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FIRM
RESUME
Ray Khem
Shahani received his Juris Doctorate degree in 1991
from Golden Gate University
School of Law in San Francisco and has been in
private practice since 1992. He holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering
from the University of Nebraska,
Lincoln earned in
1985. He is a member of the California State Bar
license number 160,814, and is admitted to practice
before the United
States Patent and Trademark Office, registration
number 37,554.
Mr.
Shahani has professional experience in industry,
academia and the public sector. The firm's clients
range from independent inventors and small businesses
to mid-sized, entrepreneurial research and technology
concerns both publically and privately held. He is
associated with the local intellectual property bar,
including colleague patent attorneys and agents in
private practice, and he serves as Consulting Attorney
in Intellectual Property for the San Mateo
County Lawyer Referral Service.
PATENT SERVICES
Mr.
Shahani provides a broad range of patent services
involving U.S. and foreign patent application
drafting, filing and prosecution. Mr. Shahani has a
broad technical background with a specialization in
biotechnology and biochemicals manufacturing. He has
experience with medical devices, chemicals, electronic
devices and circuits, computer architecture, software
and hardware, mechanical inventions, lighting, physics
and optics inventions.
Mr.
Shahani performs patentability and infringement
searches and studies, utilizing current CD-ROM and
on-line database information. He utilizes the services
of other technical and legal professionals, including
local graphics experts and foreign filing associates.
INTERNET
SERVICES
Mr.
Shahani has represented and advised clients in a broad
range of internet-related issues. Clients have
included plaintiffs and defendants both in domain name
disputes, trademark infringement on the internet
matters, web site development and maintenance
contracts and related agreements.
GENERAL
AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MATTERS
Mr.
Shahani provides other specialized legal services,
including licensing, small business consulting,
contract dispute resolution, insurance claims and
various corporate work. He is also engaged in of
copyright and trademark matters, including litigation
in trade secret and inventor/employee issues, and
software development. Approximately one third of Mr.
Shahani's practice is devoted to civil litigation.
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