Arthur J. Bobel

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Arthur J. Bobel

Overview

Mr. Bobel is involved in all aspects of intellectual property law, including litigation, post grant proceedings at the U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, patent preparation and prosecution, and client counseling. Mr. Bobel is proficient in serving as local counsel in various U.S. district courts. Mr. Bobel also has extensive experience managing large patent portfolios. His technical expertise in electrical engineering, computer science, and signal processing enables him to support a variety of clients, particularly those in industries such as processor and memory technology, computer graphics hardware and software, virtualization systems, wireless communication devices and systems, networking devices, biometric sensors, and online software services. At U.C. Berkeley, Mr. Bobel worked on several research projects for the Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (B.I.S.C.) involving fuzzy logic and artificial intelligence. Prior to attending law school, he worked for NEPTUN Light, Inc. where he developed improvements for compact fluorescent and LED lighting products.

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2004
    • Minor in Bioengineering
  • DePaul University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2007
    • Certificate in Intellectual Property – Patents

Admissions

  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • California, 2007

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Honors

  • Named to the Northern California Rising Stars list, as published in Northern California Super Lawyers, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Professional Affiliations

  • Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
    • Committee Member: Software Related Inventions Committee
  • Intellectual Property Law Section – State Bar of California
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Articles, Publications & Lectures

  • Speaker: “Global Filing Strategy for a Shifting Landscape” – IP Counsel Café Conference (Palo Alto, CA) – May 2017
  • Contributor: “Supreme Court to decide whether IPR proceedings must resolve all challenged claims” – Leydig Newsletter – October 2017
  • Contributor: “Certain computer-implemented patent claims in flux after recent decisions” – Leydig Newsletter – March 2016
  • Author: “Fuzzy Logic and Its Application to Multi-Agent and Consumer Profiling,” Berkeley Initiative in Soft Computing (B.I.S.C.), University of California, Berkeley (2004)

Languages

  • Polish

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley, B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2004
  • Minor in Bioengineering
  • DePaul University College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2007
  • Certificate in Intellectual Property – Patents

Admissions

  • Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
  • California, 2007

Courts

  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California
  • U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit