IP Law Firm Launches New Website and Bolsters Market Presence with Impressive
Additions to Their Team of Attorneys
IRVINE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
The Eclipse Group, a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated national intellectual property
(IP) law firm headquartered in the Southern California region, proudly announces
its new brand and market positioning initiatives through the launch of a new
website and a significant expansion of their key practice areas. The hiring of
six new partners and one additional experienced senior counsel signals increased
demand from clients for creative and effective IP and technology transaction
representation despite today`s challenging economic circumstances.
Eclipse Group co-managing partner, Jennifer Hamilton, said that the decision to
appoint new partners despite economic uncertainty reflects the firm`s resilience
and its ongoing commitment to its clients and team. "The new partners bring an
exceptional skill set that is highly relevant in the current marketplace and
positions the firm to continue to deliver for our new and existing clients," Ms.
Hamilton said.
Including the new partners, The Eclipse Group has brought on board a total of
sixteen new attorneys and management-level employees in the past year,
indicating a clear strategy to continue positioning the firm with the right
legal talent to best represent its growing client base. Having added a whole new
roster of attorneys whose skills and philosophies marry strongly with the
current team, the firm intends to pursue new business aggressively in its
respective geographical areas, offering highly experienced counseling more
efficiently and economically than other large firm competitors. Ms. Hamilton
further stressed that "our clients appreciate both the level of expertise and
ready availability of that expertise we deliver. We believe this will carry over
effectively into the new practice areas and assist in positioning The Eclipse
Group as the "go-to law firm" for all matters relating to innovation and
technology."
Eclipse Group co-managing partner, Francisco Rubio-Campos, said a key
consideration in the hiring of the new partners was their solid business acumen
and uniquely specialized areas of expertise. "The new partners come from
backgrounds spanning IP Portfolio Analysis, Management and Litigation, Corporate
and Securities, Entertainment and New Media, and International Law, making them
extremely significant to the current economic landscape and instrumental to
meeting our clients` business requirements. We believe we are in an ideal
position to help our clients successfully navigate the challenges presented by
today`s economic conditions, which is reflected in the strong demand from our
existing and new clients to continue protecting their best interests."
The new attorney hires since March of 2009:
Thomas Dover, Partner, Entertainment & New Media Law Group (Los Angeles)
Thomas is a robust, active, talent-side entertainment attorney with over 15
years of experience in serving individuals and corporations within the
entertainment and new media/internet industries, both domestically and
internationally. Thomas seeks to take advantage of his extensive industry and
talent-side experience, as well as his high tech knowledge, in order to assist
in the continuing development of new ideas within creative media through
insightful, innovative legal representation.
Gary R. Gillen, Partner, Intellectual Property and Trial Groups (Chicago)
Gary`s well-developed practice primarily focuses on complex patent prosecution,
IP portfolio management and counseling, product clearance, patent-related
opinions and intellectual property litigation. Offering over 18 years of
experience, he represents emerging-growth, mid-market and Fortune 500 companies
as well as universities and research organizations in a wide range of software,
electrical, mechanical, medical, and electro-mechanical technologies.
Uleses C. Henderson, Jr., Senior Counsel, Intellectual Property and
Entertainment & New Media Law Groups (Los Angeles)
Uleses is a well-versed, technically based, intellectual property attorney with
a focus on patent, trademark, and copyright counseling and prosecution, product
clearances, IP enforcement and branding, licensing, outsourcing, intellectual
property litigation and general transactional representation within the music
and sports industries. In addition to his core practice, Uleses` also counsels
non-profits and religious organizations.
Paul Kosacz, Partner, Corporate & Securities and International Law Group
(Westlake Village)
Paul is a seasoned corporate transactional and intellectual property attorney
with more than 30 years of experience, specializing in providing highly
effective, pragmatic counseling on a wide variety of structural and
transactional issues with regard to venture capital and emerging high-technology
companies. Paul`s client base includes financial institutions, private placement
syndicators, venture capital firms and emerging companies and entrepreneurs in a
wide variety of industries such as information technology, wireless telephony,
digital media, cable television and biotechnology.
