Houtan K. Esfahani

Partner

Houtan Esfahani is a member of the firm’s management committee. He practices litigation, client counseling, and preparation and prosecution of patent applications before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. His practice focuses in the technical areas of telecommunication and communications.

Mr. Esfahani has extensive experience handling complex, multi-patent litigations in U.S. district courts as well as before the U.S.International Trade Commission. His clients are principally in the telecommunication and communications industries. Exemplary technologies that Mr. Esfahani has handled include 3G and 2G cellular technologies (UMTS, WCDMA, CDMA2000, CDMA, GSM); IEEE 802.11 (WiFi); Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM); and Synchronous Optical Networks (SONET).

Before joining Finnegan, Mr. Esfahani worked for nine years in the telecommunications industry as an engineer at Telcordia Technologies, Inc. (formerly Bellcore).

Professional Activities

• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• American Bar Association
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
• Eta Kappa Nu (HKN)
• Tau Beta Pi