"Patent Attorney Tim Murphy Joins Zarian Midgley," (Jan. 5, 2010)

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BOISE, IdahoZarian, Midgley and Johnson, PLLC (Zarian Midgley) continues to build Idaho’s largest law firm specializing in intellectual property matters (especially patent law), intellectual property litigation, and complex business litigation. Tim Murphy, formerly of Marger Johnson and McCollom in Portland, Oregon, becomes the eighth registered patent attorney to join Zarian Midgley. The firm now includes 13 attorneys, overall.

Murphy joins Zarian Midgley as an associate. His practice emphasizes intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, unfair competition and licensing disputes, as well as complex business disputes. Murphy has experience in litigation and patent prosecution involving semiconductors, optoelectronics, advanced materials, networking, and nuclear and hydroelectric power production.

Murphy is a former DRAM R&D product engineer and semiconductor manufacturing engineer, and he previously served in the U.S. Navy.  He is licensed to practice in the states of Idaho, Oregon and California, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In 2008, he received his Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan.  He also holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Michigan, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Boise State University.


Established in 2007, Zarian Midgley (www.zarianmidgley.com) is a boutique law firm specializing in intellectual property matters (especially patent law), intellectual property litigation, and complex business litigation. The firm’s registered patent attorneys, patent agents, and lawyers hold technical degrees in electrical engineering, computer engineering, physics, microbiology, chemical engineering, genetics, molecular and cellular biology, aeronautical engineering, mechanical engineering, and manufacturing engineering. The firm’s objective is to provide the high-quality representation expected of large firms, with greater efficiency.