This book provides a unique comprehensive survey of U.S. federalintellectual property procurement laws as well as a detailed analysis of stateprocurement rules. Encompassing the concerns of the private and governmentsectors, this book is a groundbreaking, valuable resource for both sectors. Itgives an extensive overview of U.S. federal and state procurement systems, andstrategies for handling government misuse of private-sector IP rights. The book is intended for an expanding audience of academics, governmentlawyers, in-house and outside private attorneys specializing in procurement law,and practitioners of international and intellectual property litigation.

James McEwen, a founding partner of Stein McEwen & Bui, has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in computer hardware and software, control systems, mechanical and optical devices, semiconductor manufacturing, batteries, and display device technologies. In addition, Mr. McEwen has prepared
and been involved in patent validity and infringement opinions, reissue and reexamination proceedings, intellectual property licensing and settlement negotiations, intellectual property licensing with elements of the Federal government, trademark prosecution, domain name disputes, trade secret
protection, and provided litigation support in patent infringement claims.

David S. Bloch is a partner with the law firm of Winston & Strawn, LLP., at their San Francisco office. David focuses his practice on complex intellectual property disputes, as well as the intersections of antitrust, government contracts, and intellectual property law. He is a graduate of Reed
College and The George Washington University (M.P.H., J.D. with honors), and served as a Fellow in International Trade Law at the University Institute of European Studies in Turin, Italy, in 1997.

Richard M. Gray is the Director of the Intellectual Property Office, and Associate General Counsel, in the Acquisition Law Division of the Department of the Air Force, Office of the General Counsel. His primary duties include advising members of the Secretariat and Air Staff on intellectual
property and technology transfer issues, and representing the Air Force on interdepartmental and interagency committees pertaining to intellectual property and technology transfer, including chairing the Defense Acquisition Regulations Council's Patents, Data, and Copyright Committee. For these
subject matters, Mr. Gray also participates in regulatory and statutory drafting, and coordinating Air Force reporting to Congress and the Government Accountability Office. Additionally, Mr. Gray practices in the areas of cyberspace and computer law, information management, information assurance,
e-authentication, and information technology acquisitions.