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.
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
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
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