A Boutique IP Practice
We focus on understanding your business goals first, then building an IP strategy that serves them. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to early-stage startups across pharmaceutical packaging, gaming, semiconductor fabrication, telecommunications, and software.
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The Limits of Legal Protection
As a patent attorney, I can tell you what a trade secret is. I can draft the contracts. I can explain that you need to identify it, prove its economic value, and take reasonable measures to protect it.
Then you're on your own.
The law gives you an enforcement vehicle—but enforcement happens after the damage is done. What's missing is the access control vehicle. The technology that ensures your protection measures are actually followed before someone opens the file.
Michael A. Kerr
Patent Attorney · Professional Engineer · Inventor
Practicing intellectual property law since 1996. Registered patent attorney with experience protecting IP assets for Fortune 500 companies, national research laboratories, and early-stage ventures.
Previously Director of Intellectual Property for a broadband networking company. Experience spans IP due diligence, patent prosecution, licensing negotiations, trade secret programs, and litigation support.
Education
- J.D., University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
- M.S., Purdue University
- A.B. Chemistry, Occidental College
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