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Lena Bacani

A seasoned litigator with a depth of experience, Lena Bacani has represented clients in matters related to business torts, labor and employment, intellectual property (including patent, trademark, copyright and trade secrets), and general commercial disputes. She has represented clients in a broad range of sectors, including semiconductor, telecommunications, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, aerospace, fashion, entertainment and software. Lena also helps companies navigate and generate strategies to manage complex legal issues including contracts and business agreements, risk assessment, global IP portfolios, data privacy, freedom-to-operate opinions, and more.

Prior to joining Loza & Loza, Lena was a systems engineer for Lockheed Martin, advising members of the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense, and third-party contractors on the Air Force Satellite Control Network and DoD satellite programs.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE

  • Lead counsel in a jury trial involving the misappropriation of the client’s trade secrets, retaliation and labor code violation claims, resulting in a favorable settlement during trial.
  • Lead counsel for defendants in patent infringement litigation involving mail tracking and bar code technology. Obtained desired claim construction ruling from Central District of California that resulted in highly favorable settlement for clients.
  • Represented pharmaceutical company in patent infringement lawsuit for oclacitinib product. First chair hearings and defend CEO and key employees in depositions.
  • Obtained dismissal of lawsuit for client accused of infringing trademark and business tort claims from sales of consumer health products.
  • Represented consumer product client in IPR proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
  • Obtained six-figure attorneys’ fees award from the Central District of California for defendant in multi-venue litigation involving copyright infringement and unfair competition claims surrounding sales of embellished jeans.
  • Counseled aerospace client regarding potential trade secret claims. Drafted agreements licensing client’s intellectual property.
  • Lead counsel for defendants in various federal court cases involving copyright, trade dress, and design patent infringement claims relating to footwear and apparel.
  • Obtained dismissal of trade secret claims against metalworks client in C.D. Cal.
  • Defended satellite broadcasting company in multiple patent infringement lawsuits involving electronic program guides, digital video recorders and set top boxes. Cases settled under terms favorable to client.
  • Successfully defended cosmetics company in trademark opposition before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), resulting in TTAB dismissing case and clearing way for client’s trademark registration.
  • Obtained U.S. trademark rights for electronic entertainment, cosmetics, 3D printing, banking and music clients.
  • Counseled satellite broadcasting company regarding international patent portfolio and potential third party IP claims.
  • Counseled mobile phone reseller regarding U.S. Customs regulations and various IP issues.
  • Defended television and consumer electronics manufacturer in multiple patent infringement lawsuits involving MPEG video compression and LCD display technologies.
  • Negotiated, drafted and advised clients regarding patent licenses, technology transfer and joint development agreements.
  • Negotiated and drafted software development agreement.
  • Negotiated and drafted joint venture agreement.
  • Negotiated and drafted motion picture director, producer and writer agreements for film production company.
  • Drafted merchandising agreement for digital entertainment studio.
  • Second chair in trial for pro bono client defrauded in real estate scam.
  • Obtained $50,000 default judgment for pro bono clients defrauded by unlicensed law firm.
  • Counseled pro bono gang tattoo removal client on copyright and trademark issues.

MEMBERSHIPS

  • Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • International Game Developers’ Association

Stephen Burbach

Stephen D. Burbach is a registered patent attorney with over 20 years of experience prosecuting and litigating patent, trademark and copyright matters. His practice focuses on patent preparation, prosecution, and opinion work.

Steve has in-depth experience in a wide range of technology areas:

  • Wireless communication
  • Network communication
  • Cardiac rhythm management systems
  • Neurostimulation systems
  • Memory systems, integrated circuit design
  • Computer graphics systems
  • Object-oriented applications
  • Database applications
  • Client-server applications

Prior to law school, Steve was a hardware and software engineer for Bell Telephone Laboratories developing telecommunication and data network systems.

 

Gabriel Fitch

Gabriel Fitch is a registered patent attorney with a practice focused on obtaining and enforcing protection of various forms of intellectual property including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Gabe’s practice involves obtaining patents in technologies related to the fields of electrical, computer, and mechanical engineering. Prior to joining Loza & Loza, Gabe spent many years at a mid-sized IP boutique firm in Pasadena, CA, and clerked at another mid-sized IP boutique firm in Atlanta, GA.

Prior to law school, he was an applications engineer with Intellon Corporation (now a subsidiary of Qualcomm, Inc.), a design engineer and systems programmer with Barr Systems Inc., and an engineering intern with IBM Corporation, Nortel Networks, and Florida Power Corporation (now a subsidiary of Duke Energy).

