Pavel Pogodin, Ph.D., is a partner in the San Jose office of Haynes and Boone, LLP, where he counsels clients on all aspects of intellectual property law, including patent procurement, due diligence, product clearance, licensing and litigation. Dr. Pogodin has developed advanced tools and methodologies for efficiently and effectively building and managing intellectual property strategies and portfolios for various types of enterprises ranging from startups to FORTUNE 500 companies. He has successfully handled and managed cases in a broad range of technologies and has a vast litigation experience before the patent office as well as state and federal courts.
Dr. Pogodin has extensive experience in the following technology areas: computer hardware and software, database technology, data storage technology, semiconductor fabrication, microchip design and testing, medical devices, communication devices and networks, wireless technology, light and electron optics, physics, consumer and automotive electronics. In addition, Dr. Pogodin has significant litigation experience before the patent office, federal district courts as well as state courts.
Prior to joining Haynes and Boone, Dr. Pogodin was a partner in the Silicon Valley office of Sughrue Mion. Before that, he served as patent counsel at Oracle Corporation, the world’s largest supplier of database management systems and other business software. While at Oracle, Dr. Pogodin was responsible for all aspects of managing intellectual property internationally, including developing and implementing intellectual property strategies for various business units, supervising patent prosecution work, evaluating intellectual property of acquisition targets, negotiating complex intellectual property agreements, performing product clearances, and handling patent litigations. In addition, Dr. Pogodin has extensive experience in obtaining patent protection for software inventions, as well as inventions in telecommunications and hardware, image analysis, electronic circuit design and manufacture, physics, optics and semiconductor chip design, manufacture and testing.
Dr. Pogodin has authored numerous publications on scientific and legal topics and he is a frequent invited speaker at legal and corporate events and conferences both in the US and abroad.