Mr. Berschadsky’s practice focuses on patent prosecution and litigation, freedom to operate analysis, U.S. and international strategic patent portfolio planning and management, as well as counseling clients on strategic partnerships and technology acquisitions. Having worked in the satellite communications industry on commercial spacecraft, the electronics industry on high-tech audio and electronics, and various Machine Learning applications of Artificial Intelligence qualifies Jonathan to work on all things "technologically complex." He can write about them for any audience: business folk, engineers, PTO examiners, judges and juries. When it comes to drafting patent applications, formulating arguments for high-stakes litigations, and rendering opinions on issues of patent infringement, validity and enforceability, Jonathan never leaves a stone unturned. He combines that with some serious agreement drafting and negotiating skills.

Jonathan is a regular CLE instructor for the Practicing Law Institute (PLI) and in-house counsel. Jonathan also moonlights as a mixed martial artist and on weekends goes mountain bike riding.

Awards and Recognition

Jonathan was the winner of The Burton Awards 2016 Distinguished Legal Writing Award for co-authoring “Is PTAB ‘death squad’ just a myth?” He has also been recognized as an IP Star in the 2013 - 2017 editions of Managing Intellectual Property, selected by Patent Buddy as one of the Top Patent Prosecutors nationally in the Computer, Electrical, Software and Business Methods areas for 2011-2017, recognized in the 2017 edition of IAM Strategy 300 – The World’s Leading IP Strategists, and was listed as a Top New York City Intellectual Property Litigator in the 2014-2017 issues of Super Lawyers: New York Metro Edition.

Education

J.D., Rutgers University School of Law, 2000

M.S.E.E., Boston University, 1993

B.S.E.E., Boston University, 1991

Bar Admissions

State of New York, 2001; State of New Jersey, 2000; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Professional Activities

American Bar Association; American Intellectual Property Law Association; New York Intellectual Property Law Association

Member, College of Engineering Advisory Council, University of Notre Dame

Member, American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association

Member, Intellectual Property Lawyers Association of Chicago

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association

Member, Chicago Bar Association

Client Services

Intellectual Property

Information Technology & Licensing

Intellectual Property Litigation

Education

Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1979

University of Notre Dame, B.S.E.E., 1976

Bar Admissions

Illinois, 1979

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1979

Court Admissions

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 1979

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, 1980

U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 1982

Jennifer Bush’s practice focuses on representing clients in prosecuting patent applications and in post-grant proceedings.

Follow Jennifer’s commentary on IPR and related issues on Between the Parties Blog.

Jennifer has over a decade of patent prosecution experience in a wide range of technical fields, including computer software, Internet technologies, RFID and business methods. Jennifer also has patent prosecution experience with life sciences and medical devices. She also has substantial experience with post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), such as inter partes reviews (IPRs), post-grant reviews (PRGs), patent appeals and reexaminations. To date, Jennifer has served as lead counsel in 12 PGRs, making her one of the most experienced lawyers in these types of proceedings.

Jennifer’s practice also includes intellectual property strategy and counseling and she has analyzed IP issues for numerous due diligence and litigation matters. In addition to providing legal services for her clients, Jennifer has been a Lecturer-in-Law at the University of California, Davis School of Law, where she taught patent prosecution and practice, and has lectured on topics related to patent law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law and Santa Clara University School of Law. She is also a member of the faculty at the Practising Law Institute, and co-chair of the annual Fundamentals of Patent Prosecution boot camp.

During law school Jennifer was awarded the faculty-selected Mabie Award for Outstanding Graduate, peer-selected Graduating Student of the Year, and served as Editor-in-Chief of the Santa Clara Law Review.

Prior to rejoining Fenwick & West, Jennifer was General Counsel with Apercen Partners LLC, serving as sole counsel for seven entities spanning a breadth of legal issues, including IP, employment, contract, securities, tax and general compliance matters.

Wendy A. Choi is a member of the biotechnology, chemical, pharmaceutical, and medical technology practice teams in the firm's Patents Group. Ms. Choi focuses on complex patent prosecution and counseling and on IP strategy. She has more than 20 years of experience representing clients in the chemical, pharmaceutical, nanotechnology, biotechnology, cleantech, and medical device/diagnostic industries, ranging from start-up companies to large corporations in both domestic and international patent matters. She has a particular emphasis in Asia, energy, and biosimilars.

Ms. Choi advises clients on potential patent infringement issues and prepares invalidity and non-infringement opinions. Ms. Choi also represents companies in licensing negotiations, patent reissue, reexamination, and interference proceedings, and analyzes patents in litigation. She manages IP portfolios and the alignment of business strategies and has conducted extensive due diligence for IP transactions, licensing, and litigation support. In addition, she counsels clients on patentability, validity, and freedom-to-operate opinions; inventorship determinations; and trade secret protection.

Before entering the law, Ms. Choi was a research scientist at the Rohm and Haas Company, working in the polymer and plastics divisions.

Adda brings to the table 35+ years of experience in IP practice serving the pharmaceutical biotechnology and chemical industries, an international network and name recognition, and a high-energy, creative and practical problem solving approach.

