Partner - Intellectual Property/Patent Group
Fenwick & West LLP
Rajiv P. Patel is a partner in the Intellectual Property/Patent Group of Fenwick & West LLP, a Silicon Valley law firm specializing in high technology and life sciences matters. His practice includes patent portfolio development and management, patent enforcement, and patent and high technology transactions. His practice also includes intellectual property ("IP") audits and strategies to help companies identify, evaluate and protect key intellectual assets.
In patent portfolio development and management, Mr. Patel has counseled, prepared and prosecuted patents in a wide range of high technology areas including wireless communications, electronics, and complex hardware and software architecture. He has advised on and initiated patent reissue and reexamination strategies and proceedings. He also has partaken in appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. In addition, Mr. Patel is active in developing and overseeing strategies involving foreign patent prosecution and procurement for Europe, Japan, China, Taiwan, and India.
In patent enforcement, Mr. Patel has litigated in technology areas that include solid-state memories, electronic gaming, Internet delivery networks, database systems and interactive television. In addition, he has helped develop and execute patent reexamination strategies in a litigation context. In patent and IP transactions, he has negotiating large patent and other IP portfolios, evaluated IP portfolios for acquisition, and conducted diligence for venture funding, mergers & acquisitions, and initial public offerings.
Among the clients Mr. Patel has represented are: Canon, Compuware, Fujitsu, Logitech, Magma Design Automation, and Palm.
In patent portfolio development and management, Mr. Patel has counseled, prepared and prosecuted patents in a wide range of high technology areas including wireless communications, electronics, and complex hardware and software architecture. He has advised on and initiated patent reissue and reexamination strategies and proceedings. He also has partaken in appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. In addition, Mr. Patel is active in developing and overseeing strategies involving foreign patent prosecution and procurement for Europe, Japan, China, Taiwan, and India.
In patent enforcement, Mr. Patel has litigated in technology areas that include solid-state memories, electronic gaming, Internet delivery networks, database systems and interactive television. In addition, he has helped develop and execute patent reexamination strategies in a litigation context. In patent and IP transactions, he has negotiating large patent and other IP portfolios, evaluated IP portfolios for acquisition, and conducted diligence for venture funding, mergers & acquisitions, and initial public offerings.
Among the clients Mr. Patel has represented are: Canon, Compuware, Fujitsu, Logitech, Magma Design Automation, and Palm.