Associate Stephen Mason

Stephen Mason’s practice focuses on patent application preparation and prosecution. The technical areas in which Stephen has prepared and prosecuted patent applications have included semiconductors, microprocessor and memory designs, testing and verification software, databases and storage, network equipment and software, and mobile computing and sensor systems.

From 2006 to 2007, Stephen served as the general counsel of an Internet advertising company in Austin, Texas. His practice has previously included intellectual property aspects of merger and acquisition transactions, software licensing agreements and research contracts. Stephen also has broad experience in the law of consumer protection and privacy in Internet transactions.

Stephen began his legal career in Austin as an associate in the intellectual property practice group at Bracewell & Giuliani. Prior to entering law school, Mr. Mason worked in PBX configuration and competitive intelligence at Nortel Networks in Richardson, Texas.

Mr. Mason is admitted to practice in Texas and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University in 1999 and his Juris Doctor degree from Baylor University in 2003. Stephen has served as president of both the Texas Aggie Bar Association (2008) and the Capital City A&M Club (2007).