Top Intellectual Property Lawyers in Mercer Island | 3 available

Firm: Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor and Zafman

Po Box 407 , Mercer Island , Washington 98040

Practice Areas: General Practice, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property

Firm: VLP Law Group LLP

7683 SE 27th Street #145 , Mercer Island , Washington 98040

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property , Patents, Patent Application, Patent Application, Patent Application

I specialize in the domestic and foreign prosecution of computer software and Internet-related patents, and also provide services in strategic planning and analysis of patent portfolios, and patent validity and infringement opinions. I have prepared and filed hundreds of software-related patent applications in a wide variety of technical areas, including machine learning and other artificial intelligence techniques, data mining, blockchain, cryptocurrency and other cryptography, augmented and virtual reality, smart home and Internet-Of-Things (IoT), e-commerce, networking, digital rights management, communications technology and services, operating systems, decision theory, etc.. I received my J.D. in 1997 from the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), where I was appointed to the Order of the Coif and served as Executive Editor of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal.  Prior to working as a software patent attorney, I worked as a software engineer in Silicon Valley for over six years. My technical degrees are from Stanford University, and include an M.S. in Computer Science (1991) and a B.S. in Symbolic Systems with an emphasis in Artificial Intelligence (1989).. I have spoken on and am the co-author of the publication, "Software Patents: Procuring and Enforcing," The Patent Resources Group, and have authored several other software-related legal publications. Other representative speaking engagements include the following:- "Layering Big Data, Machine Learning, And AI Onto Existing Law For Software And Business Method Patents", Technology Law and Artificial Intelligence (AI) conference, December 2018- "The Seemingly Inconsistent Decisions On Section 101 Regarding Statutory Subject Matter For Software And Business Method Patents", Technology Law conference, December 2013. Specialties: computer software patent preparation / prosecution / enforcement, internet patent preparation / prosecution / enforcement

Firm: Washington Law Group

Po Box 1180 , Mercer Island , Washington 98040

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property