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Bao Tran
Santa Clara, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 31 years of experience
(669) 232-3440
4701 Patrick Henry Dr, Building #16
Santa Clara, CA 95054
Free ConsultationIP and Patents
Univ of Houston Law Center
Experienced Patent Attorney Specializing in IP Strategy and Valuation
With three decades of expertise, I am a seasoned patent attorney dedicated to helping businesses protect their Go-To-Market plans and increase company valuation through IP-based transformation. My focus is on converting innovative ideas into valuable IP assets.
Areas of Expertise
*Intellectual property strategy development and execution
*Patent portfolio management and monetization
*IP initiatives for enterprises of all sizes
Notable Experience
Medical Device Industry
*Guided companies from startup to IPO
*Handled procurement, prosecution, due diligence, opinions, and litigation
*Worked with technologies including dental materials, 3D printing, software systems, and HIPAA compliance
Semiconductor and Technology Sectors
*Represented a fabless 3D semiconductor company (FinFET and monolithic...
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Sonya Lee Sigler
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 31 years of experience
IP and Arbitration & Mediation
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
Sonya L. Sigler is the founder of PractiGal LLC and is the creator of the WELCOME to the Next Level Process. She created this WELCOME Process to effectively sell herself when she needed to figure out a clear path forward professionally and personally. Having learned to do this work the hard way, Sonya now builds powerful storytellers who can then refine and polish their personal brand. This work empowers others to align their work and life visions and to approach both with a renewed vigor.
For the last twenty years, Sonya has worked with founders, team leaders, and their employees...
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James Cai
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Immigration and Real Estate
Temple University Beasley School of Law
James Cai founded SAC Attorneys, LLP after serving as in-house legal counsel for Yahoo! Inc. His practice focuses on corporate law, immigration, employment and estate planning. Mr. Cai believes in relationship lawyering and has a client-driven practice. He practices law the old fashioned way - giving each client this full attention with prompt responses, thorough research and analysis, aggressive representation and careful attention to details, in both transactional and litigation matters. As a result, most of his clients are repeat and long term clients, including individuals, small businesses, non-profit organizations and public companies. Before founding SAC Attorneys, LLP,...
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Alan Scott Nopar
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 45 years of experience
IP, Business and Real Estate
Stanford Law School
With 40 years of experience, I am a top-rated Business, Real Estate, intellectual Property and Franchise Law attorney. I aggressively represent clients throughout the Silicon Valley and San Francisco Bay Area.
An accomplished lawyer, I am dedicated to providing exceptional service and legal representation. My focus is always on achieving the best possible results as quickly and efficiently as possible. I have received many honors and awards, including an AV Preeminent Rating for the highest levels of skill and integrity.
For more information, visit my website or call to arrange a consultation.
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Michael William Malter
Santa Clara, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 44 years of experience
IP, Bankruptcy, Business and Real Estate
Santa Clara University School of Law
Michael Malter is an accomplished California attorney, advocating for clients in Bankruptcy, Business, Intellectual Property, Landlord Tenant, Real Estate and Tax Law matters. With over 40 years of experience, he has been recognized as a Certified Specialist in Bankruptcy Law by the California State Bar. Michael is committed to providing comprehensive and personalized representation focused on attaining the best possible outcomes.
Michael, a native of Long Island, New York, has been a resident of California since 1977. He currently lives in Saratoga with his two daughters and labradoodles. Outside of work, Michael can be found hiking and traveling. Additionally, he deems...
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Stephen E. Zweig
Los Gatos, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 17 years of experience
IP, Patents and Trademarks
William Howard Taft University
Experienced patent attorney with a strong technical background, over 250+ issued patents, and many trademarks.
In addition to my legal background, I have a Biophysics STEM background (PhD) and experience with medical devices, software, electronics, and biotech. I have a lot of experience with startups, due diligence, and litigation support.
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Stephen S. Wu
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 35 years of experience
IP, Business and Communications
Harvard Law School
Stephen Wu is a shareholder with Silicon Valley Law Group. He advises business clients on information governance matters, focusing on information security, privacy, mobile computing, ediscovery preparedness, records management, and computer-related investigations. He reviews and writes sophisticated information security policies for large enterprises, and assists in data security regulatory compliance, incident response, breach notifications, and establishing secure electronic commerce systems. He drafts privacy policies for clients, including ones for U.S. companies with European and Asian operations. He assists clients with European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance. Steve assists clients in managing enterprise mobile device programs, including writing bring...
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Marc G. van Niekerk
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 26 years of experience
IP, Business and Trademarks
University of Texas - Austin and University of Cape Town, South Africa (Maritime Law and South African Income Tax Law)
Marc van Niekerk is Special Counsel with Silicon Valley Law Group’s Business Litigation and Intellectual Property & Employment Group. Over the course of his career, Marc has tried more than 50 cases to verdict and also has extensive mediation experience. His practice focuses on business litigation, with special emphasis in the areas of intellectual property disputes, business torts and commercial contract disputes. During his more than 25 years in practice, Marc has counselled and represented clients in a wide array of commercial disputes including, inter alia, employee solicitation and trade secret misappropriation, business disputes, including breach of contract,...