Gabe has particular knowledge and experience in the following areas:

  • Magnetic storage systems
  • Wireless communications
  • Radar systems
  • Relay design
  • Card readers
  • Semiconductor chip design
  • Networking
  • Software and hardware design
  • Telephone switching and power transmission, distribution and generation
  • Communication protocols
  • Power line communications
  • Windows programming
  • Hardware description languages such as VHDL and Verilog
  • Printed circuit board technologies and layout tools
  • FCC emissions testing and standards, mainframe communications
  • Programming languages
  • Utility power systems

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & RECOGNITIONS

Gabe is a member of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association (LAIPLA), the Pasadena Bar Association, and the San Gabriel Valley Bar Association. During law school, Gabe was an editor of the Journal of Law & Technology and a participant in the Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court

PUBLICATIONS

“From Napster to Kazaa: What the Recording Industry Did Wrong and What Options are Left”, University of Florida Journal of Technology Law and Policy (9 J. Tech. L. & Pol’y 183, 2004)

George Fountain, Patent Attorney, Loza & Loza LLP

George Fountain

George Fountain is a registered patent attorney and represents clients ranging from startup ventures to Fortune 500 corporations in all aspects of intellectual property counseling and protection. George works closely with engineers and in-house counsels to develop effective intellectual property strategies to meet each client’s needs and expectations. He has over 20 years of experience in procuring patents for clients in high technology areas, such as wireless communications, integrated circuits, optics and optical systems, computer networking, and software.

George has significant industry experience as an electrical engineer having worked several years at Hughes Aircraft Company designing RF/microwave front ends for satellite systems.

Robert Goozner, Ph.D., Of Counsel

Robert Goozner is a registered patent attorney with over 20 years of experience specializing in patent preparation and prosecution across diverse areas including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and chemical engineering. Roberts technical background includes quality control and research development in a number of areas including semiconductors. He has reviewed product chemistry for projects required to meet EPA mandates. Dr. Goozner has also worked extensively as a scientist in the semiconductor industry.

Dr. Goozner has published three books on patents and trademarks.

Jun Ha

Jun Ha has practiced intellectual property law since 2007 for Fortune 500 companies, medium-size companies, and start-ups.  Jun’s practice primarily focuses on patent and trademark law, which includes patent application preparation and prosecution as well as trademark application preparation and prosecution.  Jun routinely handles patent matters in the US and foreign jurisdictions for electrical, software, and mechanical inventions, as well as trademark matters for US and foreign clients.   He also prepares claim charts to map patent claims with industry standards and has experience in conducting patentability investigations, preparing non-infringement opinions, and reviewing patent license agreements.

His technical areas of expertise include:

  • Wireless communications (5G, LTE, 3GPP, WiFi, Bluetooth)
  • Computer systems
  • Mobile devices
  • Software
  • Haptic devices
  • Image/video processing
  • Signal processing
  • Printers and scanners
  • Internet services
  • Home appliances
  • Medical imaging devices
  • Neuromodulation

Prior to his legal career, Jun was an engineering researcher where he improved accuracy in 3D medical ultrasound imaging techniques and developed image processing algorithms to measure blood flow using an ultrasound Doppler. He also examined and compared the accuracy of two commercial medical imaging algorithms and developed a method to detect photomultipliers in a SPECT/PET medical imaging scanner.

While attending law school, Jun was an associate editor for Villanova’s Sports and Entertainment Law Journal.  He was also the recipient of the Deirdre L. Bailey Leadership Scholarship at Villanova University School of Law.  He has his bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering and biomedical engineering, and his master’s degree in biomedical engineering.

PUBLICATIONS

  • “Determination of an Optimal Image Frame Interval For Frame-To-Frame Ultrasound Image Motion Tracking,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Volume: 52, Issue: 3; March 2005
  • “Detection of Lesions Using Differential Rates of Speckle Decorrelation,” Ultrasonic Imaging, Volume: 25; 2003
  • “Quantitative 3D Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging Using a Modified Transducer Array and an Automated Image Tracking Algorithm,” IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Volume: 49, Issue: 8; August 2002

 

 

Thomas Ham

Tom provides intellectual property counseling for startup companies and divisions of large corporations. Previously, Tom has worked as in-house patent counsel at Sony Electronics. Tom’s practice includes software, computers, optical devices, semiconductor devices, semiconductor processing, and circuits.

