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Jay Freeman
saurik@saurik.com
http://www.saurik.com
Java/iPhone - port of Java to the iPhone (with Objective-C connectors)
Basil P. Fthenakis
Partner, TIPS Group
Email: bfthenakis @ tipsgoup.com
Basil P. Fthenakis has 25 years of experience as a corporate and litigation counsel to emerging companies and currently serves as the primary corporate partner at Technology and Intellectual Property Strategies (TIPS) Group. Basil’s expertise includes an emphasis on funding transactions, intellectual property protection, licensing, contracts and competitive practices. Mr. Fthenakis graduated with honors from the University of California at Davis with a degree in Economics, and received his J.D. from Santa Clara University. Basil was raised in Los Altos, California.
Practice Emphasis:
· Corporate
· Intellectual Property
· Complex Business & Technology Litigation
GLENN E. VON TERSCH
President, TIPS Group
gvontersch @ tipsgroup.com
PRACTICE EMPHASIS
• Patent prosecution
• Intellectual property counseling/strategy
• Intellectual property licensing
• Intellectual property litigation
Glenn Von Tersch focuses his practice on the procurement and enforcement of patents and trademarks, with additional emphasis on intellectual property counseling, licensing and related transactions. He is experienced with a broad variety of Silicon Valley technologies, including semiconductor manufacturing and devices, computer architecture, software and Internet applications, analog and digital circuitry, communications equipment, and signal processing. He also has experience with other technologies including solar technology, fuel cell technology, materials technology and consumer products. On patent matters, he is admitted to and has appeared before the USPTO, numerous Federal District Courts, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Additionally, he has managed intellectual property proceedings before administrative bodies and courts outside the United States. Mr. Von Tersch formerly worked as a Silicon Valley engineer and graduated from the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science program at the University of California at Berkeley. He currently serves as a Trustee of the Hastings 1066 Foundation, as Vice President and on the Board of the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association (SVIPLA) and as a member of the Advisory Board of the High Technology Law Institute (HTLI) of Santa Clara University. Additionally, Mr. Von Tersch contributes time as a Guest Lecturer teaching a course for a Quarter (term) at the University of Washington.
