ZILKA-KOTAB - Key Persons
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Prior to joining Zilka-Kotab, Bill worked for 17+ years in the Silicon Valley tech industry for well-known networking firms Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, as well as logic chip developer, Altera Corporation. Bill's technical knowledge includes, but is not limited to, switching and routing, VoIP, network access control, and BYOD policy management.
Education
JD, Lincoln Law School of San Jose
BA, English Literature - University of California at Berkeley
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- of Counsel
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Christopher Hamaty has 20 years of experience practicing intellectual property (IP) law in corporate and law-firm settings. Mr. Hamaty has experience building and managing patent portfolios, with a focus on software, security and telecommunications technologies. After working in private practice, Mr. Hamaty served as Director of Intellectual Property at McAfee, Inc. where he developed and implemented McAfee's strategic patent program and was responsible for all aspects of intellectual property management including enterprise-wide patent and trademark operations. Mr. Hamaty also served as a senior patent attorney in the patent and licensing department of BlackBerry Ltd.
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- Principal
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Jamie L. Rossi joined Zilka-Kotab in 2004 and is a registered patent attorney managing the patent portfolios of some of Zilka-Kotab's large and small clients. Jamie's specialization is in the preparation and prosecution of patent applications within various technological arts, such as software, database systems, graphics processing, semiconductor processing and inspection systems, memory systems, communication systems, and speech recognition, among others.
Jamie's specialization has further involved the strategic analysis of pending and issued patents for both defensive and offensive purposes, including searching and claim charting to identify potential licensing opportunities. Jamie's experience also includes working with foreign firms on the prosecution and maintenance of the foreign patent portfolios of many of Zilka-Kotab's clients. Further, Jamie has assisted in conducting patent infringement analyses as well as patent validity analyses.
Education
JD, Santa Clara University School of Law
BS, Computer Science, Whitworth College
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- Principal
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Kevin Zilka has over 25 years of experience in the intellectual property (IP) field and, as a result of his accomplishments in patent law, has been repeatedly selected as one of the world's leading 300 IP strategists by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine. After co-founding Zilka-Kotab PC over a decade ago, Mr. Zilka and his law firm partner, Dominic Kotab, built a team of over a dozen top-notch patent practitioners, represented their clients in rigorous licensing negotiations, and propelled the firm into the realm of Top 100 patent firms in the nation.
Mr. Zilka specializes in building and managing patent portfolios, with a focus towards strategic patent procurement for both offensive and defense positioning to meet or exceed business objectives. In furtherance of such goals, Mr. Zilka has also developed and enhanced best practices for collecting and utilizing competitive intelligence during the course of patent procurement to increase the value of resulting patents. Mr. Zilka has also embodied such best practices in a patented software tool for facilitating strategic positioning of patents during patent prosecution. As further evidence of the effectiveness of his techniques and work product, Mr. Zilka has personally prosecuted multiple patent applications which have withstood rigorous licensing negotiations that resulted in tens of millions in revenue resulting directly from those efforts.
In concert with such experience, Mr. Zilka has gained exposure to countless technological arts including, but not limited to software, business methods, graphics processing, analog and digital circuits, semiconductor processing, network architecture, communication systems, encryption, compression, network data mediation, service desk tools, database management, hard drive and other memory-related technology, speech recognition, electromagnetic devices, antennas, air-conditioning systems, and various other mechanical devices.
Mr. Zilka periodically speaks at patent and technology and legal-oriented conventions. Mr. Zilka has authored and published a variety of articles relating to patents including 'Building a Premier Patent Portfolio Under Corporate Budgetary Constraints,' 'Competitive Intelligence and Its Role in Increasing the Value of a Patent Portfolio,' and 'Patent Novelty Requirements of the World and Strategic Foreign Patent Procurement Practices.'
Education
JD, Santa Clara University
MS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (MSEE), University of South Florida
BS, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (BSEE), University of South Florida
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- Agent
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- Registered Patent Agent
Sally Billstrom Schroeder is a registered patent agent with expertise in viral pathogenesis, molecular biology, and immunology. Prior to joining Zilka-Kotab, Sally led a research team that investigated specific immune response interactions of virally-encoded chemokine receptors as a joint faculty member of the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Colorado Health Science Center and the Division of Pulmonary Sciences at National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, Colorado. Sally has authored several peer-reviewed publications, available on her LinkedIn profile at: https://www.