Dennis Fernandez

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Dennis S. Fernandez is a patent attorney and intellectual property litigator. His published articles are featured both online and in print, in a variety of business, legal, and hi-tech journals.

Dennis has over twenty-years experience in Silicon Valley and High-Tech Industry, as a patent prosecutor and intellectual property litigator, a venture capitalist, and an engineering manager. He specializes in developing offensive and defensive patent strategies for start-up electronics, software and biotech companies and their investors.

He has an Electrical Engineering degree from Northwestern University, a law degree from Suffolk University Law School, and is a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney.

Dennis serves as a strategic adviser to leading venture capital firms, including Sevin Rosen, Venrock, Charles River Ventures, and Walden International. Representative clients include Marvell Technology Group, SiRF Technology, Ayala Corporation, Stanford University, and Northwestern University, as well as various start-up companies acquired by Cisco, Broadcom, Ciena, and Cadence Design Systems.

He also serves on the Editorial Board of the Nanotechnology Law & Business Journal, the Board of Directors of the Association of Patent Law Firms, and the Science and Technology Advisory Council. In the past, Dennis served on a consultancy with the United Nations Development Programme on Asian economic development.

Dennis is also an inventor of several U.S. and international patents in the areas of IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), sensor networks, and bioinformatics.

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5 Reasons You Should No Longer Bother Getting U.S. Patents[1], a commentary on the increasingly problematic nature of US patent law from a licensing perspective. "5 Reasons" has been featured in both online and print publications such as IP Today. Other recent publications by Dennis includes: Checks and Balances in Synthetic Biology[2] featured in Bio-IT World magazine and Top 10 Most Common Intellectual Property Rights Mistakes During Venture Capital Due Diligence[3] featured online at Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley. Dennis has also written interesting commentary on recent court decisions in an article Uncertainty About The Right To Protect Innovation[4] appearing in the IP Law 360 magazine.

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1. Fernandez, Dennis. "5 Reasons You Should No Longer Bother Getting U.S. Patents." Intellectual Property Today Feb. 22, 2008. IP Today Issues Archive. 7 Mar. 2008 <http://www.iptoday.com/articles/2008-2-fernandez.asp>

Fernandez, Dennis. "5 Reasons You Should No Longer Bother Getting U.S. Patents." VC Experts Feb. 14, 2008. VC Expert’s Buzz Archive. 7 Mar. 2008 <http://vcexperts.com/vce/news/buzz/archive_view.asp?id=546&referrer=buzz&mail_id=buzz682>

2. Fernandez, Dennis, and Jaisree Moorthy. "Checks and Balances in Synthetic Biology." Bio-IT World 8 Feb. 2008. IT and Informatics Section. 1 Apr. 2008 <http://www.bio-itworld.com/BioIT_Article.aspx?id=69958&terms=Checks+and+Balances+in+Synthetic+biology%e2%80%94both>

3. Fernandez, Dennis. "Top 10 Most Common Intellectual Property Rights Mistakes During Venture Capital Due Diligence." Lester Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, UC Berkeley. 5 Feb. 2008. General Resources: Online Columns and Blogs. 1 Apr. 2008 <http://entrepreneurship.berkeley.edu/resourcesgen.asp#blogs>

4. Fernandez, Dennis. "Uncertainty About The Right To Protect Innovation." IP Law 360 31 Jan. 2008: <http://ip.law360.com/>

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