Stephen M. Lobbin, Partner, Intellectual Property and Trial Groups (San
Diego/Irvine/Los Angeles)
Stephen`s breadth of experience spans over 15 years, with a focus on all aspects
of intellectual property counseling and litigation. His litigation experience
includes involvement with numerous technologies within multiple industries,
including computer hardware, software and peripherals, consumer and industrial
electronics, integrated circuit fabrication, medical devices, water treatment
and sanitization systems, respiratory and hearing protection products, tires and
automotive aftermarket products, all manner of Internet technologies and issues,
fashion and clothing, as well as various other consumer products and services.
Jan Sundberg, Partner, Corporate & Securities and International Law Group
(Westlake Village)
Jan brings over 16 years of experience in intellectual property, technology,
Internet, corporate and international law with areas of expertise in technology
licensing and distribution; corporate structuring; life sciences; wireless
technologies; mergers and acquisitions; fund raising and financing; as well as
domestic and international collaboration agreements, joint ventures and
strategic alliances. Jan`s clients include European, Asian and U.S.
corporations. He has successfully litigated numerous cases for clients in both
the U.S. and Internationally.
Shekhar Vyas, Partner, Intellectual Property and Trial Groups (San
Diego/Irvine/Los Angeles)
Shekhar`s highly specialized career emphasizes over 15 years of patent
prosecution, opinion work, IP analysis, executive client counseling and
litigation, in the fields of computer software, compression technologies,
microprocessors, medical technology, wireless, semiconductors and
telecommunications, among others. Shekhar`s advisory practice includes serving
as counsel for small to large clients and advising client executives, in-house
counsel, and engineering staff on patent portfolio strategy, management, and
optimization.
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
The Eclipse Group, LLP
Innovative. Personal. Effective.
The Eclipse Group is a Martindale-Hubbell AV rated national intellectual
property law firm with offices strategically located in several key industry and
innovation hubs within the United States, including Los Angeles, West Lake
Village, Irvine and San Diego, California; Chicago, Illinois; and Durham, North
Carolina. Since its inception in 2002, the vision of The Eclipse Group has been
to cultivate an environment in which the firm can achieve its clients' goals
effectively and efficiently by offering personalized services and creative
solutions tailored to meet each client's particular business needs.
Our culture promotes empowerment to get results through the individual,
embracing diversity, as well as our team's multidimensional skills and
commitment to our clients. It is also defined by steering clear of such things
as bureaucracy and internal competition and insisting upon an unwavering
commitment to ethics and integrity.
We offer a flexible, cost-conscious infrastructure with highly competitive rates
and customized billing arrangements. In addition to leveraging the newest, most
efficient technologies for our team, every client has full access to the breadth
of knowledge and skill each attorney in our firm has to offer, without
limitation.
All of our practices are complemented by our broad-based intellectual property
practice, which provides strategic counsel in domestic and international arenas
and represents our clients through creative, effective IP litigation. We have
successfully prosecuted and defended cases before state, federal and
international courts, as well as before regulatory agencies and in alternative
dispute resolution forums, appreciating that litigation may not be the answer in
all circumstances.
Our services extend to the planning, litigation, prosecution, enforcement and
maintenance of patents, trade secrets, trademarks and trade dress, copyrights
and entertainment rights, as well as technology transactional services,
corporate and securities law, and antitrust matters. Our experience encompasses
a wide array of cutting-edge technologies and industries including Internet, new
media and entertainment industry representation, with a very broad client base
ranging from individuals and early-stage companies to universities and Fortune
500 corporations. Visit www.eclipsegrp.com for more information.
The Eclipse Group
Angela M. Cummings
t: 858-761-2314
f: 818-332-4205
amc@eclipsegrp.com
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