Profiles
We are an intellectual property law firm. We offer individuals and businesses patent infringement services including enforcing patent rights against infringers
 on a hybrid or contingency fee basis, investigating the validity of patents
 and defending against allegations of patent infringement
. We also handle drafting and prosecution of patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. We enforce patents, trademarks and copyrights on a contingency basis. We don’t charge any fees, unless we recover.
We provide quality legal services to our US and international clients in the areas of patentability opinions, freedom to operate opinions, due diligence, patent drafting, patent prosecution, designing around valid US patents, patent licensing, copyright litigation and internet law, trademark filing and prosecution, trade dress protection, trade names, trademark licensing, defense of trademark infringement, keying or keyword infringement, seizure of counterfeited products by US Customs and International Trade Commission, trademark cancellation and opposition proceedings, and contract litigation.
Martin Jerisat
Martin Jerisat is a founding member of the Firm. Martin holds a masters degree in Intellectual Property Law from the John Marshall Law School, a certificate of Intellectual Property from Franklin Pierce Law School, a law degree from the University of Miami School of Law, and a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering.
Martin worked as a chemical engineer for a cement factory and an oil refinery before entering law school. Martin worked for a large technology law firm in Florida before founding his firm in Chicago.
Martin is a registered patent attorney and licensed to practice in California and Illinois. He is a member of California State Bar, Illinois Bar, Northern District of Illinois, Central District of California, and Federal Trial Bar. Martin focuses his practice on drafting and prosecuting patent and trademark applications, trademark oppositions, trade secrets, copyrights, unfair competition, domain names litigation, contract litigation, trademark and patent litigation. Martin has experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the chemical, mechanical, electrical and nanotechnology fields. Martin also advises clients on designing around patents and provides freedom to operate and infringement opinions.
Martin has litigation experience in state and federal courts and has tried more than 34 bench and jury trials.
Gus Kostopouloss
Gus Kostopoulos is a skilled litigator who has successfully tried hundreds of cases to verdict. His practice is concentrated in product liability, intellectual property, personal injury, commercial disputes and other litigation matters. He is a licensed member of the Federal Trial Bar of the Northern District of Illinois.
Gus is a registered patent attorney and an experienced patent litigator. As a member of the Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago, he serves on the Litigation and Patent Committees. He is also active in the TIE Global Network of Entrepreneurs and in the Illinois Technology Development Alliance, which work to support high technology entrepreneurship. With an educational background in physics and electrical engineering, Gus can also assist clients in prosecuting patent applications in the electronic, software and semiconductor fields.
Gus has a passion for litigation and trials. Early in his career, he served as an Assistant State’s Attorney of DuPage County (suburban Chicago) Illinois, where he rose to become the First Chair Attorney of a courtroom. As a First Chair Attorney, he led a team of trial attorneys and oversaw the litigation of numerous cases. While working as a prosecutor, he gained a reputation as a highly skilled trial attorney. He served as an instructor in a mock trial programs for law enforcement officers and served as a judge in a major Chicago law school’s trial advocacy program. The State’s Attorney has honored him with a Special Commendation for Outstanding Service to the Citizens of Illinois.
Gus is a graduate of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he was on the Dean’s List, and the DePaul University College of Law, where he was a Dean’s Scholar.
Marc Harris
Mr. Harris is Of Counsel to the Firm. Mr. Harris has extensive legal and related business experience in the technology industry. He has spent over 3 years with the Legal/Contracts Department of SAP America where he negotiated hundreds of technology related agreements with SAP’s Fortune 500 client base.
Mr. Harris was also Senior Corporate Counsel in charge of intellectual property at SSA Global Technologies where he developed and managed an extensive international trademark and patent portfolio, managed intellectual property litigation, conducted intellectual property due diligence and reviewed advertising material to verify compliance with legal requirements. During law school Mr. Harris completed an advanced externship at the United States Copyright Office in Washington D.C.
Mr. Harris is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association and the Technology Executives Club.
Michael Ahmadshahi
Michael Ahmadshahi is Of Counsel to the Firm. Mr. Ahmadshahi’s area of practice is Intellectual Property Laws including Patent Prosecution and Litigation, Trademarks, Copyrights, and Unfair Business Practices. Before starting his firm, Mr. Ahmadshahi was a partner at Law Offices of Kayhan S. Shakib where he practiced intellectual property as well as general law.
Prior to the practice of law, Mr. Ahmadshahi was a staff scientist at C.E. Niehoff & Co., a defense contractor which manufactures state-of-the-art generators for military vehicles. Mr. Ahmadshahi also held the position of Research Engineer with the University of California, San Diego in the areas of Optics and Mechanical Engineering, developing laser-based optical techniques for evaluation of advanced materials under high-impact dynamic loads.
Mr. Ahmadshahi is a member of the State Bar of California, and is admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is or has been a member of the American Bar Association, the Orange County Bar Association, the Iranian-American Lawyer Association, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Society of Experimental Mechanics, Optical Society of America, Society of Automotive Engineers, the American Society for Non-destructive Testing, Association of United States Army, and the American Defense Preparedness Association.
