Problem Solver

Dan Ballard

Dan Ballard's Problem Solving Skills:

  1. Patent attorney. Patent prosecution, freedom to operate opinions, infringement analysis, licensing.
  2. Intellectual property attorney. Licensing, trademarks, copyright, branding, trade secrets.

Dan Ballard's Problem Solving Experience:

  1. Intellectual property attorney for eight years. Half of my practice is transactional (contracts, licenses, patent and trademark prosecution, etc.). The other half is as a trial and appellate attorney with a number of published decisions. Registered to practice in all federal courts in California, the Federal Circuit, the US Supreme Court, and before the International Trade Commission. Teach trademark law as an adjunct professor at my local law school.