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Introduction
Wayne Tang focuses his practice on patent prosecution, patent counseling and intellectual property litigation. He helps clients in all phases of intellectual property litigation and has obtained numerous successful results for his clients.
My focus
Patent Prosecution
I advise clients on patent protection in the electrical, computer, software and mechanical arts and I’ve helped many clients obtain patents in those areas. I have participated in preparing and managing IPRs, appeals, reissues and accelerated prosecution of different patents for my clients. Recently, I filed patent applications and have obtained patents in the fields of: hardware and software for servers, cloud based systems, artificial intelligence systems, software for gaming machines, medical device related hardware and software systems and configurable logic devices.
Patent Counseling
I regularly counsel my clients on their overall patent strategies. I recently was part of a Nixon team that assisted a medical device company in developing a patent portfolio for their newly developing software based services. I also recently helped a client devise a patent strategy to bundle core technical patents for licensing in the field of programmable logic devices. I advise a number of startups as to the most efficient deployment of intellectual property development.
Looking ahead
I foresee changes in intellectual property protection laws limiting the ability of so-called “patent trolls” to enforce patents, as well as additional changes to further define software/business method patents and greater harmonization of patents internationally.
In the news
- Bloomberg Law |
Vista invests in supply chain risk software
May 9, 2023This article mentions NP for advising Resilinc Corp. in its strategic growth investment transaction with Vista Equity Partners LLC. The NP team was led by San Francisco Cybersecurity & Privacy partner Greg O’Hara and included Corporate partners David Martland, Thomas McCord, and Alexandra Lopez-Casero of Boston, Rachel Pugliese of New York City, and Shahzad Malik of Los Angeles; San Francisco Labor & Employment partner Seth Neulight; Cybersecurity & Privacy counsels Jenny Holmes of Rochester and Jason Kunze of Chicago; Boston Corporate counsel David Crosby; Chicago Intellectual Property counsel Wayne Tang; and Corporate associates James Mangan from Boston, Jacalyn Smith from Chicago, Corey Habib from Manchester, and Brian Kenney of Washington, DC.
- The Deal
Vista Equity invests in Resilinc
May 8, 2023This article mentions San Francisco Cybersecurity & Privacy partner Greg O’Hara for leading the NP team advising Resilinc Corp. in its strategic growth investment transaction with Vista Equity Partners LLC. The NP team also included Corporate partners David Martland, Thomas McCord, and Alexandra Lopez-Casero of Boston, Rachel Pugliese of New York City, and Shahzad Malik of Los Angeles; San Francisco Labor & Employment partner Seth Neulight; Cybersecurity & Privacy counsels Jenny Holmes of Rochester and Jason Kunze of Chicago; Boston Corporate counsel David Crosby; Chicago Intellectual Property counsel Wayne Tang; and Corporate associates James Mangan from Boston, Jacalyn Smith from Chicago, Corey Habib from Manchester, and Brian Kenney of Washington, DC.
Admitted to practice
Illinois
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
University of Michigan, B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude
University of Michigan, B.S., Electrical Engineering
University of Michigan, J.D.
Professional activities
Wayne Tang is a member of the American Bar Association and the American Intellectual Property Law Association.
Insights And Happenings
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View AllSeth D. Levy
Partner / Leader, Intellectual Property Practice / Co-chair, Life Sciences Practice- Los Angeles
- Office:213.629.6161
- slevy@nixonpeabody.com
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Jennette W. Psihoules
Counsel / Co-Lead, IPPG Food & Beverage Team- Washington DC
- Office:202.585.8385
- jpsihoules@nixonpeabody.com
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Janet M. Garetto
Partner / Co-Lead, IPPG Food & Beverage Team- Chicago
- Office:312.425.8514
- jgaretto@nixonpeabody.com
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Andrew Y. Choung
Partner / Co-Lead, Patent Mining & Monetization Team- Los Angeles
- Office:213.629.6166
- achoung@nixonpeabody.com
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