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George Grellas
Cupertino, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 46 years of experience
IP and Business
Santa Clara University School of Law
I am a startup business lawyer and litigator practicing in Silicon Valley as head of a 4-lawyer boutique firm, George Grellas & Associates.
We are business lawyers with a specialty in early-stage tech startups. Since 1984, we have helped small to medium-sized businesses, startups, entrepreneurs, and executives - several thousand in all. We help form companies - fund them - sell or merge or acquire them - sell their assets - do their corporate work, employment work, contracts, leases, and standard terms - licensing, trademark, and IP work - founder and equity incentive structures - commercial deals of all types. We...
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Timothy James Walton
Aptos, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 27 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Communications
UC Davis School of Law King Hall
Timothy Walton has more than eighteen years experience in litigation with senders of unsolicited commercial email.
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Daniel Janjua
Santa Clara, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 12 years of experience
(408) 314-0056
4677 Old Ironsides Drive
Ste. 310
Santa Clara, CA 95054
IP, Business, Employment and Trademarks
Daniel Janjua is an experienced multi-lingual attorney focused on corporate law, contract negotiation, corporate policy and compliance, regulatory response and compliance and Mergers and Acquisitions. He is eager to employ cutting-edge tools and technology to reduce legal cost and compliance expenditure. He has over 12 years of dedicated focus within the high tech and bio-tech industries with excellent research, writing, communication and presentation skills.
Daniel Janjua is licensed to practice law in California.
Specialties:
1- Mergers and Acquisitions;
2. Corporate policy and compliance, including, regulatory compliance;
3- Corporate Law;
4. Agreements: IP licensing, MSAs, SOWs, PSAs, employment, NDAs, severance, employment termination, indemnity,...
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Jonathan Alan Blau
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 43 years of experience
IP and Business
Stanford Law School
I am Senior Counsel at Nopar & Associates Attorneys at Law. My practice areas include Business & Commercial Law, Business Purchases & Sales, Business Organizations, Corporate Law, and Intellectual Property Law.
I obtained my B.S. at the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. I earned my J.D. at Stanford Law School. I am admitted to practice law in the State of California.
I have extensive experience in a broad range of business law matters. I am dedicated to providing skilled and knowledgeable counsel for your legal needs.
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Rajeev Kumar Madnawat
Milpitas, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 18 years of experience
Rajeev is BSEE, JD, LLM(IP). He practices Intellectual Property Law, Civil Litigation.
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Michael W. Stebbins
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 36 years of experience
IP, Business, Employment and Trademarks
Santa Clara University
Michael Stebbins is a shareholder with Silicon Valley Law Group and the Chair of its Business and IP Litigation and Employment Groups. His practice focuses primarily on employment, intellectual property and commercial disputes. He has extensive litigation and trial experience in matters involving trade secret theft, employee solicitation, technology licensing, IP infringement, false advertising, earn-out issues, unfair competition, shareholder disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, trade libel, harassment, discrimination, wage and hour issues, and wrongful termination. He has also litigated complex matters involving real estate leases, construction contracts and insurance coverage.
A significant portion of Michael’s practice also involves...
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William L. Bretschneider
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 35 years of experience
IP, Business and Trademarks
Santa Clara University School of Law
Bill is Special Counsel with Silicon Valley Law Group. He provides experienced and knowledgeable representation in the Corporate & Securities and Intellectual Property groups. His practice areas include business formation and governance, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and joint ventures, private placements, and corporate finance, as well as commercial and intellectual property transactions, including technology licensing, copyright and trademark registration and licensing, strategic intellectual property counseling, and franchisor/franchisee relationship transactions and counseling. With 30 years of experience, Bill is committed to outstanding advocacy and the best possible outcomes for his clients' legal needs.
Bill earned his B.A. in Economics in...
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Tatiana Delogramatic
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 3 years of experience
IP, Business, Employment and Real Estate
Bucharest University Law School, Bucharest, Romania
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Rebecca Charlene McCracken
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 21 years of experience
IP, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Trademarks
Vermont Law School
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Jon Michaelson
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 46 years of experience
IP, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
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Dorian Cartwright
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 22 years of experience
IP, Patents and Trademarks
Univ of Iowa COL
Patent Attorney, Dorian Cartwright, has over 20 years of experience in providing intellectual property services to hi-tech companies of Silicon Valley and worldwide. He specializes in patent prosecution matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, primarily in the electrical arts, and additionally, supports patent litigation and patent licensing matters. His technical expertise includes computer networking, computer architecture, microprocessors, video compression and recognition, social networking, mobile apps, digital and analog circuits, and robotics, among others.
Mr. Cartwright understands the interplay of technology and business objectives. Currently, at the Law Office of Dorian Cartwright, a range of clients from large technology companies,...
