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Michael Angert

Michael Angert is a registered patent and trademark attorney and has worked with sole inventors, small business owners, start-ups, Fortune 500 companies, and leading international companies for more than twenty years. Michael’s practice focuses on preparing and prosecuting U.S. utility and design patent applications as well as Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international applications and Hauge Convention international design applications in the electrical, computer, and mechanical arts. He has particular experience with utility patent applications in the telecommunications field, including applications related to 3G, 4G, Long Term Evolution (LTE), LTE-Advanced, and future aspects of 5G wireless communications systems, and wireless communications in general. Michael counsels domestic and foreign clients regarding trademarks and prepares and prosecutes US trademarks and International (Madrid Protocol) trademark applications for US and international clients.

Michael has significant experience with patent applications related to:

  • Wireless Communication and Technology
  • Computer Software
  • Digital and Analog Circuitry
  • Robotics
  • Mechanical Devices
  • Semiconductor Structures and Methods of Fabrication
  • Machine-to-Machine (M2M) Communication for the Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Public/Private Key Encryption
  • Civil Engineering Structures

He works with and counsels clients in complex issues of patent, trademark and copyright law, export regulations, and government rights to intellectual property, and requirements related to website privacy and terms of use policies. He has prepared patentability, right-to-use, infringement, and validity legal opinions.

In his prior fifteen-year career as an electrical engineer, Michael designed digital, analog, radio frequency (RF), and microwave circuits and systems for use in military and government wireless voice and data communications devices and radar systems. While obtaining his master of science degree, he furthermore designed, fabricated, and tested a monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC).

LEADERSHIP & VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

  • Ongoing Volunteer Construction Team Leader for Habitat for Humanity Metro Maryland
  • Committee Member, Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA) Local & Specialty Bar Liaison Committee
  • Participant, Maryland Connected and Automated Vehicle Working Group (Maryland Department of Transportation)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS

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

 

 

Matthew R. Lighthouse

Over the last decade, Mr. Lighthouse has represented entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses, A-list celebrities, and Fortune 500 companies in developing, protecting, and enforcing their trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, publicity rights, and general business interests before the U.S. Copyright Office, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the FTC, and in state and federal courts.  He regularly counsels clients across a range of industries, including the food and beverage, consumer product, health care, medical device, media, telecommunication, software, cryptocurrency, energy, entertainment, and fashion industries.

In addition, Mr. Lighthouse zealously represents clients in all stages of litigation, including pre-litigation due diligence; the preparation of pleadings; dispositive motion practice; fact discovery; lay and expert witness depositions; claim construction; summary judgment; pre-trial motion practice; trial; and appeal. He has successfully secured and vacated temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions against online stores in large-scale counterfeiting cases, won discovery sanctions, and prevailed at summary judgment in bench and jury trials, as well as in appeals before the TTAB.

Mr. Lighthouse values personalized, one-on-one communication with his clients. He strives to distill the most complex issues into easy-to-understand explanations, thereby empowering his clients to make informed and strategically forward decisions.

EXPERIENCE

Trademark Clearance, Prosecution, Portfolio Management, Enforcement, and Litigation

    • Knockout and comprehensive clearance searches
    • Brand standards, style guides, enforcement procedures for internal business use
    • State and federal registration of word marks, logos, slogans, product packaging marks, and product design marks
    • Worldwide trademark portfolio management
    • Bespoke global domestic and international brand-enforcement strategies
    • TTAB proceedings, including ex parte appeals, oppositions, and cancellations
    • Filing and defending counterfeit goods lawsuits with ex parte asset restraints
    • Licensing, franchising, co-branding, and coexistence agreements
    • Due diligence for M&A transactions

Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, and Deceptive Trade Practices

    • Identification of trade secrets
    • NDAs and confidentiality agreements
    • Non-competes
    • Fraud
    • Unjust enrichment
    • Violations of federal and state unfair competition statutes and common law

Cybersquatting

    • UDRP proceedings
    • Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act litigation
    • Cease-and-desist letters

