Mr. Levine is a partner in the Litigation and Patent Reexaminations Group
and Co-Chair of the firm’s New Ventures and Corporate Transactions Group.
Mr. Levine has litigated patents involving a wide array of technologies and
products including: vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, telematics systems
for heavy trucks, interactive voice telephony, sports equipment, automotive
components, medical devices and orthopedic implants, supply chain management
software, GPS and other wireless location based services, point of interest
software, wireless electronic email services, and Voice over Internet Protocol
Services.
As part of the firm’s Reexaminations Group, Mr. Levine assists clients in
developing and executing strategies to challenge patentability before the USPTO
alongside the firm’s patent practitioners. Mr. Levine’s clients have successfully challenged patents and claims in
wireless broadband, email synchronization and storage, chip packaging, smart
phones and antenna technology.
As co-chair of the firm’s New Ventures and Corporate Transactions Group, Mr.
Levine assists clients create new businesses and existing business create new
structures and joint ventures with their partners. Mr. Levine assists clients in navigating and
negotiating complex agreements relating to all manner of intellectual property
– patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets – helps them create and
execute strategies for due diligence, and assists in drafting complex
commercial agreements.
Prior to his law career, Mr. Levine worked at Department of Energy - Sandia
National Laboratories as a technical research assistant for the Combustion
Research Division and the Advanced Systems Engineering Division.
"Technology: 4 things to consider before acquiring a tech startup. When you have the opportunity to merge or acquire a company whose technology you want, make sure you know what they own, how they own it and whether they can actually give it to you." InsideCounsel February 22, 2012.
Practice Areas
Admissions
- Texas
- District of Columbia
- State of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Education
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 1998
- Cornell University, B.S. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 1995, with distinction