Alper Ertas specializes in patent litigation and patent reexaminations. Mr. Ertas’ expertise involves a diverse variety of technologies including software and business methods, circuit design, network architecture, wired and wireless networking, security protocols, semiconductor technology, imaging equipment, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, oil field technology and service tools, chemicals, polymers, and large scale oil, gas, chemical, biological and geothermal processes.
Mr. Ertas is a core member of the Firm’s nationally recognized reexamination practice. He has prepared inter partes and ex parte patent reexaminations involving multi-media distribution, digital rights management, financial institution transactions, telecommunication networks, network architectures, user interfaces, computer software, industrial and medical gases. Notable reexaminations conducted concurrently with complex high value litigation include the following:
- Individual Networks LLC v. Apple Inc.: Represented Apple Inc. as third party requester in inter partes reexamination. All claims were invalidated prior to settlement.
- ZapMedia Services Inc. v. Apple Inc.: Represented Apple Inc. as third party requester in inter partes reexamination. All claims have been invalidated in an action closing prosecution (ACP).
Mr. Ertas has also prepared and prosecuted patents related to renewable energy, oil field technology, chemicals, polymers, imaging equipment, semiconductor technology, pharmaceuticals, wired and wireless networking. A substantial portion of Mr. Ertas’ prosecution practice focuses on strategic patent portfolio development and counseling within the renewable energy industry.
Prior to joining Novak Druce + Quigg, Mr. Ertas worked in the intellectual property division of a large oil field services company in Houston, Texas. Prior to law school, Mr. Ertas designed several gas to liquids processes for large oil and gas corporations and co-designed a process for the production of recombinant human insulin from E. coli. Mr. Ertas also worked in the textile industry as a process engineer and during graduate school developed kinetic models simulating the catalytic cracking and hydrocracking of heavy crude oil.
Practice Areas
Admissions
- Texas
- California
Education
- University of Houston Law Center, J.D.
- Texas A&M University, M.S. Chemical Engineering
- Texas A&M Univeristy, B.S. Chemical Engineering
Professional Affiliations
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)