Eric King

Eric focuses his practice on counseling and services in IP-related matters, such as: patent strategy and management, preparation and prosecution of patent applications (both US and Foreign), IP portfolio evaluation, IP transactions, due diligence evaluations, freedom to operate opinions on new products, patent litigation support, offensive and defensive patent issues, opinion letters, reexaminations, and expert witness services.

Eric has technical experience in the following areas: hardware and software/firmware for electronics and computers, disk drives, medical systems and devices, telecommunication networks and devices (5G, LTE), networking systems and products, processors, semiconductors, chipsets, electronics, as well as, electromechanical and mechanical technologies.

Eric works for a wide array of small to large multi-national public companies, as well as, small to mid-sized privately held companies in providing IP support and patent portfolio development. Some private clients being acquired by larger public companies (e.g., Line 6 Inc. acquired by Yamaha Corp.; Jasper Technologies Inc. acquired by Cisco Systems).

Gordon Lindeen

Gordon has assisted both large and small companies to develop, build, maintain and enforce patent, trade secret, and trademark portfolios as well as defend against threats of infringement.  This includes assessing competitive patent portfolios, designing around threatening patents, and writing formal opinions on validity and infringement.  As a registered patent attorney with an AV Preeminent and High Ethical Standing peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell, Gordon has written and prosecuted many hundreds of patents through the USPTO, EPO and the major Asian patent offices.

Gordon is an active participant in the US Patent Pro Bono Program of the Rocky Mountain Regional Office in Denver and has been awarded the Achievement Certificate for each year since 2018.

Gordon has worked in-house managing, licensing, and enforcing significant portfolios in optics, satellite and cellular communications, navigation systems, and other technologies.  As outside counsel he has prosecuted portfolios in silicon chip manufacturing and packaging, wireless and wired network routing and protocols, optical systems, audio and video compression, targeted advertising, software as a service, artificial intelligence, image understanding, camera sensors, autonomous vehicles, financial technology, and a variety of mechanical devices, among others.

Julio Loza

Julio Loza is a registered patent attorney and represents clients ranging from startup ventures to Fortune 500 corporations in all aspects of intellectual property counseling and protection. Prior to becoming a patent attorney, Julio worked for many years as a software engineer writing code for desktop applications and mobile devices in various programming languages.
He works closely with sole inventors and in-house counsel to develop effective intellectual property strategies to meet each client’s needs and exceed their expectations.

He has broad experience in all aspects of patent prosecution, and counseling. Julio graduated from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, where he also served as an adjunct professor of intellectual property law. He earned his Bachelor and Master Degrees in Electrical Engineering from Harvey Mudd College. His technical expertise includes software, mobile devices, microprocessors, cryptography, and network architectures.

Lew Macapagal

Lew Macapagal is a registered patent attorney focusing primarily on the preparation and prosecution of domestic and international patent applications in a wide range of technical areas. Example areas include: Wireless communication technologies including various aspects of LTE, Wi-Fi, CDMA, and Device-to-Device technologies, analog circuits including voltage-controlled oscillators, RF mixers, amplifiers, integrators, and filters as well as semiconductor devices.

Lew works closely with inventors, corporate officers, and in-house counsel to develop effective intellectual property strategies to meet each client’s needs and expectations. Prior to joining Loza & Loza, Lew was an associate with an international, full-service law firm and has worked as a patent attorney involving patent prosecution in software, electrical, and mechanical arts. He has counseled clients in technical areas including:

  • Wireless communications
  • Mobile handheld digital television signaling
  • Memory devices
  • Liquid crystal displays
  • Optical drives
  • Printers
  • Integrated circuits
  • Microprocessors
  • GPS navigation systems
  • Medical infusion devices
  • Cardiac stents
  • Catheters
  • Guidewires
  • Intraocular lenses
  • Cardiac defibrillators

Lew has worked with a range of clients including clients based in South Korea where he traveled frequently to handle patent prosecution matters. 

CERTIFICATIONS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Certification in Intellectual Property Law
  • Member of the Moot Court Honors Board and the Whittier Law Review.

