Jeff Finn is a seasoned technology lawyer serving start-up, emerging growth and multinational corporations. He approaches his practice with single-minded focus: to help his clients meet their business objectives in the most efficient manner.

Jeff’s expertise in the field of intellectual property law is wide and deep. Leveraging his background as an electrical engineer, his substantial litigation, counseling and licensing experience, and USPTO and Federal Circuit practices cross industries and technologies as varied as mobile hardware and apps; cryptocurrencies, e-payment and banking systems; information technology systems; wireless communications (e.g., GSM, LTE, satellite, microwave/millimeter wave) hardware, software and standards; computer and processor architecture; location-based services (LBS); and medical diagnostic and therapeutic technologies.

Jeff has handled many significant, cutting-edge, litigation matters that are important to his clients and to the patent bar, including arguing, in a case of first impression before the Federal Circuit, the standard for patent prosecution bars and arguing in the context of Markman and “on-the-pleadings” hearings the patentability of computer-implemented business method patents under 35 USC § 101. The strategic use of the America Invents Act’s post-grant review procedures in parallel with district court actions, transferring cases out of “rocket docket” jurisdictions and providing cost-effective representation of multiple defendants in suits brought by non-practicing entities (NPEs), are other examples of how he uses the law to help his clients.

Jeff also advises on all aspects of IP matters, including start-up advisory work, drafting and negotiating licensing, IT, software and confidentiality agreements, M&A deals and public offerings, IP portfolio sales, product rollouts, and bankruptcies. Examples of such counseling include portfolio evaluations, licensing in and out, due diligence, and opinions.

Jeff has served as an editor of the Practising Law Institute (PLI) treatise, Patent Litigation, and has authored numerous intellectual property-related articles and primers for high-tech companies. He has spoken and written on cutting-edge patent issues for Continuing Education of the Bar – California (CEB), PLI and state bar associations, and is a past member of the planning committee for the University of Southern California Gould School of Law Intellectual Property Institute. Prior to starting his firm, Jeff was a partner at Sidley Austin, LLP and Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP.

Jeff, with his wife of almost 25 years, have four daughters, one boy (a dog named Charlie), and a great community of family, friends and colleagues in Los Angeles, CA