Intellectual Property: Patent Prosecution
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+1 415 954 4114Chambers Review
Knobbe Martens is a highly respected IP boutique that assists clients with IP portfolio management matters including patent prosecution proceedings and due diligence for corporate transactions. The firm also handles trade dress and patent infringement claims, and advises on trade secrets misuse claims. The team offers experienced representation in post-grant reviews before the PTAB.
Work Highlights
- Knobbe Martens represented Amazon in a patent infringement litigation filed by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and CF Dynamic Advances in relation to Amazon's Alexa products.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Knobbe Martens team is specialized, very diligent and proactive."
"Knobbe offers the highest level of expertise in connection with trademark and brand management matters. It is a trusted source for insights and strategies."
"Their strength is in understanding our business, process and our culture. They are also strong on explaining complicated concepts and issues in a really understandable way."
"The Knobbe Martens team is specialized, very diligent and proactive."
"Knobbe offers the highest level of expertise in connection with trademark and brand management matters. It is a trusted source for insights and strategies."
"Their strength is in understanding our business, process and our culture. They are also strong on explaining complicated concepts and issues in a really understandable way."
Notable Practitioners
Salima Merani frequently represents both emerging companies and their investors in a range of functions, including patent strategy, licensing and transactions.
"Salima is very knowledgeable, insightful, helpful, personable and easy to work with."
"She has superb experience and is a wonderful negotiator. She gets the best for her clients."
"Salima is very client- and business-focused, and combines a good command of the law with business acumen.."
Joseph Re is experienced in representing both holders and alleged infringers of patents at trial and on appeal across a range of venues throughout the US.
"Joseph's ability to distill complex technical details in a way that juries understand is very impressive to watch."
Lynda Zadra-Symes co-chairs the firm's trademark and copyright litigation groups and is frequently called upon to handle complex IP disputes for clients from a wide array of industries.
"Lynda is fast and responsive. She always comes up with alternative solutions which consider the realities of the IP market in the US."
"Lynda is a strong IP litigator. I find her very easy to work with and extremely competent."
Susan Natland co-chairs Knobbe Martens' trademark and brand protection group. She is regularly called upon to advise media-sector clients on general trademark and brand protection matters.
"Susan in an exceptional attorney with a strong solutions-oriented practice."
"Susan Natland is an excellent lawyer and an outstanding person."
"Susan is a pro. She is a trusted advisor to our company on even the most complex trademark matters."
"Susan is a quintessential lawyer's lawyer. She has deep experience in the trademark and branding areas and provides the highest level of services."
Ranked Lawyers at
Knobbe Martens
California