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Frederick Hadidi represents companies and organizations in the electronics, Internet, and life sciences industries in appellate, licensing, and pre-litigation matters.

Before founding the firm, Fred worked as a solo practitioner and at the Silicon Valley offices of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Pennie & Edmonds, and Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe.

Recent Experience

• Represented a group of 22 patent prosecution firms and practitioners as amici in the Federal Circuit en banc appeal Therasense et al. v. Becton Dickinson et al.
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• Acted as pro bono appellate counsel in a successful asylum petition before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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• Retained to provide advice about the scope and validity of patents in freedom to operate studies, formal opinions, and pre-filing investigations.

• Worked with corporate counsel to perform IP diligence in connection with patent sales transactions and in corporate mergers and acquisitions.

• Represented clients in licensing, joint development and technology transfer deals.

• Assisted with the strategic development of patent portfolios.

• Discovered litigation-ending prior art.

Publications & Presentations

Hadidi, Mammen, Respess, and Sauer, "Inequitable Conduct Before the PTO:  What Standard Should Be Adopted by the Federal Circuit?", panel discussion at the September 23, 2010 meeting of the San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association.

Barker and Hadidi, “Patent Opinions, Willfulness and Inducement”, The Intellectual Property Strategist (June 2009)

Hadidi, "Strategies and Tactics in Patent Disputes - Selected Topics", Presentation at September 2008 Farella Braun & Martell LLP IP Breakfast Program (Co-authored with Bob Sloss)

Education
J.D. Stanford Law School (1992)
B.S.E.E. Cornell University (1989)

Bar and Bar Organization Memberships
Fred is admitted to practice in California, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal and Ninth Circuit U.S. Courts of Appeals, and has been registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1993.

Fred is a member of the ABA, and is on the pro bono and amicus committees of the Federal Circuit Bar Association.

Our offices in California and Massachusetts provide the following services:

Patent Litigation

Patent Reexamination

Appellate Litigation

Patent Portfolio Analysis

Intellectual Property Sales and
  Licensing

Validity and Infringement
  Investigations

Representation Before the
  Board of Patent Appeals and
  Interference

Corporate Contract Review
  and Negotiation

Corporate Support for
  International, M&A, and
  Human Resources Matters