George Jakobsche

About George Jakobsche

Simi-retired. Analyze clients\' innovations and the business and competitive contexts in which the clients operate. Based on these analyses, provide advice on how best to protect the clients\' innovations. Advise clients about combinations of intellectual property rights (patent, copyright, trade secret and/or trademark) that best fit the clients\' business objectives, as well as which combination of defensive, offensive, royalty-generating and/or blocking patents meet the clients’ needs. Prosecute patent applications and advise clients in many technology areas, including navigation, robotics, telecommunications, network storage, user/computer interfaces, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), semiconductors and semiconductor packages, image processing, computer simulation, optics, medical devices, computed tomography and mechanical apparatus. Counsel clients who wish to operate in technology areas in which others own patents. Help clients evaluate the applicability of existing third-party patents to proposed or existing products and services, as well as the validity of these patents and how to design around them. While in-house patent counsel for a telecommunication equipment manufacturer, established the company\'s patent program and developed policies and procedures for mining inventions and evaluating invention disclosures. Held a variety of software engineering and consulting positions in the computer industry. Have hands-on experience with computer software and hardware, networking and telecommunication systems. Designed transaction processing systems, computer hardware simulators and device drivers. Taught graduate-level courses in computer science at Boston University\'s Metropolitan College.Specialties: Intellectual property portfolio development. Patent preparation and prosecution. Patent infringement assertion and defense. Extensive expertise with telecommunications, computer software and Internet-based systems.

Experience

1. Patent Attorney

   George Jakobsche Patent Counsel Pllc

   Dec 2021 — Present · Concord, MA, US

   Solo patent law practice providing virtual in-house patent counsel to a small group of clients.

Education

• Suffolk University Law School

  JD, concentration in intellectual property

  1991 — 1995

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  BS, Communication

  1970 — 1974

Skills

• Patents
• Patent Portfolio Development
• Copyright Law
• Software Patents
• Contract Negotiation
• Client Counseling
• Invention
• Patent Preparation
• Licensing
• Intellectual Property
• Patent Litigation
• Telecommunications
• Patent Prosecution
• Prosecution
• Patent Law
• Patent Enforcement
• Ip
• Freedom to Operate
• Patent Applications
• Drafting Patent Applications
• Trade Secrets
• Registered Designs
• Patent Portfolio Analysis
• Registered Patent Attorney
• Ip Counseling
• Reexamination