Mr. Millien, a co-founder of PCT Law Group, brings a wealth of intellectual property and general corporate experience to the Firm. In 2009, he was named one of the 250 "World's Leading IP Strategists" by IAM Magazine.

Mr. Millien's practice includes developing strategies and counseling clients on patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret and entertainment matters, including negotiating and drafting patent applications and technology-related agreements. Mr. Millien also performs intellectual property portfolio evaluations and due diligence for corporate transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, private offerings of equity and debt securities and bridge loans.  

Prior to joining PCT, Mr. Millien was the General Counsel of Ocean Tomo, LLC, the country's leading IP merchant bank. Prior to Ocean Tomo, Mr. Millien was Vice President and IP Counsel at The American Express Company where his responsibilities included managing the company's global patent portfolio and leading technology outward-licensing deals.

His previous experience includes practicing law in the Washington, DC offices of DLA Piper US LLP and Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC.  Prior to law school, Mr. Millien was a software design engineer with General Electric Aerospace and is a graduate of their Edison Engineering Program.

Mr. Millien is a national lecturer for the BAR/BRI Patent Bar review course. He has served as an adjunct professor of legal writing and oral advocacy at the George Washington University Law School as well as a professorial lecturer of Intellectual Property Law at the George Washington School of Engineering.

Mr. Millien is the author of the Washington DC IP Attorney Blog.

Representative Presentations

• "Technology Policy and the Obama Administration," 18th Annual Conference on Developments in Technology Law, Seattle, WA (Dec. 10, 2009)

• “Developing IP Business Models," U.S. Federal Trade Commission Hearing On The Evolving IP Marketplace, Washington, DC (Dec. 5, 2008)

• “Patent Reform," 9th Annual Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation, Sedona, AZ (Oct. 2008)

• The Valuation of US Intellectual Property,” ABPI - XXVIII National Seminar on Intellectual Property, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Aug. 2008)

• "Licensing IP in the Current Litigation Environment," IPO Conference on the Increasing Role of Antitrust in Defining Patent Rights, Washington, DC (June 2008)

• "IP and Business Models: The Impact of Recent Changes in Patent Law," 8th Annual Sedona Conference on Patent Litigation, Sedona, AZ (Oct. 2007)

• "Valuing Patents and IP Auctions," PLI Patent Law Summit 2007, San Francisco, CA (Jan. 2007)

• "Valuing IP Portfolios," Entertainment & Sports Law/IP Law Inst. Conference, Cancun, Mexico (Nov. 2006)

• "The Evolving IP Marketplace," NBA 81st Annual Convention, Detroit, MI (Aug. 2006)

• "Public Policy Update - Impact On Patent Quality And Economics," CAI IP Investment Summit, Chicago, IL (June 2006)

• "IP: Monetizing and Protecting Content in the Digital Age," The Deal Convergence 2.0, New York (June 2006)

• "Patent Litigation Update," IIR 2nd Annual Summit on IP Rights for Financial Services, New York (April 2006)

• "Financial Services Industry: Patenting Uphill," AIPLA Annual Mtg., Washington, DC (Oct. 2005)

• "Recent Trends: Software and Business Method Patents," Marcus Evans IP Summit, Phoenix, AZ (Oct. 2005)

• Conference on Technology Transfers in the Fin. Serv. Indus., Zurich, Switzerland (July 2005)

• "Business Method Patents: Moving Forward in a Hostile Environment," Utah IP Summit, Salt Lake City, UT (Feb. 2005)

• "Software/Computer Systems Claims Drafting," AIPLA Annual Basic Training for New Lawyers, Arlington, VA, (Aug. 2002 & Aug. 2003)

Representative Publications

• “Drafting Business Method And Software Claims In a Post Bilski, Muniauction and NTP World," The Practical Lawyer (ALI-ABA) (Aug. 2009)

• “Meet the Middlemen: A Survey of IP Business Models,” Intellectual Asset Management Magazine (Feb./Mar. 2008).

• "Why General Counsel Should Pay More Attention to Intellectual Property," ACC Docket (June 2007)

• "Little Blues: How to Build a Culture of Intellectual Property within a Small Technology Company" (Euromoney/MIP, 2006)

• "Post eBay, Expect More Suits And More Costs," IPLaw360 - Guest Column (June 28, 2006)

• "From Finals to the Firm: Top Ten Things New Law Firm Associates Should Know" (Matthew Bender, 2003)

• "Adding to the Franchisor's Arsenal: All About Business-Method Patents," Franchising Business & Law Alert (April 2003)

• "The Function of Conjunctions in Patent Claims: 'A and B' May Not Infringe 'A or B'," The Patent Journal (September 2002)

• "Patent Claims Drafting in the New Economy: A Need to Return to Old School Values," IP Today (July 2001)