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  Robert Gaybrick

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  As a founding partner of the IP boutique, PV Law LLP, Robert Gaybrick draws upon his 40+ years of experience patent litigation, dispute resolution, licensing, and patent analysis and development to help U.S. and Asian companies successfully implement IP-related goals, navigate IP disputes, and increase and obtain returns from the value of their IP portfolios. His ease across cultures enhances his understanding of the global challenges faced by owners of intellectual property and by manufacturers and suppliers of technically-sophisticated products and services. His relationships with legal, business, and science communities and thought leaders throughout the world, developed over decades of practice at the highest levels, enable him to undertake and resolve efficiently and effectively IP issues of all forms. Robert counsels on IP issues involving electrical, computer, semiconductor, display, automotive, and mechanical technologies. An intellectual property strategist, he advises businesses on litigation, licensing, patent procurement, and portfolio development, and has participated in more than 200 patent licensing negotiations and transactions. Robert also offers IP opinions and litigates cases in courts throughout the United States. With undergraduate degrees in computer science and electrical engineering, Robert has experience with many of the world's leading electronics companies in licensing negotiations, litigation, and transactions. He develops and executes many portfolio license initiatives, including completing one licensing agreement for computer-related IP in a deal valued at more than $150 million. Robert was recognized in 2017 by the National Law Journal as an Intellectual Property Trailblazer. He was also named by Patexia Insights as a Top 250 Best Performing Attorney for the PTAB in 2023. In addition to litigating patent cases across the United States, Robert advises both complainants and respondents in Section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission. Prior to launching PV Law LLP in 2020, Robert was a partner and the founder of the patent practice and co-practice group chair of Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP's Intellectual Property Practice Group. Previously, he was a partner at the leading IP boutique, Finnegan, Henderson, where he led the electrical and computer practice group and where he also worked as a foreign law consultant in a Tokyo law office to establish a presence for the firm in Japan. Robert served as a technical adviser to the Honorable Judge Phillip B. Baldwin of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (the predecessor court to the Federal Circuit) before entering private practice. He was a computer engineer prior to entering the legal field.

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  Jacob Snodgrass

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  Jacob's practice focuses on patent litigation: he represents U.S. and foreign clients as both plaintiffs and defendants at every stage of a patent dispute, from pre-complaint investigation and freedom-to-operate opinions through arbitration or trial in federal district court or before the U.S. International Trade Commission and appeal at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also represents clients in post-grant challenges before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. With a background in mechanical engineering and industry experience, Jacob speaks the technical languages of his clients. Passionate about learning the details of their technologies, operations, and inventions, he then merges that knowledge with his legal expertise and strategizes with his clients to secure the best possible results within the context of their ultimate business goals. Jacob is proficient in advising clients on multi-faceted disputes that span many tribunals. Jacob is equally adept at working side-by-side with domestic in-house counsel well-versed in the complexities of American patent litigation as he is providing guidance to foreign companies new to the U.S. marketplace and legal system. Prior to joining PV Law, Jacob practiced law at an AmLaw Top 10 global law firm, where, in addition to maintaining his litigation and post-grant review practice, he prosecuted patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Jacob drafted patent applications, advised clients on strategies to maximize patent protection, and argued appeals at the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences (now the Patent Trial and Appeal Board). Jacob represents companies across a wide range of industries and technologies, including medical devices, office equipment, semiconductor manufacturing, mobile telecommunications, and power tools. Prior to attending law school, Jacob worked as a design engineer for a manufacturer of subsea production systems.

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  Bradford Cangro

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  Bradford A. Cangro is a first chair trial lawyer who represents global companies facing intellectual property disputes in federal courts and challenges before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). Clients around the world, particularly businesses based in Asia, rely on his responsive and strategic guidance whenever competitors infringe upon their patents, or if they themselves are accused of infringement. With a degree in electrical engineering, Brad has a deep knowledge of and passion for the electrical and mechanical arts. His experience spans a range of tech-focused sectors, including software and hardware, wireless telecommunications, medical devices, and semiconductor manufacturing. He provides freedom-to-operate opinions on new products, anticipates possible legal challenges, and develops strategic solutions to best protect his clients' intellectual property around the globe. Brad combines this technical knowledge with an authoritative command of all stages of U.S. patent litigation and dispute resolution, from claim construction and summary judgment hearings to trial. He represents both plaintiffs and defendants in appeals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in patent litigation hotbeds like the district courts in Delaware, Texas, Virginia, and California; and in trade secret disputes in state court. Recognized as a leading practitioner in post-grant reviews of patents by Patexia and other industry rankings, Brad regularly represents both petitioners and patent owners in post-grant proceedings, including inter partes review before the USPTO. He is also experienced in prosecuting patent applications before the USPTO and counsels clients on patent prosecution strategy. In 2024, Brad was named to Lawdragon's list of the Top 500 Litigators in America. He has also been frequently named by Patexia Insights as a Top 250 Best Performing and Most Active Attorney for the PTAB and for Patent Litigation. Prior to Brad's legal career, he earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and served as a junior engineer for the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), where he worked on communications networks.

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  Jeremy Peterson

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  Named one of the "World's Most Influential Scientific Minds" by Thomson Reuters, Jeremy Peterson's decade-long career as a scientist at the leading edge of genomic research and bioinformatics gives him a unique perspective on the protection of intellectual property. His background in bioinformatics and genomic sequencing - in addition to the patents necessary to track and safeguard those sequences - informs his deep understanding of the complex issues faced by patent holders around the world. Whether they are seeking royalties or injunctions against the competitors who infringe on their intellectual property, or are defendants accused of patent infringement, Jeremy represents domestic and foreign-based businesses across a wide range of sectors: pharmaceuticals and medical devices, telephony and wireless communications, web applications, hardware and software programs, computers and semiconductors, optics, and personal transporters, to name a few. Jeremy also counsels companies across the United States, in addition to China, Japan, and Korea, through the complex regulatory regime governing branded and generic products entering the U.S. market, advising on the requirements of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration and the Hatch-Waxman Act. Highly experienced in all stages of patent litigation, from pre-suit investigation through jury trials and claim construction, Jeremy has represented businesses before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), in Section 337 proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), and in federal district courts across the country, including the patent litigation hotbeds of the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas, the Eastern District of Virginia, and the Northern District of California. He is also experienced in prosecuting patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and leading national stage filings under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). Prior to law school, Jeremy spent more than ten years in research and development on large-scale sequencing projects at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR), where he managed the organization's bioinformatics group. He has authored or co-authored more than 30 scientific articles in journals such as Science, Nature, and Nucleic Acids Research.

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