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James R. Brueggemann - Of Counsel - Los Angeles

Mr. Brueggemann specializes in filing and prosecuting patent applications, domestic and foreign. He is active in rendering patent validity and infringement opinions in the same wide range of technical disciplines and frequently takes an active role in working with clients to identify patent infringement risks and design around competitors' patents.

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Karen Canaan - Partner - Silicon Valley

Ms. Canaan has close to ten years of experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications for clients in the biotechnology, chemical, and medical arts industries. As part of her practice, she prepares patent legal opinions and technology transfer agreements. In addition, she has assisted her clients in developing trademark portfolios for their patented products and she has assisted her pharmaceutical clients with their FDA regulatory requirements.

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Craig Cardon - Partner - San Francisco, Century City

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Mr. Cardon focuses on intellectual property, media/entertainment, advertising and e-commerce counseling and litigation. His practice includes film, television and music ownership, financing, production, and licensing matters and disputes, as well as traditional and new media advertising issues. Much of his practice is devoted to disputes over media content and distribution technologies, including satellite, wireless and Internet technologies.

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Gary A. Clark - Partner - Los Angeles

Mr. Clark specializes in the litigation of intellectual property disputes, with emphasis on patent, trade dress and trade secret matters. Mr. Clark has extensive experience as lead trial counsel in the federal courts, and in contested proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission, the American Arbitration Association, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

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Joseph F. Coyne, Jr. - Partner - Los Angeles

Mr. Coyne handles complex litigation, including an emphasis on intellectual property and Government Contracts litigation. He has successfully handled major cases involving patent disputes, misappropriation of trade secrets, anticompetitive practices, and monopolization.

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Brian M. Daucher - Partner - Orange County

Mr. Daucher specializes in business and intellectual property litigation with emphasis on trade secret, unfair competition, trademark, copyright, and patent disputes. He has represented clients in a wide range of industries including technology, consumer products, fiduciary services, food and alcohol, sports marketing and equipment, health care, entertainment, and energy.

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Timothy L. Epp - Partner - Orange County

Epp, Tim.jpg Mr. Epp's practice includes negotiating licensing agreements, endorsement agreements, research and development agreements, supply agreements, confidentiality agreements as well as managing all forms of intellectual property assets.

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Mauricio Flores - Special Counsel - Del Mar Heights, San Francisco

Flores, Mauricio.jpg Mr. Flores' practice focuses primarily on life sciences and biotechnology patent infringement and trade secret disputes. He has handled numerous high-profile biotechnology cases and has extensive experience as a trial lawyer in federal and state courts, as well as state and federal administrative tribunals.

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Robert S. Gerber - Partner - Del Mar Heights

Gerber, robert.jpg Mr. Gerber's practice includes a variety of commercial litigation in both state and federal courts, with special emphasis on intellectual property and technology litigation. He also frequently defends companies and professionals such as lawyers, accountants, directors, and officers in complex, class and representative plaintiff lawsuits.

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David E. Heisey - Special Counsel - Del Mar Heights

Heisey, David.jpg Mr. Heisey's practice is devoted to the representation of life sciences and high technology clients with extensive experience in patent portfolio development. He is a registered patent attorney with experience in the prosecution of patents in a variety of technologies.

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Don T. Hibner - Of Counsel - Los Angeles

(Don T. Hibner, Jr. is a retired member of the law firm of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and is located in its Los Angeles, California office. He has been "Of Counsel" to the firm since 2002.

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Michelle D. Kahn - Partner - San Francisco

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Ms. Kahn specializes in all aspects of trademark and copyright law. and is the Division Leader of the firm's Trademark and Copyright practice groups. Her practice includes clearance and counseling on the adoption of trademarks domestically and worldwide, prosecution of trademark applications in the United States and internationally, domestic and international enforcement of trademarks, trademark and copyright litigation, trademark licensing, and copyright counseling.

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Edwin Komen - Partner - Washington, D.C.

Komen, Edwin.jpg Mr. Komen specializes in all aspects of copyright, trademark and unfair competition law, with a particular emphasis on practice before the United States Copyright Office. He represents motion picture companies and other entertainment clients in transactional issues involving rights clearance and acquisition.

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Charles A. LeGrand - Special Counsel - New York

Mr. LeGrand has litigated numerous trademark, trade dress and copyright cases -- many for well-known designers and global brands in the fashion apparel and accessories field. He has represented a variety of clients in actions and administrative proceedings before Federal and State courts, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, and the World Intellectual Property Organization.

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Gregory A. Long - Partner - Los Angeles

(Mr. Long has conducted approximately 40 civil jury trials in state and federal courts in addition to a number of court trials, arbitrations and federal, state and local agency matters and has argued many appeals before state and federal courts including the Ninth Circuit sitting en banc and the United States Supreme Court.