Daniel Mallery

Daniel Mallery is a registered patent attorney with over twenty years of experience in the United States and overseas prosecuting patent, trademark and copyright matters. His practice currently focuses on patent preparation and prosecution. Daniel has extensive experience with a wide range of technologies. These include:

  • Cellular and wireless communication systems
  • Implantable medical devices
  • Microprocessor architecture
  • Software and hardware systems
  • Encryption techniques
  • Space-based systems

Prior to law school, Daniel was a software engineer for TRW, where he was involved in all aspects of the development of complex software systems, particularly software involving computational electromagnetics. He is co-author of the paper: “Complex Polynomial Phase Integration,” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. AP-33, No. 7, July 1985, R.J. Pogorzelski and D.C. Mallery.

 

David Sarisky

If you asked him what he does for a living, David would simply say “I help protect technology and innovation.”

David has always had an interest in technology for as long as he can remember. After moving from Ohio to Los Angeles and working as an engineer in the aerospace industry for eight years, he decided it was time for a change and pursued a career in patent law.

“I like working with innovators and learning of new technologies and concepts early on, well ahead of the general public,” he says. “Reducing these technical concepts to written patent applications and arguing for their allowance with patent offices around the world is challenging and rewarding.”

Leveraging 25-plus years of experience, David works with clients to protect their innovations and to implement intellectual property strategies that increase company value and secure competitive advantages. Over the course of his career, he has represented clients in different industries and has worked on a variety of innovations with his clients, many of them in the medical device space.

Outside of work, David enjoys scavenging used record stores and thrift shops for albums to rebuild the vinyl collection he discarded years ago. During the fall, he is consumed by college football and is a diehard fan of his alma mater – The Ohio State University Buckeyes.

Anthony Smyth

Anthony Smyth is a registered intellectual property attorney with a focus on patent law. Anthony has substantial experience in patent preparation and patent prosecution, licensing, infringement and invalidity opinions. After completing his undergrad studies in his homeland of Belfast, Ireland and prior to attending law school, Anthony worked as an electrical engineer for multiple major leading companies and managed a major client account for one of the largest information technology outsourcing companies in the world. Before earning his law credentials, Anthony lived in Switzerland for eight years and then worked as an engineer in sales organization for a world leader in embedded and mobile software while attending law school.

Prior to joining Loza & Loza, Anthony was an associate with an international, full-service law firm and has worked as a patent attorney involving patent prosecution in software, electrical, and mechanical arts. He has counseled clients in technical areas including:

  • Data security
  • Biometrics and encryption
  • Radar systems
  • Mobile devices and their applications
  • Medical, chemical, and agricultural systems
  • Software including search engines, analytics, and business methods

“What clients don’t realize is what goes into the complicated process [of protecting an invention], said Anthony. “I can help alleviate that burden. I feel like I’m doing something productive for the inventors, and I like the visibility into the technology”.

Aside from law and technology, Anthony’s interests and passions range from photography, astronomy, his family, and he has an ongoing love for travel and spending time exploring different places and countries.

Joseph Swan

Joseph (Joe) Swan has practiced in the areas of intellectual property and transactional law since 1992, representing a variety of clients from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups. His practice primarily focuses on patent law and includes: preparing and prosecuting utility and design patent applications; successfully appealing Examiner decisions (before both the USPTO’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit); conducting patentability investigations and patent analyses; and preparing noninfringement opinions. In addition to securing patents, Joe also has significant experience in preparing and negotiating a variety of patent and technology-related agreements, including licenses, assignment agreements, software-development agreements, and nondisclosure agreements.

His technical areas of expertise include:

  • Video and image processing
  • Signal processing
  • Imaging devices
  • Printers and scanners
  • Wireless communications
  • Computer systems
  • Mobile devices
  • Software
  • Internet services
  • Integrated circuits
  • Artificial intelligence and machine learning

Prior to his legal career, Joe worked as an engineer for Hughes Aircraft in Southern California, first as a systems engineer on the turret stabilized platform for the forward-looking infrared system of the A-6E Intruder aircraft, then as a software developer, implementing radar signal-processing algorithms on a proprietary pipeline signal processor, and finally, managing the overall development and testing of a radar-based tracking system on the Stealth bomber. Also while there, Joe was selected for the company’s corporate fellowship program, pursuant to which he rotated through different departments within the company, each focused on a different area of technology, and also earned his Master’s degree in electrical engineering, with a specialization in signal and image processing, from the University of Southern California (USC). Eventually, Joe left Hughes to earn his law degree from Columbia University School of Law. He began his legal career as a corporate and real estate transactional attorney with top national law firms. Then, merging his technology background, his corporate experience, and his devotion to helping clients create value, Joe transitioned his practice to patent prosecution and patent/technology-related transactions.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

