WESTERN IP - Key Persons

Kresimir Pehrada is an attorney licensed before the State of California who represents companies in all stages of development from startup to public offerings. He has assisted public clients in IPOs, spin-offs, going private, SEC compliance, corporate governance, and complex financing transactions.

Job Titles:

• Patent Attorney
• Patent Attorneys and Counsel

Steven is a licensed attorney before the State of Utah, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the US Patent and Trademark Office, handling patent matters for clients. Steve regularly handles patent prosecution and litigation matters. He has filed nearly 300 patent applications and over 300 trademark applications. Steve has handled hundreds of intellectual property litigations matters of various species. Steven Rinehart is a patent attorney who regularly prepares, prosecutes, secures and enforces IP rights. He is a partner with Vested Law. He obtained his Juris Doctorate in 2003 after matriculating at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, studying Computer Science, Naval Science and English as an undergraduate. He has started and sold several Internet companies before becoming an attorney, including ewatches.com and prizewise.com. Steve focuses on patent and Internet law. and is the only attorney in the world to own soley an ICANN-accredited Internet registrar (Domain Train). He has prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent and trademark applications and regularly files patents on improved mechanical devices as well as software. He has represented a plurality of Internet registrars in successful accreditation before ICANN, including Webveloper. Steve has handled over 200 domain name disputes, settling only seven of these cases and seeing all others through to final adjudication on the merits. He is the founder of a free legal file exchange. Steve is also a licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Eastern District of Texas, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.