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Suzanne King Nusbaum
Los Gatos, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 52 years of experience
IP, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Employment
Boston Univ School of Law and Santa Clara University
Judge Suzanne K. Nusbaum (Ret.) brings a wealth of experience to her ADR practice.
A Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, with specialized expertise in commercial contract, employment, health care, real estate and intellectual property matters, she serves on many ADR panels, including the American Arbitration Association's National Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators, the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), Arts Arbitration and Mediation Services (AAMS), the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), Kaiser Permanente, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).
Judge Nusbaum arbitrates and mediates legal fee disputes for the State...
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Andrew Oliver
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 23 years of experience
IP and Patents
University of Virginia School of Law
Andrew is a trial lawyer and intellectual property counselor helping clients build and protect their intellectual property portfolios and defend against accusations. He appears in the Federal Circuit and District Courts in several jurisdictions, including CA, DE, NY, TX, and VA and represents clients in the patent and trademark office and in arbitration. Andrew provides counseling including opinions regarding patent validity and infringement, intellectual property due diligence, litigation-avoidance strategies, etc.
Andrew has a degree in systems engineering and software engineering experience (designing and coding client/server software and relational databases). He has extensive experience litigating cases in a variety of...
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Cole Elliott
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney
IP, Business, Employment and Environmental
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Douglas Lafontaine Weller
Santa Clara, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 41 years of experience
IP and Patents
UC Berkeley School of Law Boalt Hall
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Eric Goldman
Santa Clara, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 30 years of experience
(408) 554-4369
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara University School of Law
Santa Clara, CA 95050
IP
UCLA School of Law
I am an Associate Professor at Santa Clara University School of Law. I am also Director of the school's High Tech Law Institute.
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Jared M. Amory
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 5 years of experience
IP, Business, Employment and Real Estate
University of San Diego School of Law
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Allonn Emanuel Levy
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 28 years of experience
IP, Appeals, Business and Trademarks
Santa Clara Univ School of Law
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Kristie Dawn Prinz
Los Gatos, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 26 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Real Estate
Vanderbilt University
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Alan Ernest Heimlich
Santa Clara, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 23 years of experience
IP, Business and Patents
Santa Clara University School of Law
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Bruno Tarabichi
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 22 years of experience
IP, Business and Employment
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Bruno Tarabichi's practice focuses on intellectual property counseling, prosecution, and litigation.
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James Kenneth Roberts
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 43 years of experience
IP, Appeals, Business and Real Estate
U of San Francisco School of Law
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Daniel Edward Kaylor
Monte Sereno, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 43 years of experience
IP and Business
Lincoln Univ
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Leslie Anne Holmes
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 27 years of experience
IP, Business, Collections and Family
Lincoln Law Sch of San Jose
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Thomas Michael Bloom
Los Gatos, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 22 years of experience
IP, Arbitration & Mediation, Divorce and Environmental
McGeorge School of Law Univ of the Pacific
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Christopher James Horgan
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 28 years of experience
IP
The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law and Catholic U of Amer Columbus School of Law
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Albert James Harnois Jr
Santa Clara, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 27 years of experience
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David Morales
Campbell, CA Intellectual Property Attorney
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Julie Bonnel-Rogers
San Jose, CA Intellectual Property Attorney
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Immigration
University of San Francisco School of Law
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Christopher McElwain
Monterey, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 12 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Chris is experienced in a range of practice areas affecting business owners and creative professionals, including trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, plant variety protection, domain names, licensing and other contracts, sweepstakes and contest regulation, online speech and civil litigation. ? Prior to founding Knowmad Law, Chris was head of the trademark and transactional practice at LaRiviere, Grubman P.C. and head of the litigation practice at Saper Law Offices in Chicago. He attended law school at USC, where he was a member of the Southern California Law Review. Before entering the legal profession, he also taught English at Northwestern Polytechnical University in...
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Gerald Ray Prettyman
Pleasanton, CA Intellectual Property Lawyer with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Golden Gate University
Gerald R. Prettyman has been preparing and filing patents since 2001, and since 2006 has filed trademarks, copyrights and business filings, and worked to prevent and solve legal problems for his clients. Mr. Prettyman has prepared and filed over 200 patent applications for his clients and over 70 trademarks. Mr. Prettyman was previously an engineer and business manager, making him uniquely qualified to work with and protect the intellectual property of tech companies and to advise start-ups on how to make money without spending money. Mr. Prettyman is a U.S. Navy veteran.
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Carlos Scott Lopez
San Carlos, CA Intellectual Property Attorney with 17 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Estate Planning and Tax
Yale Law School
Human / Civil Rights Attorney working with clients in the public and private spheres for over 25 years in over 75 countries. Significant experience serving non-profits in the public health and international development spheres assisting refugees, asylum seekers, and those suffering from various forms of trauma. Particular focus on LGBTQ and non-binary clients with legal / personal concerns related to gender expression and its effects and helping spearhead international initiatives addressing the same.
Current Director of the Gamelan Council - Asia-Pacific Public Health, Microfinance, and Development Center. Previous experience includes working as a primary care clinician / rural health officer for...