Greenberg Traurig LLP issued the following announcement on Nov. 30.
Dwayne L. Mason, shareholder in the Houston office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has been elected to the Board of Trustees for The Foundation for Advancement of Diversity in IP Law.
According to its website, the foundation’s mission is to support members of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups in their pursuit of careers in intellectual property law. The principal activity of the foundation has been to provide financial assistance to law students demonstrating an interest in pursuing a career in IP law. Since 2002, the foundation has awarded more than $2.5 million in scholarships to over 140 law students.
“By consciously working towards and increasing the number of diverse lawyers in IP law, we will add a new and different perspective to the practice. It is an absolute honor to be entrusted with a seat on the board of trustees,” said Mason who heads the law firm’s Texas Intellectual Property Litigation Practice.
Mason’s practice focuses on patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, and technology-based commercial litigation. Mason also manages patent and trademark portfolios and assists companies in protecting and commercializing their intellectual property, including many transactional matters in the technology, media, life sciences, energy, and natural resources industries. Mason has litigated numerous intellectual property disputes in various state and federal district courts, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal and 5th Circuits, and in domestic and international arbitration proceedings before the American Arbitration Association and International Chamber of Commerce.
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