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Scott McPherson, is Senior Counsel of Adli Law Group P.C. His practice is primarily focused on Intellectual Property Management, Advocacy and Protection, and Litigation. Mr. McPherson’s extensive legal background includes all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent prosecution, litigations, opinions, clearances, due diligences, licensing, interference practice, and oppositions.. Prior to joining Adli Law Group P.C., Mr. McPherson was the President and Founder of S McPherson IP Law in San Diego. Mr. McPherson brings to the firm more than 10 years of experience representing clients in the Biotech, Cleantech, Medical Devices, High Tech, Pharmaceutical, Mechanical, Consumer Goods, and Action Sports Industries. Mr. McPherson’s practice focused on Intellectual Property Management, Advocacy and Protection. Mr. McPherson has spent the last decade working in large international multipractice law firms, large intellectual property boutique law firms, and in-house with technology based companies. While working in law firms Mr. McPherson’s practice focused on Intellectual Property Management including patent, trademark and copyright protection, as well as opinion and strategy opinions based on licensing, funding or competitor analysis in a broad range of technologies ranging from simple mechanical (knives, spinal implants) to complex diagnostic machinery (non-invasive glucose monitors, DNA Microarray systems) and assays, to compositions of matter, immunoassays and vaccines and adjuvants. While working in-house as a Patent Specialist and Contract Administrator with Nanogen Inc, he managed their patent and trademark portfolio and wrote and reviewed contracts.. Before his career in law, Mr. McPherson spent over nine years with start-up biotechnology and non-profit research institutions developing and managing research used to identify the efficacy and safety aspects of drugs, devices and biologics.

Roland Tong focuses his practice in all areas of intellectual property. He has prepared, filed, and prosecuted numerous utility, continuation, and design patent applications as well as federal trademark applications. He regularly conducts telephonic interviews with USPTO Examiners, prepares claim amendments and office action responses, renders invalidity or infringement opinions, and performs patentability and infringement studies. Mr. Tong has substantial experience in litigating unfair competition, misappropriation of trade secrets, and patent, trademark, copyright, and trade dress infringement cases.He has served as General Counsel and In-house IP Counsel for industry leading companies. In these capacities, Mr. Tong built their IP portfolios, conducted brainstorming sessions with their inventors, designed and implemented IP review systems for their products so that IP infringement risks are minimized, and prepared various types of IP agreements. Mr. Tong's clients come from a broad range of industries, including gaming device, medical device, printer cartridge remanufacturing, video games, and golf equipment design and manufacturing. For two consecutive years, Mr. Tong has been selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers Southern California Rising Stars in 2011 and 2012. Only 5% of the practicing attorneys in Southern California receive this distinction.

Peter C Huang is an Associate at ADLI Law Group. His practice primarily focuses on Patent Procurement and Litigation. With over six years of experience in the legal profession, Mr. Huang utilizes skills and knowledge to advise and assist clients in all aspects of patent law, including patent acquisition, litigations, opinions, clearances, due diligences, licensing, interference practice, and oppositions.. Prior to joining ADLI Law Group, Mr. Huang was an Associate at Partners Law Group, Inc. (Formerly affiliated with Silicon Edge Law Group, LLP) in Santa Monica, where he drafted and prosecuted patent applications in the fields of computer and electrical and mechanical arts, and counseled clients on patent practice, drafted motions and pleadings, including discovery, provided prior art searches and due diligence opinions, write IP-related agreements, and prosecute U.S. trademark applications, including trademark search and clearance, infringement opinions and oppositions.. Mr. Huang graduated from University of British Columbia with a Bachelor’s of Science in Electrical Engineering and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from University of Southern California, Gould School of Law. Mr. Huang is committed to helping clients and providing them efficient and effective service and representation.

