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Aaron J. Capron
Associate
Aaron Capron practices all facets of intellectual property law, with a particular focus on patent litigation in the areas of hardware and software-related technologies. Mr. Capron has experience in all aspects of pre-trial litigation, including handling discovery requests, preparing invalidity contentions, drafting claim construction briefs and motions for summary judgment, creating technology tutorials for judges, and working with experts.
Using his understanding of litigation and his work experience at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Mr. Capron also prosecutes U.S. and foreign patent applications and provides client counseling in the fields of digital rights management and data security, gambling devices, videogames, virtual reality systems, medical systems for corrective eye surgery, network infrastructure, business methods, Internet services, electronic sports equipment, telecommunications, GPS systems, tools, line locators, and semiconductors.
Mr. Capron also devotes a portion of his time to pro bono matters. He has represented several military veterans in front of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, obtaining favorable results in each of the cases.
Highlights
- Uniloc USA, Inc. v. Microsoft (Fed. Cir. 2011). Obtained a reversal thereby reinstating a jury's verdict that Microsoft infringed Uniloc USA’s patent.
- Fenner Investments, Ltd. v. 3Com Corporation (E.D. Tex.). Defended Extreme Networks, Inc.; D Link Systems, Inc.; NETGEAR, Inc.; and ZyXEL Communications, Inc. in a patent litigation related to network switching technology.
- Worked at Finnegan as a student associate prosecuting patent applications as well as providing litigation support, 2005-2007.
- Served as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, examining U.S. and international patent applications in gaming machine hardware and software, video game hardware and software, and electronic sports equipment, 2001-2004.
- Worked as a patent engineer for a law firm in Northern Virginia, preparing and prosecuting applications involving wireless communication systems, tools, and streaming media, 2001.
- Worked as a systems engineer at Lockheed Martin, assisting with systems integration and software development, testing ground control software for GPS satellites, and testing and rolling out new services and software on the network, 1999-2001.
Professional Activities
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- Intellectual Property Association
- American Bar Association
- San Francisco Bay Area IP Inns of Court
- Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Association
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