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Rajiv Sarathy
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About
Rajiv Sarathy is a patent attorney who applies his 13 years of software industry experience—including 9 years as a software development engineer and manager at Microsoft Corporation—and his MBA education to counsel companies on intellectual property (IP) matters in the United States, Canada, India, and in other countries. Rajiv focuses his practice on patent procurement, infringement and validity analysis, licensing, IP counseling, and IP dispute management.
Education
- Seattle University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2002 Research and Technical Editor, Seattle University Law Review
- York University, Schulich School of Business, M.B.A., 1994
- University of Toronto, B.S., Computer Science, 1990
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Recent Articles
India Liberalizes Returns on Technological Investments
There are several ways to increase the value of a patent portfolio. One is to ensure that patented claims cover the evolutionary path of the relevant technology. A second is to be sure to file patent applications (after receiving foreign filing...
Means plus function claims
Citing a Federal Circuit decision in Intellectual Science and Technology v. Sony Electronics earlier this week, Dennis Crouch (Patently-O) first says that there is a "a long line of cases warning against the use of means-plus-function claim language," but then notes that...
Foreign Filing Licenses When Inventors Are Abroad
I've previously written about reducing risks when preparing patent applications abroad. What happens when inventors are located abroad? Such occurrences are happening increasingly frequently as research and development (R&D) transcends national boundaries. Many...
Triggering Declaratory Judgment Actions
Whenever a patent holder sends a communication to a potential defendant before filing an infringement action, the patent holder risks a declaratory judgment (DJ) action. A common question is what language must be in the communication? Must the communication threaten an...
Obvious As A Matter Of Common Sense
To be patentable, an invention must meet various legal requirements. One such requirement is that it must not be obvious. The law relating to whether an invention is obvious can sometimes be confusing and difficult to apply -- especially in the wake of the KSR v. Teleflex U.S....