Mergers & Acquisitions Group

Counsel in-house clients on various intellectual property related issues, such as trade secret protection, patent drafting, and patent portfolio review.Review, negotiate, and advise on patent license transactions in various technological fields including wireless communications (e.g., LTE, UMTS, GSM, CDMA, 802.11, RFiD), optical networking, video coding (e.g., MPEG-4, VP8), consumer products, cloud computing, and data networking and security. Supervise outside counsel on patent litigations.

Managed litigation team, developed case strategy, led discussions with opposing counsel, drafted court submissions, and successfully argued motions and oppositions before the Court.Drafted and prosecuted patent applications, created claim charts, performed patent due diligence, prepared freedom-to-operate and right-to-use opinions, and provided guidance on trademark issues.Published Computer Crimes: A Handbook of Civil and Criminal Issues For In-House Counsel, Bingham McCutchen, March 2012.

Drafted legal memoranda and court filings corresponding to intellectual property matters in various technology areas including electronics, medical devices, business methods, open source software, and consumer goods.Performed patentability and right-to-use searches, prepared patent opinions, analyzed patent portfolios.Published Patentable Subject Matter: Reining in the Boundaries, Charles R. Macedo and Peter R. Vogel, IP Law360, 2 November 2007.