Eric L Maschoff

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Eric specializes in building large intellectual property portfolios that advance his clients’ business strategies, protect their investments in research and development, and enhance their competitive position in the marketplace.

Eric provides his clients with advice on the full spectrum of patent portfolio management and strategy, including patent prosecution and drafting; domestic and global patent portfolio management; counseling on infringement and validity, freedom-to-operate, patentability analysis, and due diligence investigations; development of design around strategies; and prior art search and analysis. When partnering is the solution, he has negotiated hundreds of intellectual property related agreements, including licenses, joint development agreements, acquisitions and divestitures with and for Fortune 100 companies, universities, start-ups and individual inventors.

Eric’s practice also involves a wide range of other intellectual property matters, including the acquisition and enforcement of patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret rights, and representing clients in connection with administrative actions before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and U.S. Copyright Office.

His industry-specific experience is extensive and includes the highly specialized electromechanical and semiconductor fields, fiber optics, lasers, optical networking systems, X-ray devices and equipment, telecommunications, mechanical engineering, as well as computer, internet, and multimedia law.