Thomas A. Dougherty Email & Phone Number

Tom is a seasoned technology attorney with over 20 years of intellectual property and technology experience with law firms and in-house. Tom has experience in all aspects of intellectual property law including patent prosecution and litigation, trademark, trade secret, and copyright law and related licensing. He drafts, negotiates, and handles all aspects of IT, SaaS, IP, sponsorship, marketing, cyber security, confidentiality, contracts, licensing, technology, and NDAs for multi-billion-dollar companies. He also has extensive medical device, product clearance, infringement analysis, litigation, M&A, and due diligence experience.Tom’s experience in-house includes within companies such as Covidien (now Medtronic), Tomkins plc (which included Gates Rubber and Schrader Electronics), and Advanced Energy (a supplier to semiconductor manufacturers). Mr. Dougherty is an electrical engineer with technical experience including most aspects of electrical engineering such as software, hardware, telecommunications, signal analysis, devices, microelectronics, optics, data privacy and security, relational databases, and big data. He has appealed cases to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also has over 10 years’ experience as an electrical engineer for companies such as Goodyear Tire and Lucent Technologies, where he was in new product introduction (including Bell Labs).Specialties: Technology licensing, cyber security, and all aspects of intellectual property law including patent, trademark, trade secret, and copyright law and related licensing. Extensive product clearance, infringement analysis, litigation, and M&A due diligence. Also many aspects of general law including employment, marketing, SaaS, antitrust, joint development, etc.

Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Patentability, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution, and 31 others.