Areas of Practice

Intellectual Property

  • U.S. and International Patent Prosecution

  • U.S. Utility Patents, Design Patents

  • IP Due Diligence, Patentability, Patent Landscape Analysis

  • U.S. Federal and State Trademark Registration

  • Strategic Patent Portfolio Management and Monetization

  • Trade Secret Protective Measures

  • IP Dispute Resolution, Patentability Opinions, Patent Validity and Infringement Opinions

  • Freedom to Operate, Competitive Intelligence

  • Corporate Formation and Business Investment, Share Structure

  • Employee Agreement, Employee Confidentiality, and Invention Assignment Agreements

  • Confidentiality Disclosure Agreement (CDA), Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)

  • Merger & Acquisition (M&A), Business Alliance

  • Asset Acquisition & Joint Venture

  • Patent Licensing, Technology Licensing, Technology Transfer

  • Business Contract Negotiation

  • International Business Disputes, Commercial Litigation, Breach of Contracts

  • Pre-Litigation Investigation, Pre-Litigation Counseling

  • Employee Mobility, Trade Secret Litigation

  • IP Due Diligence

  • Investment and M&A Due Diligence

  • FDA Practice for Pharmaceutical Drugs and Biologics

  • Freedom to Operate, Competitive Intelligence

  • Patentability Opinions

  • Patent Validity and Infringement Opinions

Employment

  • Employee Confidential Information & Inventions Assignment Agreement (CIIAA)

  • Employee NDA; Employment Status Verification (e-Verify) with U.S. Government

  • Employee Confidential Information Training, California Employee Harassment Training

International Business Transaction

Immigration

  • Merger & Acquisition (M&A)

  • International Business Alliance, International Business Trade

  • Non-immigrant Employment Status: H-1B, L-1A, L-1B, O-1 Petitions

  • Employment-Based EB-1A, EB-1B, EB-1C, EB-2 (NIW, PERM), EB-5

Corporate Transaction

Patent Litigation, Trade Secret Litigation, Pre-Litigation Due Diligence

Technical Fields

Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals

  • Nano-Technologies

  • Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Biologics

  • Pharmaceuticals Drugs, Small Chemical Molecules

  • Biomedical Sciences, Immunology, Vaccines, Therapeutics

  • Diagnostics, Assay and Kits, Lab tools, Instruments

  • Immunology, Cancer Research

  • Recombinant Proteins, Molecular Biology

  • Memory devices, Device Fabrication Processes 

  • Clean Energy, Solar Cells

  • Chemical Processing

  • Semiconductor Fabrication Processes

  • Medical Devices, Method of Use

  • Processing Systems and Equipment

  • Mechanical Hardware and Structures

  • Business Methods

  • Language Recognition

  • Litigation related to business transactions, commercial disputes, breach of contracts

  • Computer Hardware, Software, User Interface; Cloud Computing

  • Gaming; Social Networks; Streaming; E-commerce

  • Internet and Network Architectures; Wireless Communication Systems

  • Data Security, Encryption and Blockchain; Optical Storage; Semiconductor IC Design

Mechanical

Information Technology