Copyright Protection and Enforcement

    • Registration of complex software code
    • Registration of compilations
    • Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) compliance and litigation
    • Visual Artists Rights Act (“VARA”) counsel and litigation
    • Termination rights under Copyright Act Sections 203 and 304

Entertainment Agreements and Disputes

    • Talent release agreements
    • Location agreements
    • Publishing contracts
    • Audiovisual licenses

Licensing and General Agreements

    • Reviewing, drafting, and negotiating trademark, copyright, patent, and right of publicity licenses, assignments, and agreements
    • Independent contractor agreements
    • Influencer agreements
    • Distribution agreements
    • Material transfer agreement
    • Operating agreements
    • Employment agreements
    • Master service agreements

Advertising and Online Policies

    • Advertising copy review and claim substantiation
    • Comparative advertising
    • Contests and sweepstakes
    • Sponsorship agreements
    • Terms and conditions
    • Privacy policies

General Business Litigation

    • Contract disputes
    • Breaches of fiduciary duty
    • Partnership disputes
    • Employment disputes
    • NDA disputes

INTERESTS & HOBBIES

Mr. Lighthouse enjoys live music, running, writing, investing, and spending time with his friends and family.  He serves his local community through volunteering, including at the Boys and Girls Club of America of Wake County and pro bono legal initiatives.

Holly Rudnick

Holly Rudnick focuses her practice on the procurement and management of intellectual property with a particular emphasis on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in electrical and software-related technologies. Her technical areas of expertise include:

  • Semiconductor processing
  • Integrated circuits
  • Optics and medical devices
  • Telecommunications networks and wireless devices
  • Computer systems
  • Storage area networks
  • Software and business methods

She has extensive experience in managing international patent portfolios, including preparation and prosecution of PCT and Paris Convention applications, national stage filings, and management of foreign prosecution in countries throughout the world. Holly counsels existing and emerging companies in the development, protection, and exploitation of intellectual property assets. She prepares legal opinions related to patent infringement, invalidity, patentability, and freedom to operate.

Holly is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the American Bar Association and DFW Women in IP.

Eryn Y. Truong

Eryn Y. Truong’s practice encompasses a wide range of intellectual property matters including trademarks, copyrights, patents, trade secrets, privacy rights, intellectual property transactions, and intellectual property litigation.

Eryn works with clients to develop comprehensive strategies for protection and management of intellectual property assets. She handles various trademark registrations, licensing agreements, including mergers and acquisitions, for technology companies, software companies, and national retail stores and manufacturers. She is well versed in conducting infringement analysis and regularly counsels clients on potential or pending infringement problems.

She also enforces and defends trademark rights in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) and in domain name administrative proceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).

Eryn also litigates complex business litigation and intellectual property matters in both state and federal court. She successfully represented a photographer in a copyright infringement lawsuit, resulting in a $1.32 million jury verdict. The case was one of the first ruled in favor of a photographer under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Other noteworthy litigations include a jury verdict and an award of attorneys’ fees in a trial concerning a contract dispute between international retailers; conducting a high stakes trade secret trial for an emerging medical device company in Delaware Chancery Court, one of the nation’s most prestigious courts; and obtaining a bench verdict against sub-brokers on RICO claims in the Agape Ponzi scheme litigation.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

  • Long Island Business News – Who’s Who in Intellectual Property (2012 – 2019)
  • Long Island Business News – Who’s Who in Women Professional Services (2011)

SPEAKING AND LECTURING

  • Unauthorized Practice of Law and the Ethics of Cost Effective Trademark Practice – American Intellectual Property Law Association, 2016
  • Intellectual Property Overview – SCORE Long Island, 2016
  • IP Considerations in Business Transactions and IP Update – National Academy of Continuing Legal Education, 2016
  • Legal Matter for Artists – East End Arts, 2016
  • Intellectual Property Protection – Stony Brook Small Business Development Center, 2017
  • Intellectual Property Overview CLE – Suffolk County Bar Association, 2017

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

BOARD MEMBERSHIP

 

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).