Steven Flanders
Attorney at Law
California
CA
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Work History
Binary Ventures Partners
Partner and Counsel
Feb 2015 - Present
Identify and exploit business development opportunities. Perform due diligence on potential investments, develop intellectual property plans and procedures, establish regulatory compliance procedures, create financial models, raise funds via presentations to venture capital investors, business development.
Turner Boyd LLP
Of Counsel
Jan 2010 - Jan 2015
Intellectual property litigation and pre-litigation counseling. Representative matters included: defended multiple patent infringement,trade secret, false marking, domain transfer, and defamation litigations; drafted, argued and won summary summary judgment motion on non-infringement; and advised clients and draft opinions in pre-litigation intellectual property disputes.
Law Offices of Steven W. Flanders
Attorney
Jun 2009 - Dec 2009
Counseled high-tech clients on intellectual property legal issues. Performed intellectual property due diligence in support of various mergers and acquisitions, including review and analysis of all patents, trademarks, licenses, invention disclosures, and assignments; drafted motions and pleadings, analyzed technical documents, and advised clients on intellectual property-related litigations.
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Senior Counsel
Jun 2008 - May 2009
Provided support for inbound licensing transactions across all Sun product lines of business. Drafted and negotiated software and technology licensing agreements, master supply agreements, product award letters and service contracts with third-parties; counseled business units on legal aspects of product acquisitions and integration into Sun products, with particular emphasis on open-source.
Townsend and Townsend and Crew LLP
Associate Attorney
Oct 2005 - May 2008
Managed associates on all aspects of patent litigations: patent analysis, claim construction, expert opinions, motion practice, pleading drafting, damages analysis, settlement and license negotiations, and discovery. Counseled clients and briefed their management on litigation issues.
Seyfarth Shaw
Associate Attorney
Dec 2003 - Oct 2005
Managed all aspects of patent litigations: patent analysis, claim construction, expert opinions, motion practice, pleading drafting, damages analysis, settlement and license negotiations, and discovery. Counseled clients and briefed their management on litigation issues.
Fish & Richardson
Associate Attorney
Sep 2000 - Nov 2003
Conducted discovery review, drafted motions and pleadings, argued motions in court, took and defended depositions.