Albert Harnois

About Albert Harnois

BAR ADMISSIONS:California; U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.Four graduate degrees covering technology and law: M.S.E.E.(University of Southern California), M.S.C.S.(Loyola Marymount University), J.D.(Loyola Law School L.A.) and LL.M. I.P.(Santa Clara University).Business background including Beta Gamma Sigma (Top 10%) and B.S. Accounting creating synergy between business and legal functions. Applies Business Intelligence to systems, people, processes, and data.Creates, exploits and expands competitive advantages in business and law utilizing beyond best practices, tools, and a multidisciplinary approach with an eye for creating and taking advantage of opportunities, creating anti-fragile systems, setting the right priorities, and negotiating favorable outcomes.Business oriented experienced Attorney in General Counsel law, litigation/disputes, negotiating, transactions/agreements, mergers & acquisitions, licensing, technology transfer, patents, copyright, trademarks, trade secrets, domain names, open source, cyber-security, antitrust, compliance and responding to Patent Assertion Entities. Specialize in building anti-fragile legal systems, infrastructure, teams, processes, and protocols for growth and effectiveness. Rapid deployment of systems and people for exploiting competitive advantage from the ground up, specifically tailored to the tectonic change in U.S. patent law from first to invent to first to file.Managed patent litigation and built extensive patent portfolios. Built legal infrastructure and legal teams including developing company policies, template agreements (including distribution agreements, employment agreements, confidentiality agreements, assignments, Sales Terms and Conditions, Purchase Orders, and NDAs), employee handbook, docketing systems, and contract management.

Experience

1. Assistant General Counsel at Marvell Technology, Inc

   Marvell Technology

   Jul 2018 — Present · Santa Clara, CA, US

   Manage litigation, negotiate and draft contracts, manage and develop intellectual property, mergers & acquisitions, and provide security consulting.

Education

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  Developing the Nanometer ASIC

  2014 — 2014

• Loyola Marymount University

  M.S., Computer Science

  1983 — 1989

• University of California, Santa Cruz

  Computer, Network and Internet Security Fundamentals

  2015 — 2015

• Loyola Marymount University

  B.S., Accounting

  1989 — 1993

• Loyola Law School, Los Angeles

  J.D., Law

  1993 — 1997

• El Camino College

  Associates, Mathematics

• Santa Clara University School of Law

  LL.M. I.P., Intellectual Property Law

  2005 — 2009

• Stanford University

  Big Data

  2013 — 2013

• University of Southern California

  M.S., Electrical Engineering

  1984 — 1987

Skills

• Software Patents
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Employment Law
• Patents
• Trade Secrets
• Patent Portfolio Analysis
• Competition Law
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Software Licensing
• Copyright Law
• Privacy Law
• Trademarks
• Intellectual Asset Management
• Ip
• Patent Litigation
• Technology Transfer
• Patent Prosecution
• Prosecution
• Invention
• Domain Names
• Joint Ventures
• Contract Negotiation
• Start-Ups
• Intellectual Property
• Semiconductors
• Patent Portfolio Development
• Strategy
• Licensing
• Due Diligence
• Registered Patent Attorney
• Patentability
• Trademark Infringement
• Legal Research
• Corporate Law
• Patent Applications
• Litigation Support