Prior to matriculation in law school, he was an award-winning systems engineer for 3Com Corporation, where he was responsible for local and wide-area network architecture and design supporting both Fortune 500 and start-up companies in the computer services, financial and pharmaceutical industries. After law school, he was appointed to a one-year state judicial clerkship in New Jersey, after which he began private practice splitting his time as a litigation attorney and transactional counsel. Before being recruited to Texas in 1998, he was fortunate enough to act as the primary intellectual property counsel to a consortium of state entities in NJ, NY, PA and DE for the implementation of a $500M electronic toll collection system known as “E-ZPass®”.

Leveraging this industry experience, his cutting-edge practice is focused on the legal impact of technology on clients’ businesses. He strategically counsels and represents clients as outside general counsel on matters involving the evaluation, acquisition, development and protection of technology and associated IP rights, and creatively leverages such assets both domestically and internationally. His practice spans IT transactions, computer software development/licensing, cloud computing, emerging Internet technologies (such as blockchain and cryptocurrencies), e-commerce, mobile application development, social media/branding, cybersecurity, and IP/technology litigation. Having worked on data privacy issues both domestically and internationally since 1998, he is also a highly experienced data privacy attorney, including but not limited to counseling on the U.S. Privacy Shield and the Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

His practice also includes an extensive domestic and international trademark preparation and prosecution practice providing full-service trademark representation, including trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings at the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO and well as UDRP proceedings. With his experience as a commercial litigator, he remains involved in complex intellectual property litigation involving copyrights, trademarks/unfair competition, patents and trade secrets.

Mr. Kulik has been recognized by his peers as among the “Best Lawyers in Dallas” practicing intellectual property by D Magazine since 2016. National and international news outlets reach out to Tom for his insight – he has frequently appeared on NBC5 DFW and been quoted by such media organizations as CNBC and Reuters. In August 2017, he was selected as a weekly IP columnist for AboveTheLaw.com, one of the nation’s leading online legal news and entertainment publications. He is also a frequent speaker/presenter, as well as a commentator on nationally syndicated radio and television on trending legal issues involving technology. Read more about his thoughts on the intersection of law, technology and business at www.abovethelaw.com/author/tomkulik, and stay on the cutting-edge of challenging technology and IP law topics via Mr. Kulik’s blog at www.legalintangibles.com.