richard m. russell curriculum vitae

Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts

Juris Doctor cum laude: 1992

Law Review: editor and author

Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California

earned credits toward Juris Doctor: 1988

American Jurisprudence Award

University of Massachusetts, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

B.S. engineering (emph. computer science) magna cum laude: 2009

B.S. business administration (emph. marketing) cum laude: 1986

Dec. 1992 - present:

Law Office of Richard M. Russell, Falmouth and Norwood, Massachusetts

represent clients in matters of civil and criminal litigation and appeal

planning for long-term care

estate planning

real estate transactions

Sep. 2012 - August 2019

United States Patent and Trademark Office, Alexandria, Virginia

patent examiner: three-dimensional graphics, two-dimensional graphics, graphics processing units (GPUs), graphical user interfaces, display device

United States Supreme Court

United States Patent and Trademark Office

 (re-enrollment following employment pending)

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

First Circuit Court of Appeals

Federal District Court: Massachusetts

Copyright in Architectural Drawings and Works

92 Massachusetts Law Review 25 (2009)

Trademark and Service Mark Protection for the Local Businessman

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, April 19, 2010: 39

The Causation Requirement: Guardian of Fairness or Obstacle to Justice?--Making Sense of a Decade of DES Litigation

25 Suffolk University Law Review 1071 (1991): twice cited at: Sutowski v. Eli

Lilly & Company, 82 Ohio St. 3d 347, 349 (Ohio Supreme Court 1998)

The Legislature’s Constitutional Authority to be the Judge of the Return, Election, and Qualification of its Members (© 2004)

The Massachusetts Firearms Licensing Statute and the Second Amendment (© 2014)

The Interested-Witness Instruction and the Federal and State Constitutions (© 2011)

Abrams v. Liss, 53 Mass. App. Ct. 751 (2002)

Commonwealth v. Zettel, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 471 (1999)

Haser v. Wright, 65 Mass. App. Ct. 903 (2005)

Commonwealth v. Thompson, 56 Mass. App. Ct. 710 (2003)

Commonwealth v. Whelton, 428 Mass. 24 (1998)

Content Adjustment in Graphical User Interface Based on Background Content (Apple) 

Adjusting Displayed Content Length as a Function of Map Scale (Google) 

Method and Apparatus for Changing 3D Display Based on Rotation State (Samsumg) 

Device Equipped with Flexible Display and Controlling Method Thereof  (LG)

Latency Reduction in Camera-Projection Systems (Microsoft)

Controlling Configurable Peak Performance Limits of a Processor  (Intel)

Systems and Methods for Visually Creating and Editing Scrolling Actions (Adobe) 

Transparent Multi-View Mask for 3D Display Systems (Disney)

Controlling Movement of a Virtual Camera in a Game Space (Nintendo) 

Gesture Controlled Communication (Sony)

Streaming Physics Collision Detection in Multithreaded Rendering Software Pipeline (IBM) 

Slice Representation of Volume Data (Siemens)

Fusion of Multiple Images (Phillips)

Method and Apparatus for Quantifying Color Perception (Adobe)

Displaying Three-Dimensional Image (Samsung)

Offloading Touch Processing to a Graphics Processor (Intel)

Department of Industrial Accidents

Division of Medical Assistance 

Massachusetts Trial Court

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Massachusetts House of Representatives

United States Bankruptcy Court

United States District Court

United States Supreme Court

United States Patent and Trademark Office