Patent Infringement lawyers in Arizona

Firm: Hartman Titus PLC

7114 E. Stetson Drive , Scottsdale , Arizona 85251

Practice Areas: Trademarks, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property, Copyright Infringement, Patent Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Application

Brad Hartman is an intellectual property and corporate lawyer with experience litigating intellectual property cases and business disputes in state and federal courts.Brad has extensive experience counseling clients holding a broad spectrum of technologies and intellectual property rights. He helps clients of all shapes and sizes protect, license, transfer, and enforce their trademarks, patents, copyright-protected materials, Internet domain names and trade secrets. Brad clears, registers, and enforces trademarks in the U.S. and internationally, including litigation in federal courts and in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Brad helps clients pinpoint, protect, and generate profit from their intellectual property rights.Brad is involved in drafting and negotiating complex agreements involving the acquisition, protection and licensing of intellectual property rights, as well as confidentiality, invention assignment and nondisclosure agreements. He also works with clients in recovering pirated domain names and halting the infringement of intellectual property rights on the Internet.Brad’s clients look to him as their “outside general counsel,” seeking his advice and assistance on a variety of legal matters, from corporate to complex commercial litigation to employment.Before founding his own intellectual property law firm in 2010, Brad was a Member of one of the oldest law firms in Phoenix, with 80 attorneys in four offices. Previously, Brad was a Partner in the Phoenix office of a 370-attorney national law firm, with offices in eight cities. Brad chaired the firm’s Phoenix office business department. Brad was selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® 2011 in the area of Intellectual Property Law and is included in Best Lawyers in America® 2012 in the areas of Copyright Law, Litigation – Intellectual Property, Litigation – Patent, and Trademark Law.Prior to his work in private practice, Brad served as a legal intern for the United States Supreme Court and a law clerk at the United States Department of Justice. He obtained his J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and his B.B.A. in Economics and Public Policy Administration from The George Washington University.

Firm: Weiss & Moy, P.C.

4204 N Brown Ave , Scottsdale , Arizona 85251

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property , Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Gaming, Licensing, Intellectual Property, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Application, Patent Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Application

Craig Weiss, a U.S. Registered Patent Attorney and partner with the firm of Weiss & Moy, P.C., specializes in patent application preparation and patent prosecution. Based in the firm's Scottsdale office, Mr. Weiss prosecutes patent applications for a wide variety of products, components and technologies, and has particular expertise in the gaming, medical device, mechanical, ecommerce and business method areas. Mr. Weiss has a technical background in the area of biology. Mr. Weiss focuses on international patent law issues, and in 2000 and 2001 practiced in Israel. He is also the sole or co-inventor of three U.S. Patents (5,984,951, 5,117,823 and 4,834,377).

Firm: Snell and Wilmer L.L.P.

7150 E. Camelback Road, Suite 285 , Scottsdale , Arizona 85251

Practice Areas: Corporate , Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Copyright Infringement, Patent Infringement, Trademark Infringement

Gregory B. Collins is a Managing Member of Kercsmar & Feltus and he heads the firm’s intellectual property practice.  After practicing commercial and intellectual property litigation at the largest firm in the Southwest, Mr. Collins joined Kercsmar & Feltus over seven years ago.. Mr. Collins was recently ranked as a “Southwest Super Lawyer” in intellectual property litigation—a ranking bestowed on only 12 Arizona attorneys.  He has also been honored by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star.” Mr. Collins is recognized as one of Arizona’s Finest Lawyers, an honor that identifies attorneys with established reputations for integrity and professional conduct.  In 2012, the Arizona State Bar named him to Arizona’s Civil Jury Instructions Committee, where he helped draft uniform jury instructions for all Arizona civil cases.  He is an adjunct professor at Arizona Summit School of Law and a published author.. As lead trial counsel for his clients, Mr. Collins has secured verdicts and arbitration awards in patent, copyright and trademark infringement matters.  As a corollary to his intellectual property practice, Mr. Collins handles a wide-range of matters involving the internet, including cases involving internet defamation, keyword advertising and DMCA notices.  He frequently prosecutes and defends Lanham Act false advertising and common law unfair competition claims and has taught continuing legal education courses on these subjects.. He also handles a variety of complex commercial disputes, including real estate litigation and contract breach cases.  He has prosecuted and defended cases seeking damages awards in the high ten figures.. Mr. Collins attended high school in Tucson, Arizona and he is a double University of Arizona grad, earning his Juris Doctorate from the James E. Rogers College of Law at the University of Arizona.  Mr. Collins is married to one of his law school classmates, who practices criminal defense.

Firm: Weiss & Moy, PC

4204 N. Brown Ave. , Scottsdale , Arizona 85251

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property , Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Patent Infringement, Intellectual Property, Copyright Infringement, Patent Application, Trademark Infringement