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Joel E. Lutzker - Partner - New York

Mr. Lutzker counsels clients in patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition and trade secret litigation, transactions, counseling and prosecution matters. His practice's technical emphasis is on electromechanical systems, medical equipment, semiconductors, computer hardware, telecommunications and consumer electronics.

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Theodore C. Max - Partner - New York

Mr. Max has counseled clients on and litigated numerous cases involving issues on the cutting edge of copyright and trademark law. He has assisted clients in identifying, protecting and preserving their intellectual property assets, including seeking registration of rights in the United States and internationally and taking action against infringements of copyrights, trademarks and trade dress. He also has experience developing and implementing anti-counterfeiting programs and pursuing civil and criminal enforcement remedies. Mr. Max has actively litigated intellectual property issues, as well as licensing and franchise disputes, and the rights of publicity and privacy.

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Don J. Pelto - Partner - Washington, D.C.

Mr. Pelto represents domestic and international clients in intellectual property litigation, counseling and procurement. Specifically, he has particular experience with technological developments in the fields of molecular biology, pharmaceuticals, bioinformatics, pharmaceutical small molecules, diagnostics, chemi–informatics and software, medical products and devices, including surgical devices, medical product manufacturing processes and fluid handling devices and related methodologies.

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Ethna Piazza - Partner - Del Mar Heights

Ethna Piazza specializes in corporate and intellectual property law. She has represented companies of all sizes and stages of growth, including in formation, venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions, international operations, operating agreements, licensing and strategic alliances.

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Kent R. Raygor - Partner - Century City

Mr. Raygor practices in the Entertainment and Media Practice Group, focusing on civil litigation with an emphasis on intellectual property and media law litigation and counseling, Constitutional law, and First Amendment, privacy and libel litigation. Mr. Raygor's IP expertise includes trademark, trade dress, trade secret, unfair competition, false advertising, patent, computer, Internet, and copyright litigation.

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Peter S. Reichertz - Partner - Washington, D.C.

Mr. Reichertz is the leader of the firm's Food and Drug Law Group. He concentrates in both food and drug regulatory law and intellectual property law. He counsels companies whose products are regulated by the FDA under the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act.

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Deborah M. Shelton - Special Counsel - Washington, D.C.

Ms. Shelton concentrates her practice in the area of FDA and DEA law, with a particular emphasis on drugs, biological products, and medical devices. She counsels manufacturers and distributors of drugs, biological products and medical devices on issues related to all phases of product development and approval, from the investigational stage to regulatory compliance and post-marketing.

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Neil A. Smith - Partner - San Francisco

Mr. Smith's practice includes litigation and counseling in trademark, patent, copyright and unfair competition matters. He has represented a broad range of high-technology, corporate, software, and traditional brick-and-mortar businesses in publishing, multi-media, video game and consumer product businesses, and is a frequent speaker and author on Internet and intellectual property subjects.

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Marc A. Sockol - Partner - Silicon Valley

Mr. Sockol specializes in intellectual property rights. Mr. Sockol applies his technical and legal skills to client counseling, portfolio analysis and development, preparation and prosecution of patent applications, preparation of patentability, invalidity and noninfringement opinions, and the assertion and defense of patent litigation claims. He also has experience in trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and technology licensing.

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Leonard S. Sorgi - Partner - New York

Mr. Sorgi's areas of concentration include patent, copyright, trademark and unfair competition law. His technical emphasis spans mechanical, electromechanical and medical devices, consumer electronics, and computer hardware, as well as business methods. He has particular expertise in managing highly complex patent litigation both in federal court and before the International Trade Commission.

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Amar L. Thakur - Partner - Del Mar Heights

Mr. Thakur serves as Co-Practice Group Leader of Sheppard Mullin's Intellectual Property Practice Group. He focuses on the representation of life sciences and high technology clients with extensive experience in intellectual property litigation, technology transactions and licensing matters.

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Carlo F. Van den Bosch - Partner - Orange County

Mr. Van den Bosch serves as Co-Practice Group Leader of Sheppard Mullin's Intellectual Property Practice Group. He specializes in Technology, Internet, Entertainment and Media matters. He has extensive experience in the protection of trademarks, inventions, works of authorship, and trade secrets across a variety of industries, such as the e-commerce, software, television, healthcare, apparel, finance, real estate, and entertainment industries, among others.

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Daniel Yannuzzi - Partner - Del Mar Heights

Mr. Yannuzzi's practice involves intellectual property litigation, with an emphasis on patent litigation; developing IP strategies and IP portfolios aligned with business goals; assessing, avoiding and responding to third-party IP threats; in-bound and out-bound technology licensing, including standards-based licensing; and negotiating IP asset transactions such as mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and the like. He has advised a wide range of industry leaders, including companies such as Olympus Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Samsung, Conexant Systems, Fujitsu, Cadence Design Systems and Targus. Mr. Yannuzzi has served as primary outside intellectual property counsel to numerous electronics, software, telecommunications, and medical device companies.

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