Venture capital firms & Intellectual property law firms: Directory Listings

San Diego Business Journal, Jan 7, 2002

Directory Listings

Intellectual Property

Baker & McKenzie

101 West Broadway, 12th Floor San Diego, CA 92101

Phone: (619) 236-1441

Fax: (619) 236-0429

Web address: www.bakernet.com

Local firm top executive/title: Ali M.M. Mojdehi

Number of national/international offices: 9/62

Number of IP local partners/associates: 1/6

Number of attorneys registered with USPTO (Patent & Trademark Office): 4

IP practice areas: Patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, technology licensing, associated litigation

IP technology areas: Electrical, computer, biotech, chemical, software, medical instruments, mechanical

Number of attorneys with scientific/engineering degrees: 5

Percent of practice: 30% litigation, 55% prosecution, 15% licensing

Year founded locally: 1988

Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

9404 Genesee Avenue, Suite 200 La Jolla, CA 92037

Phone: (858) 457-0022

Fax: (858) 558-0754

Email: Robert_Cogan@bstz.com

Web address: www.bstz.com

Local firm top executive/title: Robert Cogan/Partner

Number of national/international offices: 9

Number of IP local partners/associates: 2

Number of attorneys registered with USPTO (Patent & Trademark Office): 2

IP practice areas: Patent preparation and prosecution, due diligence investigations, patent-trademark-copyright-software licensing.

IP technology areas: Digital and analog electronics, telecommunications, software and computers, medical devices and biotech instrumentation

Number of attorneys with scientific/engineering degrees: 2

Percent of practice: 80% prosecution, 20% licensing.

Year founded locally: 1998

Brobeck Phieger & Harrison LLP

12390 El Comma Real San Diego, CA 92130

Phone: (858) 720-2500

Fax: (858) 720-2555

Email: ndavis@brobeck.com

Web address: www.brobeck.com

Local firm top executive/title: Richard L. Parker/Managing Partner

Number of national/international offices: 11/3

Number of local IP partners/associates in local office: 8 partners/1 of counsel/26 associates

Number of local attorneys registered with USPTO (Patent & Trademark Office): 23

IP practice areas: Patents, patent prosecution, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets, biotechnology, chemistry, electrical engineering

IP technology areas: Telecommunications, computer hardware/software, internet

Number of attorneys with scientific/engineering degrees: 35

Percent of practice: 60% litigation, 30% prosecution, 10% licensing

Year founded locally: 1987

Brown Martin Hailer & McClain LLP

1660 Union Street San Diego, CA 92101

Phone: (619) 238-0999

Fax: (619) 238-0062

Email: info@bmhm.com

Web address: www.bmhm.com

Local firm top executive/title: Neil Martin/Partner

Number of national/international offices: 1

Number of local IP partners/associates in local office: 10

Number of local attorneys registered with USPTO (Patent & Trademark Office): 9

IP practice areas: Litigation, copyrights, trademarks, patents, franchising, licensing

IP technology areas: Biotechnology, electronics, computers, chemistry, medicine, mechanical devices

Number of IP attorneys with scientific/engineering degrees: 9

Percent of practice: 5% litigation, 75% prosecution, 20% licensing

Year founded locally: 1965

Chapin Shea McNitt & Carter

501 W Broadway, 15th Floor San Diego, CA 92101

Phone: (619) 232-4261

Fax: (619) 232-4840

Email: asmith@chapinlaw.com

Web address: www.chapinlaw.com

Local firm top executive/title: Edward D. Chapin/President/CEO

Number of national/international offices: 2

Number of local IP partners/associates in local office: 3

Number of local attorneys registered with USPTO (Patent & Trademark Office): 3

IP practice areas: Patent, trademarks, and copyrights

IP technology areas: Chemical, mechanical and electrical arts, biotech, telecommunications, technology, software, Internet

Number of attorneys with scientific/engineering degrees: 3

Percent of practice: 50% litigation, 40% prosecution, 10% licensing

Year founded locally: 1987

Cooley Godward LLP

4401 Eastgate Mall San Diego, CA 92121

Phone: (858) 550-6000

Fax: (858) 550-6420

Web address: www.cooley.com

Local firm top executive/title: Fred Mute

Number of national/international offices: 7

Number of local IP partners/associates in local office: 20/64

Number of local attorneys registered with USPTO (Patent & Trademark Office): 4

IP practice areas: Patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, litigation, audits, counseling, transactions, alliances, joint ventures, and licensing

IP technology areas: Information technology, telecommunications, software/hardware, biotechnology, devices, Internet/E-commerce

Number of attorneys with scientific/engineering degrees: 14

Percent of practice: 40% litigation, 10% prosecution, 50% licensing

Year founded locally: 1992

Fitch Even Tabin and Flannery

4250 Executive Square, Suite 510 La Jolla, CA 92037

Phone: (858) 552-1311

Fax: (858) 552-0095

Web address: www.fitcheven.com

Local firm top executive/title: Richard E. Wawrzyniak/Managing Partner

Number of national/international offices: 3

Number of IP local partners/associates: 5

Number of attorneys registered with USPTO (Patent & Trademark Office): 5

IP practice areas: Electromechanical, chemical, biotechnology, electrical/software, Internet, e-commerce