Biography

Mr. Caldwell has practiced in the intellectual property field since 1970. His practice has been concentrated in the litigation of trademark matters, alternative dispute resolution, and counseling, including advice on technology and trademark licensing, intellectual property/antitrust and franchise matters, and validity and infringement analysis.

Mr. Caldwell has represented large, mid-sized, and small business clients in trademark and has broad experience in litigation of trademark, trade secret, and related unfair competition matters.

For more than ten years, Mr. Caldwell has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America under the Intellectual Property Law specialty. He also has been listed as one of the world’s leading trademark lawyers in Euromoney Legal Media Group’s Guide to the World’s Leading Trade Mark Practitioners. He co-authored (with partner John F. Lynch) Patent Litigation: Procedure & Tactics, Matthew Bender & Company (now LexisNexis) (1978-1984).

Prior to beginning his law practice, Mr. Caldwell was a project engineer for the Apollo Spacecraft Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in Houston, Texas, from 1962 to 1970, and he served on active military duty at Patrick Air Force Base (Cape Canaveral), Florida, with the Ballistic Missile Division of the United States Air Force from 1959 to 1962. 

Professional Activities and Memberships

• American Bar Association
  • Chair, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, Section of Intellectual Property Law, 2007—2009
• American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Chair, Professionalism and Ethics Committee, 2003—2005
• International Intellectual Property Law Association
• International Trademark Association
• State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association
• Houston Intellectual Property Law Association
• Life Fellow of the Houston Bar Foundation
• Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation

Educational Background

• J.D., Magna Cum Laude, University of Houston
• B.Ch.E., University of Virginia