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John Reich, a senior partner at Merchant & Gould, practices patent law with an emphasis on client counseling. John understands that a client’s ultimate goal when investing in intellectual property is gaining a business and competitive advantage. He learns his client’s business and then draws on his practical, technical, and business experience to counsel them on the strategic development and use of intellectual property rights. He also greatly enjoys educating clients and mentoring developing attorneys.John brings diverse technical experience to clients including the electrical, software, and mechanical arts. Examples of industries in which John has counseled clients include: medical devices, instrumentation, metering, power distribution, printing, information systems, software platforms, automotive equipment, computer architecture, communications, and micro-electronics. John's practice includes patent prosecution, the strategic development of and use of patent portfolios, licensing, due diligence studies, and infringement and validity investigations. He has supported clients in the following ways, among others:• Managed and conducted intellectual property due diligence for very large acquisitions and drafted the intellectual property portion of the related agreements• Conducted extensive freedom-to-operate studies during product development • Developed strategic patent portfolios for clients to enhance their corporate business strategies• Mined patent portfolio during patent litigation to craft and file new patent claims covering the adversaries' core products, resulting in settlement of the litigation• Worked with clients to develop accessory products and related patent family to increase value of core product and patent rights, resulting in increased licensing revenue• Managed and prosecuted interdisciplinary patents that combined different scientific and technical arts, such as the life sciences with hardware and software

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