Jeff Weaver’s practice focuses on client counseling in all areas of patent law and technology and spans a wide range of technologies and business climates. He has broad experience representing well-established and start-up businesses alike in patent procurement, patent portfolio management, and patent analysis, including portfolio audits, freedom to operate and clearance investigations, patent rights opinions, due diligence reviews for business transactions, and intellectual property licensing. Mr. Weaver has represented clients in negotiations with many large intellectual property holders including DuPont, Microsoft, IBM, WMS, Lucent, and Acacia.
Mr. Weaver represents clients in a wide range of technologies including clients in “cross-over” technologies such as bio- and chemical informatics, nanotechnologies, and energy conversion systems. Particular areas of expertise include electrochemical systems, computer software, semiconductor device fabrication, network hardware and software, optical instrumentation, signal processing systems including digital video and audio decoders, organic chemistry, biochemical assays, integrated circuit design, metallurgy, and game technology. Mr. Weaver represents international and US companies, many with research and development facilities in multiple countries.
Prior to his legal career with Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson, Mr. Weaver was a research associate at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory where he worked with and studied electrochemical engineering, signal processing, optical tools, and mathematical modeling systems.
