Jonathan Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents, LLC, where he manages a growing team of talented, diverse attorneys and oversees a docket of administrative challenges, appeals, licensing, pooling, and district court work in addition to trademark, copyright, administrative, amicus, policy, marketing, and corporate matters.
Prior to Unified, Jonathan was a litigator with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP, and prior to that, he was a patent examiner at the USPTO. He earned his J.D. with honors from the American University Washington College of Law; his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Tulane University; and his M.A. in Print Journalism from the University of Southern California. He enjoys teaching, writing, and speaking on Federal Courts, administrative law, competition, and IP policy.
Company Name and Description: Unified Patents, LLC is a 350+ international membership organization and trade group that seeks to improve IP protection and patent quality and deter unsubstantiated or invalid assertions in defined technology sectors through its activities. Its actions include analytics, prior art, invalidity contests, patentability analysis, administrative patent review (PTAB), amicus briefs, economic surveys, and essentiality studies. Unified works independently of its members to achieve its deterrence goals.
Year Founded: 2012
Headquarters: 4445 Willard Ave., Suite 600, Chevy Chase, MD
Areas of Focus: Competition and IP Policy, NPEs, Patent and Trademark Law, Economics, Commentary,
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