Patent Strategists
Fernandez & Associates LLP
Menlo Park, CA
www.iploft.com
Fernandez & Associates LLP
High-technology lawyers specializing
in early-stage communications,
semiconductor, and biotechnology
companies.
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY
• PATENT PROSECUTION
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Senior Patent Attorneys
• DENNIS FERNANDEZ, Managing Partner
• PETER SU, Partner
• IRENE HU, Of Counsel
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Strategic Patent Practice
• INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AUDIT
(“Damage Control”)
• CORE TECHNOLOGY PROTECTION
(“Defensive Patents”)
• ANTI-COMPETITIVE BLOCKING
(“Offensive Patents”)
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I.P. Audit Service (Damage Control)
• Investor I.P. Diligence
• Infringement / Ownership Analyses
• Technology Portfolio Management
• Patent Committee Oversight
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Core Technology Protection (Defense)
• System Architecture / Product Design
• External Interfaces / Protocol Sequences
• Enabling Devices / Concepts / Algorithms
• Internal Data Structures / Control Functions
• Design / Manufacture / Test Methodologies
• Key Operational Modes / Proprietary States
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Anti-Competitive Blocking (Offense)
• Market Strategy / Business Plan Alignment
• Competitive I.P. / Technology Research
• Acquisition / Partner I.P. Rights Positioning
• Emerging Industry Standards Projection
• Strategic Licensing / Enforcement Models
• Business Methods / Platform Development
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Representative Clients
• Communications
– Alidian, Archway, Avanex, Big Bear, Cspeed,
Cyras (Ciena), Ethertronics, Genoa, GWCom,
InPhi, Marvell, Morphics, NovaCrystals,
Sibercore, Silicon Access, SiRF, Tollbridge
• Semiconductor
– Covalent, ICMedia, Monterey Design, NDSP
(Pixelworks), ), Pivotal (Broadcom), SandCraft,
Silicon Perspective (Cadence), Stream Machine
(Cirrus)
• Biotechnology
– Cepheid, Filgen, GenMatrix, Medoptix, Pharsight