distributed engineering magazines, Karl is highly acclaimed by peer review and client review. He specializes in all aspects of intellectual property law and related litigation, and is an AV-rated attorney (top rating). Karl's patent law practice specializes in the technical areas listed below. He graduated in civil engineering from Brigham Young University on a merit scholarship, took courses in electrical engineering, computer programming, and civil and mechanical engineering, and took third place in the English department's Elsie Carrol Essay Contest. He was a "top grade" recipient at BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School, where he earned his J.D. degree in 1993 and served as a conference editor on the Journal of Education and Law. He served as a judicial intern under Judge Randall R. Rader on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and as a judicial intern for Judge Eric G. Bruggink on the U.S. Court of Federal Claims. His publications include "The Power of Patents, Utah Business, Vol. 7, No. 4, 84-97, 1994; "Patenting Podiatric Innovation," Podiatry Today, Vol. 9, No. 11, 64-67, April, 1997, "Picking the Proper Patent," Machine Design, Vol. 69, No. 4, 110, February 20, 1997, and "The New Power of Patents," Journal of Applied Sensing Technology, Vol. 13, No. 12, 4-6, 56, December, 1996. Karl was named to "Legal Elite - Intellectual Property Law," by Utah Business, Vol. 19, No. 1, at 57 (2005), and is a copyright holder, rock artist and songwriter for The Love§trange, whose rock album "I Liked It, No I Didn't" was runner-up to the 2016 Utah Rock Album of the Year by City Weekly, based on songs Karl wrote, live performances of which were later profiled locally on the Comcast cable network. Karl helped prosecute and patent e-commerce patents such as U.S. Patent No. 9,235,851 ("Integrated and Synchronized Cross Platform Delivery System"), numerous surgical implants, surgical techniques and other medical products, mechanical devices and systems, and hundreds of other successful patent grants in many technical areas such as those listed below. Karl has handled many successful IP litigations involving patent enforcement and trademark enforcement, as well as successful litigation defense work against unfounded or overbroad patent and trademark enforcement actions. He handles all varieties of trademark work including product configuration marks, and renders consultation and opinions regarding patent validity, infringement and enforceability, patent viability, trademark viability, and other IP matters. Practice Areas IP Counseling and Strategic Planning

Job Titles:

• IP Attorney
• Partner, Registered Patent Attorney

Ryan Gillan has been in practice since 2007, first as a Registered Patent Agent and then as a Registered Patent Attorney, after serving as a Patent Examiner in the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office for more than two years, and is a member of the D.C. Bar and the Utah Bar. Ryan specializes in all aspects of intellectual property law and related litigation. Practice Areas IP Counseling and Strategic Planning