Andre
L.
Marais
Attorney
San Jose, California
Shareholder
Attorney
San Jose, California
Shareholder
| phone | (408) 278-4042 |
| fax | (408) 998-0832 |
| amarais@slwip.com | |
| vcard | slw-amarais-slwip-com-1250270326.vcf |
Andre Marais is a registered patent attorney and shareholder of Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner. His practice includes strategic IP counseling, patent prosecution (US and foreign), patent validity, infringement and clearance analysis and opinions, and IP due diligence work, particularly in the networking (including Internet), software, communications and electrical/electronic technologies. He has secured patents for, and currently represents, a number of prominent technology companies, based in Silicon Valley and elsewhere, including Germany and China.
Areas of Practice:
Bar Admissions:
Patent Services:
Education:
- University of South Africa Faculty of Law, Pretoria, South Africa, 1993
- J.D. equivalent
- University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 1990
- Bachelor of Engineering (Industrial-Electronics)
• Member, California State Bar Association
• Member, Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Association (SVIPLA)
• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
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Freedom-To-Operate and Portfolio Due Diligence (Moderated)
5th Annual IP Counsel Forum (San Jose 2009)
Andre Marais, Francois de Villiers
Blood from the Stone: Extracting Invention Disclosures from Busy Engineers (Moderated)
6th Annual IP Counsel Forum (San Jose 2010)
Andre Marais, Bill Becker, Kirk Goodwin, Eugene Kim
Freedom-to-Operate – Patent Landscape Analysis
Web Cast (June 2009)
Andre Marais, Joseph Wang
Capitalizing on Emerging Markets & Technologies (Moderated)
SVASE (Palo Alto, 2006)
Andre Marais, Deepak Kamra (Canaan Partners), Tony Parisi, Anne-Marie Roussel, Anthony Townsend
Patent Prosecution 101
Law Seminars International's workshop entitled "Patent Law for Non-Patent Lawyers and Business Professionals” (San Francisco April 6, 2005)
Andre Marais
KSR and its Aftermath
IP Counsel Café (Palo Alto, 2010)
Andre Marais, Jonathan Feuchtwang, Loren McRoss