  • California Lawyers Association – IP section

PUBLISHED APPELLATE DECISION

  • In re Maatita, 900 F.3d 1369 (Fed. Cir. 2018)

Bruce Wagar

Contact – Bruce.Wagar@lozaip.com

Dr. Bruce Wagar is a patent attorney that focuses on drafting and prosecuting U.S. and international patent applications in a wide range of technical disciplines. With primary emphasis on computers, software, artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, electronics, and electrical engineering, he brings a comprehensive perspective to each matter he handles. In addition to his skill in all facets of patent prosecution, Bruce routinely undertakes design-around analyses, patentability searches, and patentability/invalidity/infringement opinions.
A member of the California Bar since 2009, Bruce’s path to intellectual property law was informed by an extensive and accomplished career as an engineer. For more than 15 years, he served as a senior engineer and inventor at IBM, where he developed technologies that led to numerous U.S. patents. His deep immersion in problem-solving and real-world product development gives him an engineer’s eye for understanding inventions, appreciating their potential impact, and enhancing their value through thoughtful protection strategies. This dual framework of legal and engineering expertise allows Bruce to guide his clients with a well-rounded, real-world perspective.
Throughout his career, Bruce has prized the opportunity to educate and counsel others. In addition to advising colleagues, he supports clients through all stages of IP creation and protection, whether aiding in invention disclosure, developing strong claim sets, or elevating strategic portfolio management. An engaging speaker, he has addressed audiences in São Paulo, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles on patent law developments, best practices for IP management, and ways to foster innovation. In 2016, he served as Chairman of the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association Spring Seminar, illustrating his commitment to professional growth and the broader intellectual property community.
Bruce’s academic credentials reflect his passion for technical rigor and legal excellence. He earned his J.D. from Arizona State University, balancing the demands of legal study with his continued focus on patent prosecution and technology. Prior to that, he completed a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of Michigan, where he refined not only his technical depth but also his ability to collaborate on multidisciplinary research. His undergraduate work at Binghamton University in Mathematical Sciences served as a strong foundation for the complex analytical reasoning required in both engineering and law.
Bridging both worlds of invention and advocacy, Bruce’s career is marked by a love of innovation. He works energetically to enable and protect the creative endeavors of fellow engineers, entrepreneurs, start-ups, and major corporations alike. Whether exploring next-generation software solutions or cutting-edge semiconductor designs, he is driven to ensure that bright ideas receive comprehensive, strategic safeguarding through robust patents and intellectual property frameworks.
As a patent attorney, Bruce aspires to foster the spirit of invention, encouraging open communication and collaboration among colleagues and clients. He prides himself on his approachable demeanor, always ready to discuss the nuances of patent drafting or brainstorm approaches in the ever-evolving field of technology. In every aspect of his work, legal, academic, or engineering, Dr. Bruce Wagar exemplifies the blend of expertise, curiosity, and counsel necessary to champion the spirit of innovation and guide his clients’ breakthroughs from conception to protection.

Representative Experience

  • Patent Pub. # 2024/0119529 – Machine Learning Based Personalized Ethical Interest And Sensitivity Profile Generation For Investment Management
  • Patent # 10,056,891 – Duty Cycle Adjustment Circuit
  • Patent # 9,990,926 – Passive Enrollment Method for Speaker Identification Systems

Mark Wilson

Mark Wilson is an experienced Silicon Valley Intellectual Property attorney dedicated to providing high-quality IP counseling for a wide range of clients including established Fortune 500 companies as well as early-stage companies. He has extensive experience in patent drafting and prosecution, IP strategy counseling, and patent portfolio development and management.

Over the past 20 years of practice, Mark has been exposed to a wide range of hardware and software technologies, including emerging technologies such as virtual machines (VMs), software defined storage, distributed computing, software defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV), application virtualization, cloud computing, cloud native storage, in-vehicle networks (IVN), machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and blockchain.

Eugene Worley

Eugene Worley is a registered patent attorney and represents clients in various areas of intellectual property law. This includes the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, patent portfolio management, and preparation of patent infringement, validity, and due diligence opinions. Eugene has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in a wide variety of technologies including:

  • LTE wireless communication
  • 5G wireless communication
  • Millimeter wave wireless communication (IEEE 802.11ay)
  • Analog circuits
  • Solid state drives

Eugene also has patent litigation experience having represented clients in patent suits involving Double Data Rate Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDR DRAM) and cache memory.