Jeff Weiss, a U.S. Registered Patent Attorney based in the firm's Washington, D.C. office and a partner in the firm, has been practicing law since 1987. Mr. Weiss has primary responsibility for the firm's patent and intellectual property litigation. Prior to joining the firm, he practiced commercial litigation with Irell & Manella in Los Angeles and Ross, Dixon and Masback (now Ross, Dixon and Bell) in Washington, D.C.. In addition to appearances in District Courts throughout the country (including Arizona, California, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Texas and Washington), Mr. Weiss's substantial litigation experience includes five infringement appeals before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, one of which remains pending.. Mr. Weiss's recent IP litigation accomplishments include:. Represented the defendant in a patent infringement case in Nevada District Court involving two patents relating to gaming technology. Obtained favorable Markman ruling and summary judgment of non-infringement with respect to both patents.. Represented the plaintiff in a lawsuit in Nevada district court against a former employee alleging copyright infringement and breach of employment agreements relating to product designs and confidential manufacturing information. Obtained preliminary injunction, leading to settlement of all pending claims.. Served as co-counsel in highly complex trademark ownership and infringement dispute, involving litigation in state, federal and bankruptcy courts in Arizona and California. Case culminated in full vindication of clients' positions with respect to ownership and infringement issues, following lengthy trial and post-trial and plan confirmation proceedings.. Represented the defendant in a trademark infringement action in Arizona District Court involving claims relating to the name of an NBA arena. Confidential settlement achieved following representation at evidentiary hearing in connection with plaintiff's request for a preliminary injunction.. Obtained reversal of summary judgment in favor of an infringement defendant, with the Federal Circuit holding that there was a material factual issue with respect to infringement under the doctrine of equivalents (1998 U.S. App. Lexis 10416 (Fed. Cir. 1998)). Obtained reversal of summary judgment of patent invalidity, based on the alleged failure to name an inventor (216 F.3d 1372 (Fed. Cir. 2000)). The Federal Circuit's decision in this appeal interpreted the second paragraph of Section 112 of the Patent Act, one of the basic laws governing the validity of issued patents. Irah Donner, the author of Patent Prosecution: Practice and Procedure Before the U.S. Patent Office, has called it a "key" Federal Circuit decision. It has also been the subject of at least one law review note. See Janet S. Hendrickson, Solomon v. Kimberly-Clark Corp.: The Federal Circuit Throws Out the § 112 2 "Regards" Clause with Inventor Litigation Testimony, 32 Univ. Tol. L. Rev. 407 (2001).. Represented plaintiff in a patent infringement action in Maryland District Court, culminating in a withdrawal of the accused infringing product from the market.. Represented defendant in patent infringement action in Eastern District of Texas relating to telecommunications equipment and involving multiple defendants. Case resulted in pre-trial settlement.. Represented defendant in patent infringement action in Eastern District of Texas relating to wireless location technology. Case resulted in pre-trial settlement.. Represented defendant in patent infringement action in Northern District of California relating to harvesting technology. Case resulted in pre-trial settlement.. In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Weiss prosecutes patent applications for a wide variety of products, components and technologies, and has particular expertise in the medical device, mechanical, and business method areas. In 1992, he appeared before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and persuaded the Court to reverse a unanimous decision of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, denying patent protection to a football shoe having break-away cleats. (26 U.S.P.Q. 2d 1885 (Fed. Cir. 1993)). The New York Times profiled that patent, U.S. 5,255,453, as one of its patents of the week. He has also argued before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences.. Mr. Weiss also conducts infringement studies, issues patentability opinions, and negotiates licensing agreements.. Mr. Weiss is also the co-inventor of a utility patent directed to a bench press shoulder protection method (U.S. Patent 6,224,518).

Firm: Bycer & Marion, PLC

7220 N. 16th Street , Phoenix , Arizona 85020

Practice Areas: Patent Application, Trademark Application, Trademark, Internet, Patent Infringement

Matt earned degrees in physics and business-economics at Brown University before embarking upon a career as a technical consultant for Accenture, where he worked on large software installation projects, working with ERP solutions such as SAP and Oracle for large corporate clients such as GE, BSC and EMC2.  In pursuit of patent law, Matt returned to Arizona to earn a joint JD/MBA from the University of Arizona, where he worked in the physical sciences department of the UA Office of Technology Transfer.  In addition, Matt spent time as an extern in the chambers of Chief Judge Stephen M. McNamee, District Court of Arizona, and assisted in the resolution of a complex patent litigation dispute in the field of aeronautics.  Matt has experience in patent consulting and patent landscaping, running an exploratory patent research project involving optical disk storage technologies.  Matt has years of experience in patents and intellectual property at a top-rated intellectual property (IP) boutique where he was involved in obtaining, defending and enforcing IP.  Matt thrives on supporting small and growing businesses, using IP to improve the competitive positioning of our clients.  Matt is a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and a life member of Sigma Xi, scientific research society.  In addition to patents, Matt enjoyed a short stint as a rugby player and currently enjoys skiing, golf and gardening.

Firm: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts LLP

18 East University Drive Suite 101 , Mesa , Arizona 85201

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application, Licensing, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Application, Patent Infringement, Trademark Infringement, Trademark Application

Firm: Fennemore Craig

2394 E Camelback Rd Ste 600 , Phoenix , Arizona 85016

Practice Areas: Patent Infringement

In addition to being an avid science enthusiast, Todd loves cycling, political and economic discussions, and homebrewing craft beer.

Firm: Hoffman Patent Firm

14301 N 87th St Ste 312 , Scottsdale , Arizona 85260

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Patent Infringement, Patent Application

I am a registered patent attorney licensed to practice law in Arizona and before the U.S. Patent Office.. I joined the Hoffman Patent Firm in 2007, while still in law school. The Hoffman Patent Firm is a boutique-type Intellectual property firm specializing in intellectual property monetization through patent sales and litigation. Our firm also excels at improving patent protection through patent filing and continuation practice.. Our firm's small size allows us the flexibility to focus on our clients’ needs. However, we have strong international experience and have access to a network of international contacts to service our clients’ intellectual property needs around the world.. I graduated from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University in 2008. Before attending law school I worked in the field of computer network administration. I attended the University of California at Berkeley, where I earned a Bachelor’s degree in Geophysics.. My wife and I live in Phoenix, Arizona with our two children.