Our business is advising clients at reasonable prices.  Our practice includes all intellectual property matters, such as, but not limited to drafting and prosecuting patent applications on medical, electrical, mechanical, computer, software,  sound, consumer products, devices and methods,in the US and abroad, and protecting and enforcing trademark, copyright, trade dress, slogan, logos applications and file and prosecutea applications regarding same in the US and abroad.. Andra Vaccaro is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).  In her decades of practice before the USPTO, she has successfully filed hudreds of applications on numerous inventions in the medical, electrical, signal processing, audio, audiovisual, hardware, toy, wine, entertainment, construction, sports, and consumer products.Andra Vaccaro has represented Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, entrepreneurs, physicians, dentists, inventors, writers, artists and others in connection with patent, trademark and copyright prosecution and litigation and licensing issues.Andra Vaccaro's practice include counseling on a wide range of issues, particularly in the Intellectual Property arena.  She often manages her clients' IP portfolios.  Andra also is experienced in reviewing labeling, advertising and internet copy for FTC and FDA compliance, preparing disclaimers and product inserts, drafting warrantees, foreign and domestic licensing agreements, sales and manufacturing agreements, confidentiality agreements, work for hire agreements and personal releases.  She also has expertise in drafting employee and independent contractor agreements.

Mr. Chen is a partner at LKP Global Law, LLP specializing in intellectual property law. Mr. Chen has counseled start-up and Fortune 500 companies in patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret law. He has concentrated his practice in the areas of patent procurement before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and other foreign countries. Mr. Chen’s experience is primarily in the life sciences industry, but he has extensive experience in electrical, computer, and Internet technologies as well. Mr. Chen has successfully prepared and prosecuted patent applications in the fields of chemistry, medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostic devices, casino gaming technology, automotive-related devices, mechanical devices, electronics, computer hardware and software, computer systems and networks, e-commerce, Internet-related technology, and business methods.. Additionally, Mr. Chen has extensive experience in conducting studies and rendering opinions regarding the validity and non-infringement of patents. He has conducted studies concerning product clearance and competitor patent portfolios as well as developing and implementing strategic patent portfolios. Mr. Chen also has experience in a wide array of licensing matters involving intellectual property, due diligence investigations, and other transactional intellectual property matters. Mr. Chen also has experience in litigation of patents, trademarks, and other intellectual property matters.. Prior to joining LKP Global Law, Mr. Chen was an associate at Steptoe & Johnson LLP and Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly, LLP. Mr. Chen received his Bachelor of Science degrees from the University of California, Irvine in Biology and Chemistry in 1994, his Masters of Science in Physiology and Biophysics from Georgetown University in 1996, and his Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in 2000. Mr. Chen is a member of the State Bar of California and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Minna Chan is a partner at Russ August & Kabat, where she focuses on intellectual property and litigation.. Ms. Chan specializes in complex patent and other intellectual property disputes, and has significant experience in all phases of litigation before federal district courts, the ITC, and the USPTO. Over recent years, she has helped attain highly favorable settlement and trial outcomes resulting in multiple tens of millions of dollars in awards and settlements for her clients across a wide range of technologies, including smart thermostats, data compression, wireless communications, electronic storage devices, and semiconductors.. Prior to joining Russ, August, & Kabat, Ms. Chan successfully defended complex product liability, tort, and business litigation cases on behalf of automotive manufacturers and ride-share technology companies in both pre-trial and trial phases. She also worked closely with her clients regarding novel autonomous vehicle research/development issues. Ms. Chan formerly externed for the Honorable Otis D. Wright, II and the Honorable Craig Richman. Ms. Chan graduated from Loyola Law School where she served as the Senior Production Editor of the Loyola of Los Angeles Entertainment Law Review.. Ms. Chan has been recognized as a Southern California Super Lawyers “Rising Star” by Los Angeles Magazine every year since 2020. In 2023, she was named a Top 100 Rising Star and a Top 50 Women Rising Star.

