Representative Clients

• App Annie
• Athos
• Delphix
• DocuSign
• Facebook
• Flipboard
• Focal Systems
• Humana
• Instacart
• Kount
• Light Field Lab
• Netflix
• Onriva
• PerceptiMed
• Promethium
• ResMed
• thredUP
• Tricella
• WaveOne

Publications

• “Inside the Minds: Emerging Trends in Business Method Patents,” author of Ch. 5, Forming a Coherent Patent Strategy to Protect Your Business Method Innovations, Thomson Reuters Westlaw, 2012
• “Taking Advantage of the First Action Interview Pilot Program,” San Francisco Daily Journal, September 9, 2010
• “Section 102 and the MPEP,” Prior Art & Obviousness 2009, Practising Law Institute, No. G-975, 2009 (co-author with Puneet Sarna and Rajendra Panwar)
• “Making Sense of the Revived Machine-or-Transformation Test in In re Bilski,” Intellectual Property & Technology Law Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2, February 2009 (co-author with Robert Sachs)
• “In re Swanson: Ex Parte Reexamination in the Patent Office Provides Second Chance to Invalidate Patent,” San Francisco Daily Journal, December 5, 2008
• “On Shaky Ground: The (Near) Future of Patents After Bilski,” The Intellectual Property Strategist, Vol. 15, No. 3, December 2008 (co-author with Robert Sachs)
• “Building a Patent Portfolio in View of the New Patent Rules,” The Intellectual Property Strategist, Vol. 14, No. 1, October 2007
• “New Patent Rules Looming: What Do They Mean for Your Portfolio?” San Francisco Daily Journal, July 11, 2007
• “A Strategic Look at the Final Rejection,” Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop, Practising Law Institute, No. G0-10A8, 2003-2005 (co-author with Rajiv Patel and Daniel Brownstone)
• “Understanding After Final and After Allowance Patent Practice Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution,” Practising Law Institute, No. G0-01EV, 2003-2005 (co-author with Rajiv Patel and Daniel Brownstone)
• “Correct Inventorship Prevents Patent Application Headaches,” San Francisco Daily Journal, October 8, 2004
• “Federal Circuit Applies On-Sale Bar in Case Involving Software,” San Francisco Daily Journal, September 15, 2003
• “Patentability of Computer Software After State Street Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Financial Group, Inc.: Evisceration of the Subject Matter Requirement,” 33 U.C. Davis. L. Rev. 491 Note (2000)

Presentations

• “Promoting Progress in Social Media: Patentability and Copyrightability Issues,” 29th Annual (ABA) Intellectual Property Law Conference, Arlington, VA, April 4, 2014
• “How Bilski Has Impacted Method Patents,” Ivy Associates 2010 All Hands Meeting, Santa Clara, CA, December 2010
• “Cutting Through IP Strategies for Medical Devices,” Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, September 2009
• “Prior Art & Obviousness 2009: The PTO and CAFC Perspective on Patent Law Sections 102 & 103,” Practising Law Institute, San Francisco, September 2009

• “Intellectual Property Primer,” Technology Transfer Workshop, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia, August 2009
• “Technology Assessment and Patent Protection,” Technology Commercialization and Development Programme, National University of Singapore Extension, National University of Singapore, Singapore, August 2009

• “Advanced Patent Prosecution Workshop 2008: Claim Drafting & Amendment Writing,” Practising Law Institute, San Francisco, August 2008
• “Preparing for the New Patent Rules,” Utah State Bar, Salt Lake City, Utah, December 10, 2007
• “Patent Law 2006: The Year Past and the Year Ahead,” Fenwick & West, January 19, 2006
• "Patent Law 2004: Year in Review," Fenwick & West, January 13, 2005
• “What Any Entrepreneur Should Know About IP, Contracts, and Other Legal Issues,” Harvey Mudd College Entrepreneurial Network Biannual Entrepreneur’s Conference, April 6, 2002