Craig Bohn Email & Phone Number

California

• Created an integrated idea capture and manage system, formed around existing intellectual property systems, personnel, and business needs, and focused on thoroughly documented information sharing and collaboration for.
• Performed technical secret gap analysis to identify systemic weaknesses that could result in secret loss
• Provided legal services to secure and recover potentially compromised proprietary information

San Jose, California

Serve as Patent Counsel and general business adviser to multiple pre-financing start-up ventures and joint ventures, with equipment, hardware, software, and content products for civilian and governmental uses

Gilbert, AZ

• Sole legal counsel and first in-house IP counsel
• Identified, analyzed and resolved several commercial and business disagreements prior to their impacting business operations, and avoiding formal disputes
• In first 60 days, achieved favorable patent infringement settlements spanning active suits in the U.S. and Europe with 3 competitors (2 U.S. and 1 Austrian)
• Developed teamwork in the legal support and administration systems, including a worldwide patent strategy and support system with interests in the U.S., Europe, and Asia
• Developed and implemented corporate policies, procedures and compliance programs

Santa Clara, CA

• Primary legal counsel for 3 global business units with over $800 million in annual revenues
• Previously served as chief IP counsel to Semitool, Inc. before its acquisition by Applied in 2009
• Reduced Semitool IP costs approximately 70% by personally performing the bulk of the preparation and prosecution, and simultaneously creating and implementing a program that integrated IP management into the operating.
• Planned, provided, and guided IP aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and patent licensing and sales efforts
• Planned and directed key technology litigation in Japan, Taiwan, Germany, and the U.S. Federal Circuit

Houston, TX

• Served as principal for patent and trademark prep and prosecution, and associate development, in the second largest law firm in Texas
• Drafted patent applications and performed prosecution in varied technologies, including durable medical equipment, wireless communication, and electrical devices
• Advised and provided negotiation support on technology licensing
• Designed, provided, and supervised IP support for corporate mergers, sales, and acquisitions services

• Primary counsel to 9 domestic and 5 business foreign units generating $1.1 billion in annual revenues
• Integrated IP into worldwide operational business plans; included guiding marketing plans, and sales and licensing contract negotiations
• Restructured invention administration to encompass outside counsel management, preparation, prosecution, licensing, enforcement, litigation, ROI assessment and consultation
• Reduced company’s per-patent cost by over 20% through systemic changes, such as restructuring and training patent teams in each business group
• Established and guided a $2 million-plus intellectual property budget

Intellectual Property law practice that maintains obligations for former clients. Focused on turning Intellectual Property into Intellectual Assets; the key being a positive cash flow.

Intellectual property preparation and prosecution.

Bs, Engineering And Applied Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Glee Club, Trap and Skeet Team, Sandhurst Competition, Cadet Public Relations Committee

Jd, Intellectual Property

Activities and Societies: Business Manager for school paper, Annotations; Board of Advocates (Program ranked #3 in nation by US News &.