1. Fernandez & Associates LLP Menlo Park, CA www.iploft.com
Patent Strategists
Fernandez & Associates LLP
Menlo Park, CA

2. Fernandez & Associates LLP
High-technology lawyers specializing in early-stage communications, semiconductor, and biotechnology companies.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY STRATEGY
PATENT PROSECUTION

3. Fernandez & Associates LLP
Senior Patent Attorneys
DENNIS FERNANDEZ, Managing Partner
PETER SU, Partner
IRENE HU, Of Counsel

4. Fernandez & Associates LLP
Strategic Patent Practice
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AUDIT (“Damage Control”)
CORE TECHNOLOGY PROTECTION (“Defensive Patents”)
ANTI-COMPETITIVE BLOCKING (“Offensive Patents”)

5. Fernandez & Associates LLP
I.P. Audit Service (Damage Control)
Investor I.P. Diligence
Infringement / Ownership Analyses
Technology Portfolio Management
Patent Committee Oversight

6. Fernandez & Associates LLP
Core Technology Protection (Defense)
System Architecture / Product Design
External Interfaces / Protocol Sequences
Enabling Devices / Concepts / Algorithms
Internal Data Structures / Control Functions
Design / Manufacture / Test Methodologies
Key Operational Modes / Proprietary States

7. Fernandez & Associates LLP
Anti-Competitive Blocking (Offense)
Market Strategy / Business Plan Alignment
Competitive I.P. / Technology Research
Acquisition / Partner I.P. Rights Positioning
Emerging Industry Standards Projection
Strategic Licensing / Enforcement Models
Business Methods / Platform Development

8. Fernandez & Associates LLP
Representative Clients
Communications
Alidian, Archway, Avanex, Big Bear, Cspeed, Cyras (Ciena), Ethertronics, Genoa, GWCom, InPhi, Marvell, Morphics, NovaCrystals, Sibercore, Silicon Access, SiRF, Tollbridge
Semiconductor
Covalent, ICMedia, Monterey Design, NDSP (Pixelworks), ), Pivotal (Broadcom), SandCraft, Silicon Perspective (Cadence), Stream Machine (Cirrus)
Biotechnology
Cepheid, Filgen, GenMatrix, Medoptix, Pharsight