# International IP Practice — Enrique (Rick) Sanchez, Jr. > Patent, trademark, and copyright prosecution, litigation, licensing, and post-grant proceedings — including multinational enforcement. Source: https://ricksanchez.org/ip-practice.html · Updated: 2026-09-02 · Contact: rick@ricksanchez.org · (877) AI-CAIO-1 --- ## International IP Practice. I am a registered patent attorney with a degree in electrical engineering and a background in cryptology. I prosecute, litigate, and license patents, trademarks, and copyrights — and because I can read the technology myself, the strategy starts with what the invention actually does. #### Prosecution Preparing and prosecuting patent, trademark, and copyright applications — and building the portfolio they belong to, here and abroad. #### Litigation Patent and trademark litigation in federal court for plaintiffs and defendants, including coordinated actions across several countries at once. #### Licensing Licenses, acquisitions, and joint development — the agreements that turn a portfolio into revenue rather than a filing cabinet. **Prosecution** #### Applications Drafted by Someone Who Can Read the Schematic. I prepare and prosecute patent applications across cryptocurrency and blockchain, semiconductors, augmented and virtual reality, VTOL, aircraft and rotorcraft, control systems, and machine learning. I prosecute trademark applications before the USPTO, file copyright registrations, and respond to refusals from the Copyright Office. I also counsel clients on international portfolios — what to file, where, and when it stops being worth it. - Patent preparation and prosecution before the USPTO - Trademark applications, office actions, and maintenance - Copyright registration and response to refusals - Freedom-to-operate opinions, patentability and knock-out searches - International portfolio strategy and foreign associate coordination - Invention harvesting and disclosure programs for engineering teams **Litigation** #### Both Sides of the Caption, in Several Countries at Once. I represent plaintiffs and defendants in patent and trademark litigation in federal court. In-house, I managed concurrent international litigation in Germany, China, France, Italy, and Spain — reviewing every filing for substance and strategic coherence across jurisdictions, and attending the oral hearings in each. That work produced multiple German injunctions, a nullity hearing in which all claims were upheld, simultaneous saisie-contrefaçon proceedings in France, and defeated negative declaratory judgment actions in Italy. - Patent and trademark litigation, plaintiff and defendant side - Multinational enforcement and coordinated cross-border strategy - Claim construction, infringement contentions, and invalidity analysis - Reverse engineering coordination and technical expert management - Post-grant proceedings before the PTAB — IPR, reexamination, appeal - TTAB appeals, cancellations, and oppositions **Licensing** #### The Agreement Is Where the Value Is Realized. I draft and negotiate patent and trademark license agreements, acquisition agreements, joint development agreements, master services agreements, non-disclosure and common-interest agreements. For clients in the entertainment industry I handle copyright assignments and licenses. Earlier in my career I ran licensing campaigns end to end — identifying licensees, structuring deals, and coordinating with litigation and prosecution counsel through each stage. - Patent, trademark, and copyright license agreements - Patent purchase, settlement, and acquisition agreements - Joint development, MSA, NDA, and common-interest agreements - Licensing campaign strategy and counterparty diligence - Portfolio diligence across hundreds of international assets - AI and data contract terms — training rights, outputs, and indemnity > “A patent is a technical document that has to survive a legal fight. I have spent my career on both halves of that sentence.” **Admissions** **Professional Service** **Recognition** ### Start Now — Protect Your Customers and Your Organization. You do not need a finished program to begin. Governance can start with what you already have today — policies, contracts, and workflows. Let's build a plan that reduces risk, protects the people who trust you with their data, and accelerates responsible innovation.