First Admitted: 1993, Texas

Professional Webpage: https://fultonjeang.com/wei-wei-jeang/

Bar/Professional Activity:

Serving on the Board of Trustees of Dallas Bar Foundation. President of the Dallas Asian American Bar Association in 2003 and Past Chair of the IP Section of the Dallas Bar Association. Council Member and the Immediate Past Chair of the Diversity Task Force for the IP Section of the State Bar of Texas. Co-Founder of Women In IP. Planning Committee member and CLE Co-Chair for the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association 2004 Annual Convention.
Texas Minority Counsel Program (TMCP) Steering Committee
State Bar of Texas Intellectual Property Section Diversity Task Force Chair
Dallas Asian American Bar Association President (2003), Council Member, and Inaugural Webmaster
Dallas Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section Council Member, Chair (2014), and Inaugural Webmaster (?-2014)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. District Court (ND Texas)
Texas

Special Licenses/Certifications:

Registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1988

Pro bono/Community Service:

The Writer’s Garret Board
Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce of DFW Board of Directors
Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors (2003-2007, 2015)
Dallas Museum of Art Board of Trustees (2009-2012)
DFW Asian American Citizens Council Chair (2014), President (2012-2013), Board of Directors (2003-present), Past General Counsel and Executive Vice President (2012)
North Texas Public Broadcasting Inc. (KERA) Board of Directors (2009-2011)
Dallas Women’s Foundation Board (now Texas Women's Foundation)
Diversity Connection Consortium
The Dallas Summit
The City of Parker Water Impact Fee Capital Improvement Advisory Committee
The City of Parker Comprehensive Plan Committee
The City of Parker Planning and Zoning Commission

Honors/Awards:

Recognized as an "Inspirational Woman of the Southwest" by Southwest Jewish Congress and for "Outstanding Contribution in Law" by the Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of Commerce; Consistently selected as a "Best Lawyer in America"; a "Texas Super Lawyer" in Intellectual Property Law in Texas Monthly; one of the "Best Lawyers in Dallas" in Intellectual Property in D Magazine; one of the "Best Lawyers in Dallas Under 40" in D Magazine; one of the "40 Under 40" lawyers in Texas in The Texas Lawyer.
TMCP Finalist for Lifetime Achievement Award (2021)
Inspiring Women of the Southwest Award, Southwest Jewish Congress (May 2012)
A Co-Founder of Women In IP, now a section of the Texas State Bar
The Barbara M.G. Lynn American Inn of Court Inaugural Master (2013-present)
Dallas Bar Foundation, Board of Trustees
Texas Bar Foundation, Fellow
One of the “Best Women Lawyers in Dallas,” D Magazine
Consistently selected by Super Lawyers®, part of Thomson Reuters, for inclusion in “Texas Super Lawyer” in Intellectual Property Law
Consistently selected as one of the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” in Intellectual Property Law in D Magazine
Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the field of Trademark Law, a publication of Best Lawyers, LLC (a subsidiary of Woodward/White, Inc.)
Consistently selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® in the field of Patent Law, a publication of Best Lawyers, LLC (a subsidiary of Woodward/White, Inc.)
Recognized for the Women in Technology award by Dallas Business Journal, 2024.
Best Lawyers in America® in the areas of patent law and trademark law

Educational Background:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Campaign, B.S. Computer Engineering, 1986
SMU Dedman School of Law, J.D., 1993

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

"Claim Construction and Markman Hearing Procedures," Conference on U.S. Patent Litigation Procedures, Southwest University of Political Science & Law, Chongqing, China, December 3-4, 2012 The American Invents Act - Impact on Patent Prosecution, State Bar of Texas Webcast, January 18, 2012"Willful Infringement, Enhanced Damages, and Attorneys Fees - The One, Two, Three Punch of Patent Litigation," AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) Spring meeting, May 12-14, 2011 Taiwan IP Update IP and Technology Developments - January 2012 (January 19, 2012) Identifying Value and Risks in the IP-Driven Deal (pdf) (October 2011) The Top Six Blunders in Dealing with the Cloud Straightline (September 2011) Reissue denied for adding single dependent claim," Lexology, May 4, 2010 "Conflicts of Interest in Transactional Patent Practice," The University of Texas School of Law Advanced Patent Law Institute, October 25-26, 2007 "IP Basics," Metrocon 2006; "Protecting Your Intellectual Property--What You Don't Know May Hurt You," 2005 TFAACC Business Symposium "Grokster Opinion Won't Kill P2P, " Dallas Business Journal, July 8-14, 2005 "Practical Strategies for Protecting Intellectual Property," The National Institute for Women Corporate Counsel, April 12, 2005 "IP Internal Audit," Minority Corporate Counsel 4th Annual CLE Expo, March 17, 2005 "(Arguably) Beneficial Patent Preparation and Prosecution Practices," State Bar of Texas 2004 Annual Meeting, IP Section "Current Online Issues," Texas Wesleyan Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2002 "Legal Protection for Web Content, Online Service Provider's Liability & The Safe Harbor" Intellectual Property and eCommerce Annual Conference sponsored by Texas Wesleyan Law Review, March 2002 "Wireless Technology Update," WITI Smart Partnering Conference and Expo 2002 Access to Experts, Strategies and Technology "Hot Topics in Intellectual Property", Legal Assistants Division, State Bar of Texas, LAU Seminar, September 2001 Guidelines for Inventors for Protecting their Patents (original title: "The Seven Deadly Sins of an Inventor"), DFW TechBiz, October 5, 2001 "How Much is that IP in the Window?" Dallas Business Journal, June 15, 2001 "M-Commerce, E-Commerce with a Twist," Texas Lawyer, April 24, 2001 "What a High Tech Company Should Know About IP," Texas Minority Counsel Program Annual Convention, 2000 "Enforcement of Intellectual Property Law in China and Taiwan," Dallas Bar Association International Law Section Meeting

Industry Groups:

Artificial Intelligence
Computer HW/SW
Computer Networks
IoT
Medical Devices
Oil & Gas
Semiconductor
Telecommunications

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