Managing Partner of Cislo & Thomas LLP and member since 1987.. Education:B.S., Systems Engineering (Electro-mechanical), UCLA 1981.J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California, 1986.Previously with Pretty, Schroeder, Brueggemann & Clark of Los Angeles, CA 1986-1987.. Recent Accolades:Featured in the Los Angeles Business Journal, Most Influential Lawyers of 2014.Named as one of the 2015 Trusted Advisors for the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.Awarded as 2016 Top Attorneys of Southern California by Los Angeles Magazine.Awarded 2016 Global Law Experts Award for Business Start-Up IP Law Firm in California.Named 2016 Intellectual Property Practitioner of the Year by Acquisition International.Named 2017 America’s Most Honored Professional by The American Registry.Awarded multiple years of AV Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell recognition.Awarded Super Lawyer recognition from 2013-2023.Named 2019, 2020, and 2021 Business Start-Up IP Law Firm of the Year in California by Corporate International Magazine Global Award.Named 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 Best Law Firms by Best Lawyers of U.S. News and World Report.. Admissions: United States Supreme Court; Court of Appeals for the Federal Court (CAFC); Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals; Federal and State Courts of California; United States Patent and Trademark Office; District of Columbia, Washington D.C.; U.S. District Court of Texas; U.S. District Court of Illinois; U.S. District Court of Indiana; and Canadian Patent & Trademark Office.. Associations: Santa Monica Bar Association Board of Trustees and Past President; Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association; Federal Bar Association Board of Directors; Los Angeles Copyright Society; Association of Business Trial Lawyers; American Bar Association; Malibu La Costa Board of Directors; President of Malibu Winding Way Homeowners Association Board of Directors; Malibu MPC Nursery School Board of Directors; Younglife of Malibu Board of Directors; Malibu Presbyterian Elder; Phi Kappa Psi UCLA Chapter Advisor; 9th Circuit Judicial Conference Lawyer Representative 2014-2015; Central District Court of California Lawyer Representative 2014; President of SecureCase Co.; Member of the Lawyer Representatives’ Mediation Panel Selection Committee.. Areas of Practice: Specializing in patent, copyright, trademark clearance, filing, licensing and litigation matters for a wide variety of complex technologies. Expertise in startup ventures requiring patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, unfair competition clearance, protection, enforcement, and licensing. Extensive experience in the high-tech, direct marketing, infomercial and multilevel marketing industries.. Intellectual Property Experience:. IP Litigation: Daniel M. Cislo has been involved in an extensive number of intellectual property federal and state court cases, in excess of over 500 cases, handling all aspects of intellectual property. Mr. Cislo has also been involved in state unfair competition and trade secret cases in the state of California.. Trademark Trial & Appeal Board (TTAB): In addition to his federal court litigation concerning intellectual property, Mr. Cislo has also been extensively involved in handling trademark oppositions and cancellation proceedings before the TTAB, successfully litigating over 400 TTAB cases.. United States Patent and Trademark Office: Mr. Cislo has also filed a large number of patent applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). These patents range from laser optics, to internet ecommerce applications, to medicinal science, to exercise equipment, to kitchen appliances. Mr. Cislo has filed almost 4000 patents, including United States utility patents, design patents, provisional patent applications, and PCT applications.. Additionally, Mr. Cislo has been extensively involved in the clearance and the filing of trademark applications in the United States and throughout the world through his network of international intellectual property associates, some of whom have been working with Cislo & Thomas, LLP for over 30 years. Mr. Cislo has successfully filed and/or obtained over 3000 trademark applications and/or registrations at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).. United States Copyright Office: Mr. Cislo has successfully filed over 1400 copyright applications with the United States Copyright Office, as well as hundreds of copyright licenses and assignments. Mr. Cislo has also handled nearly 100 copyright litigation matters in federal court. He is notably a longstanding member of the prestigious Los Angeles Copyright Society, whose admission is only possible by extensive copyright experience.

In my free time, I love spending time with my wife and boys, doing anything active, like surfing, playing basketball and soccer, and skiing, which my boys all love to do with me!

I received my Bachelors of Science in Neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and my Juris Doctorate from the Chapman University School of Law where he was awarded a full tuition scholarship to attend. I am the author of "The Gene Wars: Science, the Law and the Human Genome" (Loyola Law Review) and have been invited to speak at conferences across the country about changes in intellectual property law.

