Attorney And Director
CurrentLegal Expertise: intellectual property procurement, counseling, and litigation + preparation and prosecution of powerful patent and trademark rights via close collaboration with inventors + impressive success rate at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) + patent, trade dress, and trade secret litigation + patent and trademark dispute resolution + opinions on validity and infringement of patents and trademarks, and on patentability of inventions and registrability of trademarks + confidentiality agreements and license agreements + on-site assistance to in-house counsel for clearance investigations, publication clearance, patentability assessments, licensing, and university agreements + licensed in Virginia, District of Columbia, Michigan, and TexasTechnical Specialties: mechanical and electrical devices, materials, software, and business methods + machine vision and image processing + automatic speech recognition + engine and transmission controls and hardware + tooling + aerospace equipment + fuel systems + medical devices and equipment + glass and plastic packaging + nanotechnology equipment and methods
