Yermo Intellectual Property Lawyers

John (Hyungsoo) Ahn is a Registered USPTO Patent Attorney who loves ingenuity. He hopes to advance innovation by helping creative entrepreneurs and businesses thrive in their respective fields.

John received his B.S. in Biology from the University of California, Riverside and his law degree from Pepperdine University School of Law. John has experience drafting patent applications for laser systems and various military devices during his time working at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. He also has experience responding to office actions for various trademark applications and receiving favorable outcomes.

John is registered to practice in the state of California and before the...

Peter represents businesses, entrepreneurs, and executives in a wide variety of business-related matters, including, but not limited to, insurance coverage disputes, breach of contract, intellectual property disputes (trademark and copyright infringement), breach of fiduciary duty, and fraudulent transfer. In insurance recovery cases, Peter exclusively represents corporate and individual policyholders under all forms of insurance policies. Since 2017, Peter has represented dozens of property owners and businesses with respect to insurance claims arising from tragic losses in California wildfires.

Elizabeth formed her own law practice in 2011 in order to provide quality, affordable legal services to the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, and received her law degree from the University of San Francisco, School of Law. While in law school, Elizabeth worked for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and clerked at several solo law practices, gaining experience in a wide array of civil law. Her overwhelmingly positive experiences with these solo practitioners led her to the decision to open her own firm. She has a...

Dan Ballard serves as outside corporate counsel for small to medium-sized businesses. In addition to transactional and branding advice, Mr. Ballard focuses on providing intellectual property advice and, if necessary, litigation to resolve disputes. As a patent attorney, Mr. Ballard works to protect clients' intellectual property assets through patent, trademark, and copyright registrations.

Attorney Robert V. Mazzola is the founder of Waterstone Edge. Waterstone Edge is a law firm providing comprehensive legal services for individuals and businesses. Legal representation and services include, but are not limited to: 1) Basic and advanced corporation formation and structuring 2) Intellectual property, including patents, copyright, trademarks, and trade secrets 3) Business, employment, and consumer contracts Mr. Mazzola provides sound legal representation and services to clients. Mr. Mazzola currently serves as Legal Counsel to a news aggregator and as Legal Counsel to a computer software company.

Franchise attorney and court-accepted franchise expert with 35-years of experience in the franchise industry. Represents franchisors as well as franchisees in franchise litigation matters as well as Franchise Disclosure Document preparation and due diligence review. Also a franchise attorney who has started, owned and operated a very successful franchise. So I don't just "talk the talk" but have actually walked the walk. Author of over 30 publications including three books on franchising.

Experienced litigator and problem solver. Ethan has successfully represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of business and intellectual property disputes. He has served clients of every size across diverse industries including technology, entertainment, software, artificial intelligence, video games, real estate, solar energy, private equity, and manufacturing. An honors graduate of Columbia Law School, Ethan clerked for U.S. District Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald in the Southern District of New York before working for many years at the New York offices of Covington & Burling. He serves as the National Chapter Co-Coordinator of the Copyright Society.

This office provides focused, cost effective legal representation. Our mission is to continually strive to be the first choice for legal solutions and negotiated transactions in the computer software and technology field. We have our sights clearly focused on our client's profitability and business development. Our intent on minimizing our clients exposure to risk, while positioning their business to optimize strategic advantages. We negotiate and draft all types of agreements commonly used in the computer industry, including: Software development and license agreements Database publisher and subscriber arrangements Web license and affiliation agreements Sales agency, and joint venture agreements System acquisition and integration contracts Outsourcing agreements Hardware...

Having previously practiced at an American Law 100 firm as well as in-house counsel for a multi-national corporation, Mr. Hakala brings both legal expertise and business sense to the business transactions that clients seek to accomplish and the complex legal problems that they seek to litigate and resolve. Mr. Hakala has not only litigated various complex business and employment matters on behalf of Fortune 100 clients, he also provides general business, technology, and media law representation to various companies, including start-up businesses and those in the renewable energies sector.  Mr. Hakala is an experienced business litigator who has also...

Sheila Merchant Legal is a boutique law firm, serving California specializing in business law, real estate law, and contract law with a special interest in working with socially conscious and sustainable businesses. I’m a graduate of Columbia Law School and, prior to founding my private practice, I worked at two of the nation’s premier law firms —Akin Gump and Winston & Strawn —where I handled large scale, high-impact transactions, including billion-dollar utility-scale wind and solar energy projects. Our firm specializes in corporate formation and structuring, real estate law, contract drafting and negotiation, for sale by owner (FSBO) real estate transactions and...

Mr. Van Etten has more than 20 years of experience representing and counseling employers in an array of industries, including financial services, automotive manufacturing, oil and gas, healthcare, and food and drug industries. He serves as counsel for employers in labor and employment investigations and in litigation and arbitration matters before state and federal courts and agencies. His practice areas include wage and hour class actions and single-plaintiff claims involving alleged wrongful termination, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, discrimination charges coming before the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), unfair labor practice claims coming before the National Labor Relations Board,...

Mark D. Miller is a registered patent attorney, and over the past 35 years has obtained hundreds of patents and trademarks on behalf of his clients from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He has also assisted in obtaining hundreds of patents and trademarks in foreign countries. Mr. Miller is also an experienced business litigation attorney specializing in patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition and related matters. He has been the instructor for intellectual property law classes at the San Joaquin College of Law since 1993. Mr. Miller is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated with Martindale-Hubbell®. He was selected...

Trial Lawyer Business Litigation Both Defense & Plaintiff Extensive Experience And With Multi-Million Dollar Verdicts; Lawyer Malpractice Cases; Real Estate Law; Wills & Trusts Contests; Class Actions.

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Alex Feerst is a prominent technology lawyer and a leading researcher on technology ethics in areas including artificial intelligence and neurotechnology, and Chief Legal Officer of Science Corporation.