Jade Laye

About Jade Laye

Jade is a Partner in the Intellectual Property Practice Group of Haynes and Boone, LLP in its Houston office. As a registered patent attorney, his practice focuses on patent law, with an emphasis on patent prosecution and counseling. Jade is a former Patent Examiner with the United States Patent and Trademark Office in its telecommunications division. While at the USPTO, his technical focus was in the area of video and data distribution systems, networks, electronic programming guides, and related technology, such as video recording devices, modems and hand-held communications devices. In addition to his work as an attorney, his patent examination experience provides his clients with a significant advantage in prosecution of patent applications. Jade is also involved in Haynes and Boone\'s Attorney Diversity and Inclusion efforts, where he focuses on advancing the hiring, retention and promotion of diverse lawyers within the firm. He was honored in the Houston Business Journal, American City Business Journals, 2015 List of Top Patent Practitioners. He was admitted into the 2016 class of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows Program. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Bridge Preparatory Academy in Sugar Land, Texas. In addition to his law degrees, Jade holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.

Experience

1. Partner at Haynes & Boone Llp

   Haynes and Boone, LLP

   May 2012 — Present

Education

• The George Washington University Law School

  Master of Laws - LLM, Patent Law

  2004 — 2006

• University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville

  Doctor of Law - JD, Intellectual Property Law

  2001 — 2004

• University of Arkansas

  B.S. Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  1996 — 2001