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Marina Portnova | Partner

Office: Silicon Valley
Phone: 408-720-8300
Fax: 408-720-8383
marina_portnova@bstz.com

Marina Portnova is a member of the Patent Practice Group. Marina is a registered patent attorney whose practice focuses on intellectual property protection in computer architecture, software, networking, communications, image processing, and business methods. She provides a broad range of patent related services including preparation and prosecution of patent applications (US and foreign), patent validity and infringement analysis and opinions, IP due diligence work, IP licensing, and strategic IP counseling. Prior to becoming an attorney, Marina worked as a software developer for several large companies and a start-up venture.

Marina has extensive experience in securing patents for numerous clients, both domestic and foreign, ranging from industry leaders to startups and solo inventors. Marina's practice concentrates on assisting her clients in building and managing their patent portfolios including identifying clients' technical advantages and implementing programs that capture these advantages as patents.

Expertise

Industry

Applied Physics Communications Computer/Related Technologies Electronics Green Technologies Internet Technologies Mechanical Medical Semiconductor

Affiliations

American Intellectual Property Law Association
American Bar Association

Representative Patents

Patent #: 6,466,917
Method And Apparatus For Verifying The Identity Of A Participant Within An On-Line Auction Environment

Patent #: 6,826,512
Using Local Devices As Diagnostic Tools For Consumer Electronic Devices

Patent #: 6,831,628
Input Device Off Table Switch

Patent #: 6,907,600
Virtual Translation Lookaside Buffer

Bar Admissions

CA, Bar # 206723

Court Admissions

U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California

Law School

Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
Law School Distinctions:

Articles Editor, Indiana International & Comparative Law Review
Recipient, Henry B. Blackwell II Prize for authoring the publication "Ownership and Enforcement of Patent Rights in Russia: Protecting an Invention in the Existing Environment," Indiana International & Comparative Law Review, Vol. 8, No. 2, 1998

Recipient, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers First Prize in the Nathan Burkan Copyright Law Writing Competition

Undergraduate/Graduate Education

Technical University,
St. Petersburg, Russia
B.S., Computer Science

Technical University,
St. Petersburg, Russia
M.S., Engineering

Central Institute of Patent Law,
St. Petersburg, Russia
Patent Law

PTO Reg. #: 45,750

Assistant Contact Information

Michelle Begay
Phone: 408-720-8300
michelle_begay@bstz.com