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Anaheim, Orange County, California

Creating Intellectual Property Wealth Strategies for innovative companies and inventors.Fusion IP Law is a patent and business law firm that believes intellectual property is a company’s greatest asset. In order to protect innovation – and make the most money from it – a patent lawyer will work closely with you, taking into account your company’s vision, strategic goals, tactical product plans, the competitive landscape, and the potential for licensing and litigation.Many law firms treat patents, trademarks, and copyrights as a “commodity” deliverable, approaching them with a “one-size-fits-all” philosophy. There is minimal communication between the attorney and the inventor or business – and a minimum amount of effort applied. That’s not how Fusion IP Law works.At Fusion IP Law, our goal is to help you develop your idea into a profitable enterprise.Applying knowledge and experience in private practice and industry in material science, composites, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and business law, Fusion IP Law will help you and your company develop an intellectual property wealth strategy. This includes reviewing your innovation for patentability, preparation and filing of a patent application, creating a strategic vision and assisting in implementing that strategy to create wealth.Fusion IP Law ensures that its clients have a full understanding of their intellectual property position, providing information about pertinent laws, technology, and business circumstances surrounding their innovation. This doesn’t happen over the course of a single phone call or meeting – instead this involves building a trusting relationship with a long-term commitment to your business based on a foundation of clear, honest communication.

Anaheim, Ca

Intellectual Property Counsel managing all intellectual property matters relating to nearly $1 billion advanced composite materials division of this global specialty chemicals company. Work with leadership to construct strategic technology plans, intellectual property aspect of business plans and patenting strategies. Prepare and manage intellectual property budget. Draft agreements and lead negotiations on all intellectual property agreements with substantial work on licenses and collaboration agreements with all major aerospace customers as well as with US and European government entities. Prepare and prosecute patent applications and manage outside counsel while hiring and mentoring junior patent attorney to bring prosecution work in-house. Initiated annual patent portfolio and strategic planning review process that has resulted in substantial annual savings from alignment with strategic business plans, eliminating patents no longer of strategic interest and leveraging savings into licensing opportunities and broader patenting of technologies of strategic interest. Maintain direct communication with corporate leadership team on portfolio status, licensing opportunities, risk analyses, and landscaping of strategic technologies. Provide ongoing training and promotion of intellectual property to sales, research, and project management teams. Provide freedom to operate opinions including risk analysis for a complex 250 million dollar US expansion project and expansion projects into China and around the world. Provide IP due diligence reviews for acquisitions. Developed and implemented processes for invention review, product clearances, secrecy agreements, publication clearances and maintenance of lab notebooks.

Mountain View, Ca

Patent attorney responsible for ALZA Corporation’s OROS® oral delivery technology for controlled release drug delivery devices, new chemical entities, and pharmaceutical polymers. Managed patent portfolio, prepared and prosecuted patent applications in the United States and filed through the PCT, and supervised outside counsel handling foreign prosecution. Provided counseling on litigation arising out of Paragraph IV Certifications pursuant to 21 U.S.C. §505(j)(2)(B)(ii) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act and worked with outside litigation counsel in the development of litigation cases. Analyzed invention disclosures to assess patentability and prepared validity and freedom to operate opinions. Participated in new product development projects by providing patentability advice at all stages of the development process and negotiated licenses, assignments of technology rights and collaboration agreements with major pharmaceutical corporations. Prepared and prosecuted trademark applications relating to OROS® delivery technology. Reviewed OROS® delivery technology related documents, presentations and other potential public releases for clearance prior to publication.

Walnut Creek, Ca

Represented clients in patent and trademark preparation and prosecution, intellectual property due diligence, right to use opinions, licensing, litigation and transactional matters. Patent prosecution included plastic laminate technology, electrical, liquid crystal display, business methods, software, and mechanical devices. Transactional responsibilities encompassed corporate licensing, intellectual property, management and service agreements, as well as real estate sales and leasing agreements. Responsibilities also encompassed complex commercial litigation in Federal and State Courts, bankruptcy filings and litigation, and commercial transactions including corporate formations, management and service agreements. Represented individual and corporate clients in business and real estate transactions, litigation and bankruptcy matters. Substantial experience in all phases of litigation that primarily involved business transactions, intellectual property matters and negligence.

Corte Madera, Ca

Represented clients in Federal and State Courts involving litigation and transactional matters. Practice included all aspects of litigation including bankruptcy and civil trial work. Litigation included significant law and motion practice in civil and bankruptcy proceedings and general transactional work involved contract and corporate agreements, and business matters as well as copyright and trademark licensing.

Concord, Ca

Consulted with major Silicon Valley technology companies regarding manufacturing, processing, and potential catastrophic property and business losses due to hazardous chemical conditions.

Juris Doctor

Bachelor Of Science, Chemical Engineering