Sam Olive Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, California, Us

I lead a team of five IP professionals at Splunk, including three attorneys, an agent, and a paralegal. My team manages Splunk's worldwide IP portfolio, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. I am responsible for all aspects of Splunk's IP practice, including portfolio development strategy, outside counsel management, budget management, IP policy, defense and enforcement, and open source issues. I also advise on IP litigation, worldwide employment, and cybersecurity issues with IP components.

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Managing partner of small-scale intellectual property law firm providing full IP service to small and large clients.

Bellevue, Wa, Us

My duties as internal patent counsel included portfolio planning and execution from disclosure to monetization, prosecution management, asset identification and valuation, management of outside counsel, preparation of licensing materials and presentations, and application drafting and prosecution.

Houston, Texas, Us

I was responsible for a patent docket of over 1000 cases. I provided second level review, revision, and evaluation of work product for younger associates. I assisted in developing patent filing strategies for our clients. I supported numerous litigations and due diligence projects, including several deals valued at over 500 million dollars. I drafted numerous opinions of counsel, including clearance opinions, invalidity opinions, and noninfringement opinions.

I drafted new patent applications, patent appeal briefs; analyses of/responses to Office Actions, assisted in drafting opinions of counsel and various litigation documents

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science