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Providing high quality and innovative intellectual property legal services, leveraging technology to deliver value and personalized advice.

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, Us

Responsible for all aspects of intellectual property (patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, etc.) within the corporation; report directly to the General Counsel. Oversee in-house patent and trademark counsel and IP paralegals, as well as all outside counsel (U.S./worldwide). Responsible for intellectual property protection, licensing, monetization and portfolio management strategies/programs. Intellectual property advisor to chief technology officer and chief of engineering.

Responsible for developing, managing and maintaining the Connected Home IP portfolio. Re-built and fully staffed the IP Law Department, negotiated fixed-fee contracts with outside counsels, and instituted a program for proactive invention harvesting. This enabled an increase in yearly U.S. patent filings by almost 25%, better control of IP costs, and the attainment of a patent/engineer filing rate almost 2.5 times that of any other Motorola business unit. Chaired several IP review committees including Information Security, Residential Gateway and SABA (cross-business unit innovation).

Managing attorney for all litigation and third-party matters, including the analysis and disposition of incoming intellectual property actions and inquiries, as well as advising management on instituting plaintiff actions. Responsible for the management of outside counsel in all active litigations, and the coordination of the litigation-related activities of nine in-house counsel. Transactional work included numerous software, patent and technology transfer and licensing agreements; evaluating the intellectual property assets and liabilities of an acquisition target; the formation of a new joint-venture LLC; and a role in drafting and finalizing the Separation and Distribution Agreements during the formation of Agere.

Sunnyvale, Ca, Us

Aided in founding and developing Lucent's Patent Assertion Group. Performed all aspects of patent assertion, with a concentration on the areas of wireless (CDMA/3G/GSM/TDMA), PBX/ACD, network switching, and data compression/transmission. Responsible for analyzing competitive products, reviewing applicable patents, generating claim charts, presenting findings to potential licensees, rebutting defenses and counterclaims, drafting patent license agreements, and managing resulting litigation. Extensive experience asserting claims throughout Europe and Japan. Ranked as highest performing attorney within the Patent Assertion Law Group every year since the department's inception. Attended 1997 European Patent Office corporate counsel symposium in The Hague.

Primary IP Consultant to Software and Mathematics Research Department and Advanced Semiconductor Development. Responsible for advising management and researchers on IP issues relating to patent creation, software licensing, and non-disclosure agreements. Drafted, filed and prosecuted U.S. and non-U.S. patent applications.

IP Consultant to Network Transmission/Switching Group and Optical Research. Drafted patents, non-disclosure agreements, employment contracts/covenants.

Responsible for overseeing all intellectual property matters for two aerospace divisions. Duties included review of invention disclosures, patent drafting/prosecution, technology transfers, intellectual property steering committee, and presentation of patent seminars to engineers and scientists. Advised Computer Engineering Center regarding licensing disputes. Drafted, filed and prosecuted eight patent applications resulting in six U.S. Patents.

Performed all pre-trial preparations for patent litigation, including depositions, document productions, interrogatories, various motions, orders, and claim charts. Drafted opinions regarding patent validity, infringement and enforcement. Involved in all aspects of patent prosecution. Performed legal research and drafted memoranda.

Primary designer and project leader for high-frequency Si and GaAs transistor development. Responsible for development of high-energy pulse microwave source for DOD application. Administrator for the corporation's engineering computer system. Served on steering committee responsible for the funding and development of the next generation of transistors. Negotiated technical contract matters.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.)

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering