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James Peacock

James Peacock

Distinguished Lawyer

Intellectual Property Law

370 Convention Way, Redwood City, CA 94063, USA

Jim Peacock (San Carlos, CA) has founded and managed five med-tech companies launched in funded operations via more than $200 million of investment capital raised since 1997, and with multiple successful exits and disruptive products brought successfully to market. He is a named inventor on more than 45 issued U.S. Patents, and has co-authored numerous awarded abstracts, podium presentations, and grants in various scientific fields. He is also a frequent speaker, panelist/judge, and guest lecturer about high tech start-ups at graduate law, business, and engineering schools. Mr. Peacock is also a Registered Patent Attorney and member of the California State Bar. He continues to advise other start-ups as Of Counsel consultant to Mahamedi IP Law LLP, and was previously Of Counsel to O’Banion & Ritchey LLP and an Associate Attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP. In October 2015, Mr. Peacock was honored by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group as a “Featured Innovator” at the launch celebration for the Silicon Valley Regional Office of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior R&D Engineer at Guidant Corp, and previously an R&D Engineer at Baxter American Edwards.Jim Peacock (San Carlos, CA) has founded and managed five med-tech companies launched in funded operations via more than $200 million of investment capital raised since 1997, and with multiple successful exits and disruptive products brought successfully to market. He is a named inventor on more than 45 issued U.S. Patents, and has co-authored numerous awarded abstracts, podium presentations, and grants in various scientific fields. He is also a frequent speaker, panelist/judge, and guest lecturer about high tech start-ups at graduate law, business, and engineering schools. Mr. Peacock is also a Registered Patent Attorney and member of the California State Bar. He continues to advise other start-ups as Of Counsel consultant to Mahamedi IP Law LLP, and was previously Of Counsel to O’Banion & Ritchey LLP and an Associate Attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP. In October 2015, Mr. Peacock was honored by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group as a “Featured Innovator” at the launch celebration for the Silicon Valley Regional Office of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Earlier in his career, he was a Senior R&D Engineer at Guidant Corp, and previously an R&D Engineer at Baxter American Edwards.

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James Wilcox

Intellectual Property Law

1737 King St suite 500, Alexandria, VA 22314, USA

James Wilcox focuses his practice on intellectual property litigation and patent prosecution. His experience encompasses numerous trials and a variety of aspects of patent litigation and false advertising litigation in multiple forums, including the district courts, appellate courts, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. James has experience with pre-litigation analysis and strategy preparation; drafting of pleadings, motions, and replies; working with experts – from initial identification through expert reports, deposition and pre-trial preparation; analyzing and preparing non-infringement and invalidity contentions; overseeing document production and review; preparing written discovery requests and responses; taking and defending depositions of fact and expert witnesses, including 30(b)(6) designees; and summary judgment briefing. He has handled litigation matters involving a broad spectrum of technologies, including consumer goods, software, pharmaceuticals and polymer additives. As a patent prosecutor, James drafted and prosecuted patent applications in a variety of technological areas, including those involving the consumer goods, electrical, chemical, electromechanical and materials science arts. His technical knowledge in these fields is rooted in his strong physics background developed while obtaining his degree from the Florida State University. While pursuing his juris doctorate, James worked for Human Rights Quarterly, was the president of the Intellectual Property Law Society, the treasurer of the Intellectual Property society and the intellectual property representative to the Student Bar Association. James has been honored by Best Lawyers in America© since 2021 in the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch edition in the areas of Intellectual Property Law, Litigation: Intellectual Property, and Patent Law.

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Jed Thomas

Jed Thomas

Featured Lawyer

Intellectual Property Law

100 N Tampa St suite 1900, Tampa, FL 33602, USA

Area of Practice: Mr. Thomas is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest distinction awarded. In 2011, in the area of insurance law, he was selected as a member of Florida Trend’s “Florida Legal Elite,” which names the state’s Legal Leaders named by their peers. Mr. Thomas served on The Florida State University College of Law Board of Directors and has endowed an academic fund at the Law School in the names of his parents, John & Judith Thomas. Jed was born on December 9, 1968, in Satellite Beach, Florida at Patrick Air Force Base and grew up in Niceville, Florida as an Air Force kid. During his second year of law school, he was selected as one of only thirty persons statewide to receive a fellowship at the Florida House of Representatives. During his third year of law school, he was also a legislative aide for the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. As a legislative aide, Mr. Thomas was responsible for bill drafting, legal analysis of proposed laws, and oral and written presentations to the Legislature. While in law school, Mr. Thomas served as a principal aide to Lt. Governor Kenneth H. “Buddy” Mackay during the 1994 gubernatorial campaign. As Gov. Mackay’s aide, he traveled extensively statewide assisting the Governor in campaign strategy and policy. Mr. Thomas is also active in the Florida Bar Association, currently serving as a Chair of the Hillsborough County Grievance Committee. Jed is a member of Hyde Park United Methodist Church in Tampa and frequently serves at the Portico, a ministry dedicated to assisting the homeless in Tampa. Jed is also a certified Circuit Court Mediator and available to mediate all cases in Florida Circuit and Federal District Courts.

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John Day

John Day

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Intellectual Property Law

500 DELAWARE AVE, WILMINGTON, DE 19899-0009

Mr. Day's practice focuses on providing Delaware litigation counsel services for in-house attorneys and many of the nation’s leading intellectual property firms in patent and trademark disputes before the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, both on the plaintiff and defense side. Mr. Day’s IP practice includes a broad variety of technology, involving medical devices, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, consumer electronics, computer hardware and software, telecommunications, and other technologies. Mr. Day is serving or has served as Delaware counsel in many major patent cases. Mr. Day also serves as Church Attorney to the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware. He earned his B.A. from Gordon College before attending Temple University School of Law, where he earned his J.D.

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