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• Patent Prosecution – Prepared, prosecuted and supervised hundreds of patent applications, including PCT and foreign counterparts, on a variety of technologies on behalf of multi-national corporations, medium-sized businesses, small businesses, and individual inventors
• Patent Prosecution – Filed and prosecuted utility and design applications in the United States based on foreign priority filings, including PCT national phase entries and Paris Convention filings
• Patent Risk Management – Coordinated patent clearance/freedom-to-operate studies for billion-dollar product lines; advised client regarding risk management and patent avoidance strategies, and prepared associated opinions of counsel
• Patent Litigation – Worked on litigation team for a leading automotive component business asserting multiple patents against competitor; negotiated settlement of all claims; also successfully defended the patents-in-suit in five concurrent ex parte and inter partes reexaminations
• Patent Litigation – Defended international maker of optical identification systems against non-practicing entity in the Eastern District of Texas, in a case involving most competitors in the industry; negotiated settlement resolving all claims
• TM Prosecution – Prosecuted trademark registrations in the U.S. and managed global trademark portfolios; represented foreign applicants in U.S. Madrid protocol designations
• TM Prosecution – Conducted searches and analyses of numerous proposed marks to assess registrability and potential infringement risks
• TM Litigation – Implemented trademark policing and enforcement program for photo booth service company; successfully pursued infringement action with a default judgment obtained over Defendant’s active opposition
• TM Litigation – Successfully defended registration and application of software startup in consolidated Trademark Trial & Appeal Board (TTAB) cancelation and opposition proceeding through Accelerated Case Resolution (ACR)
• Domain Disputes – Obtained cancelation of domain name registration by client’s competitor in UDRP arbitration
• Copyright Registration – Filed and obtained copyright registrations for a variety of types of works, including successful requests for reconsideration of refusals; advised clients regarding self-registration procedures
• Copyright Litigation – Defended nonprofit in copyright infringement dispute