Derek Yeung

Derek Yeung is an intellectual property attorney specializing in the areas of patent prosecution of advance technologies. As a Chinese-speaking patent attorney, Derek also works with a variety of clients from China.

Derek has particular technical expertise in the following fields:

  • Analog, digital and mixed-mode semiconductor devices
  • Computer hardware and software design
  • Digital systems
  • Real-time systems
  • Networking devices
  • Telecommunication systems
  • Battery charging-monitoring devices
  • Advance microcontroller systems
  • Real-time software
  • Embedded controllers
  • Printed circuit board technologies
  • Semiconductor layouts
  • Display devices such as OLEDs, plasma displays, LCDs, and electron emission displays

Prior to joining Loza & Loza, Derek was a patent attorney at the law firm of Christie, Parker & Hale and a patent counsel at HRL Laboratories LLC. He has a broad electrical engineering experience and worked in various positions in different technology companies.

Peter Zura

Peter Zura is a partner in the Illinois offices of Loza & Loza. Peter’s practice includes preparing, prosecuting, and securing patent portfolio development and enforcement, preparing, prosecuting and securing patent protection for his clients’ innovations as well as providing intellectual property counseling. This includes advice on patent infringement, validity, and large portfolio due diligence studies for acquisitions, licensing, and pre-suit purposes. Peter also works with clients to monetize their intellectual property portfolios in scenarios including financing rounds, company sales, and sale of patents after a change in technical focus.

Prior to joining Loza & Loza, Peter was a partner for various Am Law 100 and 200 law firms in Chicago. He is a former patent examiner in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and a former electrical engineer with General Dynamics Land Systems Division, where he designed and tested communication circuitry and systems for advanced military combat vehicles.

Peter developed, drafted and managed complex patent portfolios in the U.S. and over 20 international jurisdictions. He represented clients in patent litigation and in post-grant proceedings before the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. He drafted opinions of counsel and assisted in product development to minimize infringement risks, as well as negotiated licenses, agreements, and patent purchase transactions totaling over $100M.

Representative software experience includes:

  • Virtual machines
  • Mapping
  • Operating systems
  • Encryption
  • Compression
  • Compilers
  • Gaming
  • Financial transactions
  • Computer-aided design
  • Audio and video signal processing
  • Encoders/decoders
  • Machine vision and machine learning technologies
  • Bioinformatics

Representative hardware experience includes:

  • Microprocessor architecture
  • Memories
  • Digital cameras
  • Cellular telephones
  • Satellite communications
  • Networking
  • Digital imaging
  • RFID
  • Medical devices
  • Engine technology
  • Medical equipment
  • Automotive
  • Security systems
  • Digital television
  • Manufacturing control
  • Digital publishing
  • Power systems

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Licensing Executives Society (LES)
  • American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law
  • Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago

PUBLICATIONS

  • Founder, editor and publisher of The 271 Patent Blog (2004-2011).  Pioneered leading patent blog covering issues in patent law, litigation and patent business strategies.  Averaged over 10,000 page loads per month.
  • “Employing Successful Strategies for Patent Litigation,” Recent Trends in Patent Infringement Lawsuits: Leading Lawyers on Analyzing Significant Patent Infringement Cases and Developing Successful Litigation Strategies, Thomson West, Aspatore Books (2010).
  • Digital RFID Magazine, “Protecting Your Technology and Business in a RFID World Facing an Uncertain IP Future” (March/April 2006).
  • “Looking for Fire Amidst the Smoke – Is the Federal Circuit Really Exceeding Its Appellate Authority in Patent Infringement Cases?” 12 U. Balt. Intell. Prop. L.J. 1 (2003); cited to Supreme Court on petition for certiorari, Merck & Co. Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (No. 05-236) and Phillips v. AWH Corp. (No. 05-602).

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

  • Featured Speaker, “Bilski: Thinking Ahead; Developing Strategies for the Future,” Chicago Bar Association IP Law Committee (Oct. 2010).
  • Panelist, “IP Blogs and Related ‘Web 2.0’ Topics,” Houston IP Law Association 25th Annual Institute on IP Law (Oct. 2009).
  • Featured Speaker, “McKesson and the Future of Inequitable Conduct,” Dunes CLE, Las Vegas NV (May, 2009).
  • Featured Speaker, “Patent Litigation in the 21st Century,” Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property 1st Annual Symposium (Feb. 2006).
  • Featured Speaker, “Software and Business Method Patents: Helping or Hindering Innovation?”  Northwestern University Law School IP Society (Feb. 2006).