Michael Sochor

• Advise clients on a variety of intellectual property matters, open-source matters, and transactional matters.

• Managed and oversaw all aspects of IP, including legal support for corporate and product marketing, product launches, and content • Managed high stakes patent litigation with highly successful resolutions in cases filed by non-practicing entities (NPEs) and competitors in various courts, including the Northern District of California, Delaware, and Texas • Led patent program including: o Established Patent Committee and led Patent Committee meetings o Educated C-level executives, founders, and business units about strategic patent portfolio development o Conducted numerous patent harvesting sessions with executives and various stakeholders o Drafted patent applications o Managed outside counsel preparation and prosecution of domestic and foreign patent applications • Led cybersecurity and open-source software / third party software compliance program • Managed financial budgets for all areas of IP, including patents, trademarks, domain names, open-source / third party software compliance, and litigation • Managed international trademark portfolio, including filing and acquisition of international trademarks (e.g., situations involving trademark squatters) • Domain name management and consolidation to a single domain name service provider • Supported legal team on a variety of intellectual property matters and associated risks, including commercial contracts, initial public offering (IPO) due diligence, and mergers and acquisition (M&A) due diligence • Managed employment law issues, including litigation, multiple employment/engagement issues, and non-compete and non-solicitation issues

Guest lecturer at Santa Clara University School of Law, Entrepreneurs Law Class on topics including third party software and open source compliance.

Guest lecturer at Santa Clara University School of Law, Entrepreneurs Law Class on topics including third party software and open source compliance.

Patent prosecution including: • Prepared and filed numerous patent applications • Responded to Office actions and conducted examiner interviews • Led patent harvesting sessions and invention disclosures with inventors and corporate executives for high-profile Silicon Valley clients, ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies • Preformed prior art searches and managed clients on a daily basis • Technology areas included streaming, image processing, networking technologies, database technology, electronic components/devices, computer software, computer graphics, virtualization technology, mechanical components, telecommunication devices, cellular phones, semiconductors, semiconductor fabrication, display devices, nano technology

Patent prosecution including: • Led patent harvesting, invention disclosures, Examiner interviews, and client management. • Represented clients in various technologies such as hard drives, hard drive motors, hard drive media, image processing, electronic components, electronic devices, computer software, mechanical components, networking devices, cloud computing, data storage media, and materials processing

Patent prosecution including: • Prepared and filed numerous patent applications • Responded to Office Actions and conducted Examiner Interviews • Led patent harvesting sessions and invention disclosures with inventors and corporate executives for high-profile Silicon Valley clients ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies • Preformed prior art searches and managed clients on a daily basis • Representative technologies include remote controls, televisions, audio/video systems, streaming, image processing, networking technologies, database technology, electronic components/devices, computer software, computer graphics, virtualization technology, mechanical components, telecommunication devices, cellular phones, semiconductors, semiconductor fabrication, display devices, nano technology.

Facetags was an online start-up for adhesive vinyl skins for video gaming consoles. Responsibilities included web design, e-commerce site creation, payment processing system connect design, and development of custom user-uploaded image processing application for creation of custom video game console skins. Viral campaign for start-up Facetags launched to huge marketing results. Within 2 months Facetags was featured in multiple magazines, including the 23rd largest magazine in the world. We spent less than $10,000 on marketing. Our custom-built technology allowed users to design and upload high-resolution content online through a Flash application. Next, a user would add in product details. When saved this product would be pushed to the live site, allowing our community to purchase this design. We originally launched with 200 designs and the users created the rest. Sold to our largest competitor September 2006.

Setup computers, servers, and configured networks with both wired and wireless networking devices—including Cisco equipment—for small and medium businesses. Managed purchasing, setup, and installation of various technologies while advising companies on technology needs in accordance with business growth. Also, set up and configured printers, point of sale (POS) machines, fax machines, etc.

High College Honors