K&L Gates LLP, PittsburghMs. Altman helps clients properly structure contracts in ways that foster long-term, positive commercial relationships, whether through subscription agreements, licensing, strategic alliances, or outsourcing transactions. In addition to assisting clients with IT and business process outsourcing activities, Ms. Altman has negotiated commercial contracts across the breadth of global supply chain networks, from manufacturing to distribution and retail, and has supported the commercial launch of numerous cloud-based services. She has also negotiated licenses of intellectual property rights in the software, IoT, FinTech, data analytics, artificial intelligence, medical device, and biotechnology industries. She addresses privacy and data protection in commercial contracts, including many transactions in the financial services and healthcare industries. Ms. Altman is a frequent lecturer on commercial and technology issues affecting companies on the edge of tomorrow.

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Mr. Capriotti focuses his practice on intellectual property law, primarily in the preparation, prosecution, and litigation of high technology patents, trademarks, and copyrights. He also counsels clients on intellectual property strategy, portfolio development, and transactional matters. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Capriotti held various positions as a patent agent and as an electronics design engineer where he designed microprocessor embedded systems including telecommunication devices, sensors, and instruments for various industries including energy measurement and distribution systems.

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Mr. Haggerson’s patent procurement practice includes preparing and prosecuting patent applications for a range of technologies including surgical cutters/staplers, ultrasonic surgical instruments, electrosurgical instruments, digital medicine, ingestible sensors, software and computer systems, artificial intelligence, and autonomous vehicles. Mr. Haggerson also has experience in post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, including preparing inter partes review petitions targeting patents in various technical fields, including autonomous vehicles and software. Mr. Haggerson also has experience counseling clients on freedom to operate and patent invalidity issues involved in surgical techniques and other technological fields. He has a background in biomedical engineering and focuses his practice on patent procurement and portfolio management.

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Ms. Murray has extensive experience in patent preparation and prosecution before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for both utility and design applications. She participates in all aspects of the patent procurement process including obtaining and reviewing invention disclosures, performing patentability searches, drafting applications, preparing filings including responses to office actions, and interviewing examiners. Ms. Murray’s practice also involves patent invalidity, clearance, and freedom-to-operate analyses; due diligence studies; and drafting substantive filings for post-grant procedures such as petitions for inter partes review. In addition, Ms. Murray works on trademark portfolio development and maintenance. She has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting trademark applications.

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Mr. Sovesky’s practice includes all aspects of intellectual property law relating to procurement, licensing, clearance, enforcement, management, and counseling. Mr. Sovesky is experienced with representation of companies of varying sizes, including fortune 100 companies and fledgling startups. Examples of Mr. Sovesky’s experience include procurement and management of patent portfolios, technology roadmap counseling, white space guidance, innovation evaluation, and freedom-to-operate analyses. Mr. Sovesky’s technical concentration is in the chemical, biotech, materials science, and mechanical areas. Examples of his technical concentration include 3D printing, metallurgy, polymers, polymerization coatings, enzymology, hydrocarbon processing, catalysis, and photovoltaic cells.

K&L Gates LLP, PittsburghMr. Tanglen practices commercial litigation, with an emphasis on complex insurance coverage matters. His experience representing insurance policyholders includes mass tort product liability matters, intellectual property claims, and directors and officers (D&O) coverage, among many other types of insurance-related representations. His litigation experience includes taking the depositions of insurers’ corporate designees and drafting numerous critical court filings, including motions for summary judgment, appellate briefs, motions to compel discovery, and declaratory judgment complaints.