Pedro focuses on all aspects of patent law, including IP portfolio development and management, preparation and prosecution of patent applications, freedom to operate and infringement opinions, patent monetization, litigation including Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs), with an emphasis on wireless, software, artificial intelligence, machine learning/neural networks, computer security, and medical devices.
He has extensive experience in handling patent matters for emerging and global high-technology companies as well as Universities, and draws on his litigation experience to develop high-value patent portfolios. Pedro has also litigated patent infringement and validity disputes before several US district courts, in matters involving multiple patents and complex technologies. More recently, Pedro represented a Finnish-based patent owner in an IPR, in which all claims of the patent were found valid.
Representative technologies include all aspects of wireless including GSM, CDMA2000, 3GPP, LTE, 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, MIMO, spread spectrum, millimeter wave, and IoT; artificial intelligence including machine learning, neural networks, face recognition, and pattern recognition; software-based systems including databases, user interfaces, web-based systems and tools, and cloud computing; lasers and optics including optical devices, lenses, and filters; network security including encryption and intrusion/virus protection; and image and data compression.
