Kirk Gottlieb is a Principal in Fish & Richardson’s Silicon Valley office. His practice emphasizes patent prosecution in the areas of electrical engineering and computer science. Mr. Gottlieb counsels clients on patent-related matters, performs patent portfolio analyses, and prepares patent applications and non-infringement/invalidity opinions. He has supported patent litigations, conducted intellectual property due diligences, and negotiated technology licensing transactions for clients in software, electronics, and semiconductor industries. He was a judicial extern for Judge Steven J. McAuliffe, United States District Court, District of New Hampshire (1996-1997), and a Member of the Technical Staff, Rockwell International, Space Systems Division (1989-1994).

Technology areas include: software, electronics, telecommunications, digital signal processing, image processing, power conversion and transmission, semiconductors (including devices, equipment, and processes), optics, lasers, databases, networking, location-based services, wireless systems and devices, security systems and devices, encryption, search engines, Instant Messaging, and digital rights management.