Harold L. Burstyn

216 Bradford Parkway, Syracuse, NY 13224-1767
Telephone (315) 445-0620, Facsimile (509) 479-4103
Email: burstynh@iname.com
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   5 High Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1221
   Telephone (508) 548-0201

 

Current Positions:

Patent Attorney; affiliated with Hancock & Estabrook LLP, Syracuse, NY
Adjunct Professor, L. C. Smith College of Engineering & Computer Science
237 Link Hall, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244
Telephone (315) 443-4443
(I retired 3 April 2001 as Patent Attorney, Office of the Staff Judge Advocate
Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York)

Professional Qualifications:

Attorney & Counselor at Law, New York & Florida, 1988  
Registered Patent Attorney, 1989

Education:

Harvard College, A.B. magna cum laude in History and Science, 1951  
U.C.L.A., M.S. in Oceanography, 1957  
Harvard University, Ph.D. in History of Science, 1964  
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, J.D., 1987

Publications:

"Using Computers in the IBM Case: an Interview with Thomas D. Barr," J. C. Tredennick, ed., Winning with Computers: Trial Practice in the 21st Century (Part 1, ABA, 1991), 191-93; Editor's Introduction to Sec. 5: "Presenting Your Case at Trial," Id. at 305; "English Lawyers Communicate Electronically," Id. (Part 2, ABA, 1993) at 114; "Now Lawyers Can Dictate to Their Computers," Id. at 125; Editor's Introduction to Sec. 5: "Toward the Future: Project Management, Risk Analysis, and Expert Systems" Id. at 163.  
"CAFC Panel Creates New Test for Equivalents,"
9 PTC Newsletter #3 (ABA, 1991)  
"Electronic Transfer Catches On,"
13 National Law Journal #13 (1990), 26, 29  
"RTM and the Worm that Ate Internet,"
92 Harvard Magazine #5 (May/June 1990)  
"Computer Whiz Guilty,"
ABA Journal (April 1990)  
"Copyright, Piracy, and the Practical Navigators,"
47 Mariner's Mirror (1961)
Book reviews in The Federal Lawyer, 2000-2002  
Over 50 Non-Legal Publications

Awards:

Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha of Massachusetts, 1951  
Fulbright Scholarship to The Netherlands, 1951-52  
Honor Graduate, U. S. Naval Justice School, 1954  
U. S. National Science Foundation Pre- and Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1959-62, 1965-66  
Henry & Ida Schuman Prize of the History of Science Society, 1960
U. S. Air Force, Outstanding Civilian Career Service Award, 2001

Professional Affiliations:

American and New York State Bar Associations  
The Florida Bar  
American Association for the Advancement of Science  
Computer Law Association  
American Intellectual Property Law Association  
Federal Bar Association  
Government Patent Lawyers Association (1996-2001)
Central New York Patent Law Association