Francois Devilliers Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Utility and design patent prosecution and portfolio development; patent validity, infringement and clearance analyses; M&A IP due diligence; open source and other tech licensing; IP enforcement and defense; standards bodies participation; PTAB post-grant proceedings. Technologies include software, computers, networks and cloud computing, medical devices and methods, telecommunications, consumer electronic devices; augmented reality, image-based 3D reconstruction and tracking, audio and video compression, acoustics.

San Francisco Bay Area

Patent litigation and strategic counseling.

San Francisco Bay Area

Strategic counseling and team leadership on all aspects of domestic and foreign intellectual property, including incoming and outgoing patent litigation, patent and trademark portfolio development and prosecution, counterfeit and grey goods enforcement, patent validity and infringement analyses, USPTO post-grant procedures at the PTAB, drafting and negotiation of license, supply, and joint development agreements, open source licensing, M&A due diligence.Technologies included: wired and wireless telecommunications, RF transmission protocols, signal processing, computer hardware and software, cloud computing, acoustics, manufacturing technology.

San Francisco Bay Area

Domestic and international patent litigation, creation of internal patent prosecution capability, drafting of standards body agreements, reverse engineering, patent validity and infringement analyses, IP licensing, copyright legal analysis, management of outside counsel, patent prosecution. Technologies included: computer peripherals and user interfaces, audio, video and still-image compression, audio spatialization, 3D graphics, acoustics, consumer electronics devices and technologies. Notable matter:Creative Technology v Apple - patent infringement suit against the hierarchical navigation system employed in the iPod, resulting in a settlement in excess of $100 million.

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Monterey Bay

Bsc Engineering

Bproc (South African Jd)