Practice Concentration

One aspect of Adda’s practice is directed to preparing and prosecuting patents, developing patent portfolios, devising, reviewing and managing patent strategies and conducting patent audits.  Another aspect is focused on counseling: rendering exculpatory opinions (including those supporting PIV certifications) and pre-litigation assessments; directing freedom-to-operate investigations and analyses; developing strategy for and managing patent term extensions and Orange Book listings; and advising on Hatch-Waxman and more generally on drug development issues.

Adda has assisted numerous enterprises at home and abroad in conducting and defending due diligence investigations and in achieving resolution of emerging issues.  She negotiates and drafts technology transfer and other IP agreements (e.g., licensing, sponsored research, joint development, employment) and IP-related provisions of corporate transaction documents.

She also has a significant practice advising on contested and other adverse patent matters such as litigations, interferences, inter partes reviews, ex parte reexaminations, oppositions and third-party submissions.

Richard T. McCaulley, Jr.
Ropes & Gray LLP
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Richard McCaulley is Co-Chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property Litigation practice. He represents companies in complex patent, and antitrust disputes involving a wide range of technologies, including GPS technology, computer security and access protocols, medical devices, chemical products and processes, mechanical and electrical systems, software, polymer phase morphology and polymer film products. Richard's extensive experience includes jury and bench trials in the federal courts. He also lectures law students on patent trial practice.

He draws particular praise for his "very thorough and thoughtful work," as well as for his ability to explain complicated technology matters in layman's term. As one client put it, he "knows the technology, knows the law and is very cost-effective." Chambers USA. 

“He consistently supplies sound IP advice laced with good commercial sense. Fast on his feet and someone who thinks outside the box, he interweaves legal and business considerations well and has a strong understanding of technology.” IAM Patent 1000. 

Michael Molano is the Intellectual Property practice leader and hiring partner for the Northern California offices. He has represented some of the leading technology companies in the US, including Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. and Philips Electronics North America. His practice largely focuses on patent litigation in district courts and before the ITC, but he has experience in all areas of litigation, including commercial disputes involving technology.  Mike has served as first-chair trial counsel in both jury and bench trials, as well as in arbitration proceedings.

Chambers USA ranks Mike as a leading lawyer in California in IP, stating that clients describe him as “very thorough and thoughtful.” Chambers also notes that he “knows the law, knows the technology and is very cost-effective.” Mike was also recognized for his work in California in the 2015-18 editions of IAM Patent 1000, which describe him as a "bigwig" in IP and recommend him as “a smart choice for technically complex patent spats.” He is also described as “a dexterous technology-focused litigator" and “top-notch licensing negotiator” – predominantly for US and European-based entities – who is "known for his detail-oriented approach and great sense of humour.”

An electrical engineer, Mike has drafted and prosecuted patent applications in the semiconductor, software, hardware and other electro-mechanical technologies.  He has also served as IP deal counsel in corporate transactions.

Kevin E. Noonan is a partner with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP and serves as Chair of the firm’s Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals Practice Group. An experienced biotechnology patent lawyer, Dr. Noonan brings more than 20 years of extensive work as a molecular biologist studying high-technology problems in serving the unique needs of his clients. His practice involves all aspects of patent prosecution, interferences, and litigation. He represents pharmaceutical companies both large and small on a myriad of issues, as well as several universities in both patenting and licensing to outside investors. He has also filed amicus briefs in landmark patent and other cases to district courts, the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court involving patenting issues relevant to biotechnology.

Dr. Noonan is a frequent speaker, commentator and author on a variety of intellectual property law topics. He is a founding author of the Patent Docs weblog, a site focusing on biotechnology and pharmaceutical patent law. In 2010, he was interviewed for a segment that aired on the television program “60 Minutes” that addressed the issue of gene patenting.

 

Paul is a partner in the firm of Otterstedt, Wallace & Kammer, LLP.  He has been practicing intellectual property law since 1994, and has worked both as an in-house attorney for a Fortune 100 company and in private practice. He holds a J.D. degree magna cum laude from St. John’s University (where he was a member of the Law Review), a B.E.M.E. degree summa cum laude from Manhattan College, an M.S.M.E. degree from Columbia University, and an M.S.E.E. degree from Polytechnic University (Now the New York University Tandon School of Engineering). Paul’s practice focuses on the preparation and prosecution of patent applications in the electrical, electronic, software, and mechanical arts, as well as related counseling, licensing, due diligence, and opinion work. Paul is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, in the state courts of Connecticut and New York, and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  Paul’s article Unwrapping File Wrapper Estoppel in the Federal Circuit: A New Economic Policy Approach, 67 St. John's L. Rev. 405 (1993), was cited in Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., 56 USPQ2d 1865, 1915 (Fed. Cir. 2000)(Linn, J., dissenting). Paul successfully prosecuted U.S. Patent No. 6,529,871, which was named one of “Five Killer Patents” of 2003 by the MIT Technology Review on May 1, 2004.