Iain dedicates most of his time to high-technology patent issues. He conducts pre-suit and IP due diligence investigations and provides freedom-to-operate and opinions relating to infringement and validity, as well as litigating patent infringement cases. Iain also drafts and negotiates patent licenses and develops patent procurement and prosecution strategies.
He has practiced before the USPTO for over 25 years and has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications. He has also been involved in many post-grant procedures before the PTO.For the past several years, his work has involved telecommunications, including cellular base stations and antennas, distributed antenna systems, WiFi and RF systems, components, and fiber optical systems.He is also experienced in preparing opinions relating to and litigating pharmaceutical patents. He is experienced in preparing and serving Hatch-Waxman “Paragraph IV” notice letters and detailed statements and has represented several generic pharmaceutical companies in several ANDA patent litigations.Before becoming a patent attorney, Iain spent several years as a professional physicist, working in different technologies such as lasers, optics, semiconductors, RF and radar systems, and pulsed power.
He has patent experience in these areas and other technical fields, such as LCD displays, medical devices, DNA sequencing, and biomedical assays.In 2002, he was named by Minnesota Lawyer magazine as one of the Top 10 "Up and Coming Attorneys" in Minnesota. Iain dedicates most of his time to high-technology patent issues. He conducts pre-suit and IP due diligence investigations and provides freedom-to-operate and opinions relating to infringement and validity, as well as litigating patent infringement cases.
Iain also drafts and negotiates patent licenses and develops patent procurement and prosecution strategies. He has practiced before the USPTO for over 25 years and has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications. He has also been involved in many post-grant procedures before the PTO.For the past several years, his work has involved telecommunications, including cellular base stations and antennas, distributed antenna systems, WiFi and RF systems, components, and fiber optical systems.He is also experienced in preparing opinions relating to and litigating pharmaceutical patents.
He is experienced in preparing and serving Hatch-Waxman “Paragraph IV” notice letters and detailed statements and has represented several generic pharmaceutical companies in several ANDA patent litigations.Before becoming a patent attorney, Iain spent several years as a professional physicist, working in different technologies such as lasers, optics, semiconductors, RF and radar systems, and pulsed power. He has patent experience in these areas and other technical fields, such as LCD displays, medical devices, DNA sequencing, and biomedical assays.In 2002, he was named by Minnesota Lawyer magazine as one of the Top 10 "Up and Coming Attorneys" in Minnesota. Iain dedicates most of his time to high-technology patent issues.
He conducts pre-suit and IP due diligence investigations and provides freedom-to-operate and opinions relating to infringement and validity, as well as litigating patent infringement cases. Iain also drafts and negotiates patent licenses and develops patent procurement and prosecution strategies. He has practiced before the USPTO for over 25 years and has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications.
He has also been involved in many post-grant procedures before the PTO. For the past several years, his work has involved telecommunications, including cellular base stations and antennas, distributed antenna systems, WiFi and RF systems, components, and fiber optical systems. He is also experienced in preparing opinions relating to and litigating pharmaceutical patents.
He is experienced in preparing and serving Hatch-Waxman “Paragraph IV” notice letters and detailed statements and has represented several generic pharmaceutical companies in several ANDA patent litigations. Before becoming a patent attorney, Iain spent several years as a professional physicist, working in different technologies such as lasers, optics, semiconductors, RF and radar systems, and pulsed power. He has patent experience in these areas and other technical fields, such as LCD displays, medical devices, DNA sequencing, and biomedical assays.
In 2002, he was named by Minnesota Lawyer magazine as one of the Top 10 "Up and Coming Attorneys" in Minnesota.
