JIM ETHERIDGE

Trusted Advisor on every aspect of developing Intellectual Property, including litigation, licensing, and negotiations. I have been involved in over 550 patent litigations and have been lead counsel in the last 300 cases. To date, we have cost effectively handled 185+ Inter Parties Reviews (IPRs) proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and 50+ appeals at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). Before starting Etheridge Law Group, I served thirteen years as General Counsel and Vice President of Strategic Relations at a multinational Silicon Valley leader successfully executing upon multiple concurrent projects and providing innovative strategic advice to C-level management. I developed a unique reputation for providing a results-driven profitable approach with cost-effective and timely solutions to every business and litigation matter. I advise my clients now in the same manner to achieve the same results.

LOCATION: Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX

LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN: Texas, California, Eastern District of Texas, All Districts in California, US Court of Appeals (9th Circuit), Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, US Supreme Court

CURRENT FIRM: Etheridge Law Group

PRIOR FIRM(S): Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear

LAW SCHOOL: University of Southern California (Gould)

ADVANCED DEGREES: Engineering-Univ of TX, MBA-Duke, Masters Int'l Relations-USC

PRACTICE AREA(S):

Intellectual Property

(Litigation — Patent)

Intellectual Property

(Copyright Law, Litigation — Trade Secret, Copyright, Trademark and Unfair Competition, Patent Law, Patent Prosecution, Counseling and Strategy, Trademark Law, Trademark Prosecution, Counseling and Strategy)

Startups and Venture Capital