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William F. Ahmann - Special Counsel - Silicon Valley

Mr. Ahmann focuses on patent procurement, licensing, and litigation in the fields of wireless networks, telecommunications, computers, software, electronics, security, business methods, and the Internet. Other areas of his practice include intellectual property law, designs protection, copyright, and trademark procurement.

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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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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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Guylyn Cummins - Partner - San Diego/Downtown

Ms. Cummins has spent her entire career working in media law. A seasoned litigator, she represents a broad array of media clients relating to First Amendment issues, including access issues, libel and advertising content, plus trademark and copyright fair use.

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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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Robert S. Gerber - Partner - San Diego/Del Mar

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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Steven M. Hanle - Partner - Orange County

Mr. Hanle's practice emphasizes intellectual property litigation and complex business litigation in federal courts throughout California. Mr. Hanle represents both plaintiffs and defendants in patent, copyright, trademark, intellectual porperty and securities matters in federal court.

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David E. Heisey - Partner - San Diego/Del Mar

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

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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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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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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Harold J. Milstein - Partner - Silicon Valley

Mr. Milstein's practice emphasizes trademark counseling and prosecution services, particularly in the life sciences and high technology industries. Prior to private practice, he spent a decade in-house as trademark counsel for Syntex and Sandoz, where he created and implemented international clearance and filing strategies, provided enforcement and dispute resolution services, managed international trademark litigation, and provided trademark support in transactional matters. He was a registered pharmacist before attending law school, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Michael A. Molano - Partner - Silicon Valley

Mr. Molano specializes in litigating intellectual property cases in federal courts and before the International Trade Commission. His technical expertise is in computer hardware, software, semiconductor devices, communications (network and telephony) and Internet-related technologies.

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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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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 - Partner - 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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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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Beni Surpin - Partner - San Diego/Del Mar

Beni's practice is focused on counseling international and domestic companies in the telecom, medical devices, life sciences and high-tech industries on legal and business issues relating to intellectual property, technology and commercial transactions. He works closely with his clients in creating and setting strategic direction, and then structuring and negotiating arrangements to implement these goals.

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Blaine E. Templeman - Partner - New York

Mr. Templeman’s practice focuses on U.S. and cross-border intellectual property transactions, drug manufacturing, and clinical trials outsourcing and contracting. His transactional work focuses on asset deals, collaborations, licensing transactions, distribution arrangements and copromotions. He has assisted clients in a variety of industries including (among many others) medical devices, vaccines, antibiotics, diabetes, oncology, and sexual dysfunction.

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Jennifer A. Trusso - Partner - Orange County

Ms. Trusso's practice emphasizes intellectual property litigation and complex business lititgation in federal courts throughout California. Ms. Trusso represents both plaintiffs and defendants in patent, copyright and trademark matters. Additionally, her practice includes adivising clients in connection with various business transactions and providing advice on such matters as enforcement of legal rights and liability and dispute resolution strategies.

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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 - San Diego/Del Mar

Mr. Yannuzzi serves as Co-Practice Group Leader of Sheppard Mullin's Intellectual Property Practice Group. He specializes in 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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