Paul Ulrich is a member of Ulmer & Berne's Intellectual Property Department. Paul’s engineering background and hands-on operations management for a large utility company allows him to provide immediate value to clients. His practice focuses on patent preparation and prosecution; patent infringement/litigation; market clearance; validity opinions; patentability studies; licensing; IP due diligence for M&A; and client counseling in intellectual property matters. Paul is experienced in managing large global patent and trademark portfolios and developing innovative intellectual property strategies for his clients.

Paul’s experience is concentrated in mechanical, electro-mechanical, light-chemical, business methods, Internet-related areas, and software innovations. He has extensive experience with consumer products and packaging technologies for consumer products; manufacturing and processing equipment; bio-medical devices; robotics; power generators such as wind and natural gas turbines; jet engine propulsion; water filtration; metal coating; coated cables; fiber optic cables and cabling systems; optical sensors; power distribution equipment; marketing databases; and a variety of technologies directed to plastic injection molding, printing, product displays, RFID, plasma treating, semiconductors, and telecommunications.