I received my Bachelor of Science degree in Physics and Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of California, Irvine. My interest in intellectual property began there where I developed a year-long thesis examining the effect of science literacy among judges and attorneys in patent litigation. I went on to earn my Juris Doctorate from Chapman University, Fowler School of Law where I served as a two-term president of the Intellectual Property Law Society and competed as a member of the mock trial team.

I love intellectual property law. Aside from it being intellectually stimulating and dynamic, it pertains to vital matters in people's lives such as their businesses and creative endeavors. The value of intellectual property to a business can be substantial, and seeking to add intellectual property to a business is a worthwhile endeavor.. In addition to being admitted to the State Bars of California and Texas, I am also licensed to practice in all of the federal courts in California, and a number of other federal district courts around the country.. I am also licensed to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, where all appeals in patent matters are heard, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which covers federal case appeals for the West Coast.. I am also licensed to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office so that I can prepare and file patent applications for clients.. I am a tireless worker to advance my clients' rights, and will pursue them aggressively whether in litigation or IP procurement.  I pride myself on efficiency, which combined with substantial experience in all forms of intellectual property litigation and prosecution, hopefully results in a quality result for my clients at as reasonable a cost as possible for the goals sought to be achieved.

I have been directly involved in many billions of dollars of real estate transactions as a senior executive of three national organizations, and a practicing attorney.  My clients rely on me for extraordinary, cost-effectiv service provided with the highest degree of professional excellence.  More detailed information and client testimonials can be found on my website ().

I focus my practice on patent and trademark procurement and infringement litigation. With regard to patents, I specialize in the acquisition of patents in the mechanical, electro-mechanical, medical device and business method arts. Representative industries include automotive, aerospace, manufacturing, industrial lighting, medical devices, and consumer products, among others. Acquiring patent protection is often critical to protect your product development investment.. With regard to litigation, I represent plaintiffs and defendants in patent, trademark, trade dress, trade secret and copyright cases in federal and state courts. If you need to enforce your intellectual proprty rights or have been accused of infringement, I can help.. I also have in-depth experience in patent reexamination proceedings and opinion work including freedom to operate, patent noninfringement and patent invalidity opinions.. I am a graduate of the University of California, Hastings College of the Law (1998) and of Michigan State University (Go Spartans!), B.S. Mechanical Engineering (1982).. I am a member of the State Bars of California and Texas and am a Registered Patent Attorney.. Prior to beginning my legal career, I enjoyed a 12 year career as an Aerospace Engineer at Hughes Aircraft Company and the McDonnell Douglas Corporation working on communications satellites, the C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft and the International Space Station.

Dr. Dariush Adli, Ph.D., Esq., is the founder and president of Adli Law Group P.C. His practice is primarily focused on patent litigation, representing high technology companies in the electrical and mechanical arts, including semiconductor, integrated circuit, computer hardware, architecture, software, digital processing, and communications industries. In addition, Dr. Adli’s practice includes drafting infringement and validity opinions, counseling and patent acquisition (prosecution) for select firm clients. In recent years the Adli Law Group P.C. has also focused on inter–partes reexamination proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as a low-cost alternative to patent litigation. Prior to founding his own legal practice, Dr. Adli was the Head of the Patent Group at a large international law firm based in Los Angeles. Before that, he spent many years as Counsel at Hogan & Hartson LLP. He obtained his doctorate degree in Engineering Physics and a bachelor’s degree in Physics and Electronics, from the University of Michigan.. Before his successful career in law, Dr. Adli was a lead scientist at Duke Electric Power Company in Bolton, MA, where he was a member of a research and development team working on product design. Dr. Adli has authored and co–authored numerous articles, which have been published in national scientific journals. Two of his profound articles have won national best paper awards.. Areas of Technical Specialties:. • Semiconductors. • Electronics. • Computer and Network Architecture. • Light–emitting diode technology (LED). • Communications. • Software. • Mechanical Arts. • Internet and E–Commerce. Areas of Practice:. • Intellectual Property Litigation and Counseling. • Business Litigation and Counseling. • Patent Litigation and Counseling. • Intellectual Property Acquisition. • Intellectual Property Portfolio Management