Mr. Ahmadshahi has presented various papers and is the author and co-author of 16 peer reviewed publications which include the following: M. A. Ahmadshahi, Application of Sensors for Design Improvement, Electronics and Electrical Systems, 73-79, November 17-19, 1997; M. A. Ahmadshahi, Sridhar Krishnaswamy, and Siavouche Nemat-Nasser, Dynamic Holographic-Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 60, No. 4, 866-874, December 1993; M. A. Ahmadshahi, Gray Level Transformation to Increase the Density of Interferometric Fringes, Applied Optics, Vol. 30, No. 17, 2382-2385, 10 June 1991; S. Nair and M. A. Ahmadshahi, Asymptotic Expansion and Influence Coefficients for Edge-Loaded Conical Shells, Studies in Applied Mathematics, 78:91-110, 1988.
In addition to his professional involvement, Mr. Ahmadshahi is also involved in cultural and community activities and provides pro bono legal services. He is or has been a member of the board of directors of non-profit organizations such as SIMORGH, a charity organization assisting children with cancer. He has also been involved in sports and outdoor activities. He is a long distance runner and has completed twelve marathon races in Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
Mr. Ahmadshahi holds a law degree from Western State University College of Law, Fullerton, California, BS, MS and Ph.D. degrees with honors in Mechanical Engineering & Aerospace Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Ahmadshahi has published the following works:
“Dynamic Holographic-Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry”, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Vol. 60 No. 4 866-874, 1993
“Gray Level Transformation to Increase the Density of Interferometric Fringes”, Applied Optics, Vol. 30, No. 17 2382-2385, 1991
“Dynamic Two-Beam Speckle Pattern Interferometry”, Proceedings of the SPIE’s 1991 International Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Science, July 21-26, 1991
“Nondestructive Evaluation of Turbine Blades Vibrating in Resonant Modes”, Proceedings of the SPIE’s 1991 International Symposium on Optical & Optoelectronic Applied Science, 1991
“Asymptotic Expansion and Influence Coefficients for Edge-Loaded Conical Shells”, Studies in Applied Mathematics, 78:91-110, 1988
“Computer Aided Holographic Moire’ Technique to Determine the Strains of Arbitrary Surfaces Vibrating in Resonant Modes”, SEM Spring Conference on Experimental Mechanics, May 29-June 1, 1989
“A Computer Based Holographic Interferometry to Analize 3-D Surfaces”, Proceedings of IMEKOXI World Congress of the International Measurement Confederation, October, 1988
“A Computer Based Moire’ Technique to Measure Very Small Displacements”, SPI Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 814, Part II, 1988
“Optical Measurement of Material Loss and Surface Roughness in Construction Stones”, Proceedings of Fall Conference SEM, November, 1988
“A Computer Based Moire” Method for the Accurate Analysis of Interferograms with Phase Changes Smaller than 2TT”, Proceedings of the 1987 SEM Spring Conference, June, 1987
“Holographic Interferometry Method for Assessment of Stone Surface Recession and Roughness Cause by Weathering and Acid Rain”, Proceedings of IMEKO II World Congress of the International Measurement Confederation, 1987
“An Optoelectronic System for Fringe Pattern Analysis”, Experimental Techniques, July, 1986
“Holographic Interferometry Measurement of Ultrasonic Vibration Amplitudes”, Proceedings of Spring Meeting SEM, June, 1986
“Detection of Fringe Pattern Information Using a Computer Based Method”, Martinus Nijhoff Publisher, 1986
“A Computer Based Method for Fringe Pattern Analysis”, Proceedings of the 1984 SEM Fall Meeting, November, 1984.
Our lawyers represent clients throughout Illinois, Florida, California, the United States, Europe and Latin America. Some of the cities in Illinois that our lawyers service include, but are not limited to, Chicago, Aurora, Arlington Heights, Berwyn, Blue Island, Bridge Port, Calumet City, Carbondale, Champaign, Chicago Heights, Cicero, Countryside, Crest Hill, Crystal Lake, Danville, Decature, DeKalb, Des Plaines, Downers Grove, Des Plaines, Geneva, Grayslake, Hickory Hills, Highland Park, Joliet, Kankakee, Lombard, Markham, McHenry, Mount Prospect, Monut Vernon, Naperville, Oak Forest, Oak Park, Oakbrook Terrace, Palos Heights, Palos Hills, Peoria, Rockford,, Rolling Meadows,, Springfield, Urbana, Illinois (IL). Some of the cities in California that our lawyers service include, but are not limited to, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Burbank, Culver City, Glendale, Los Angeles, Encino, Malibu, Bakersfield, Fresno, Tarzana, Arcadia, Azusa, Glendora, Studio City, Manhattan Beach, Marina Del Rey, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Pacific Palisades, Pasadena, Reseda, San Dimas, Santa Monica, Sherman Oaks, Torrance, Universal City, Van Nuys, Woodland Hills, Long Beach, Riverside, San Bernardino, Los Angeles, LA, Fresno, Modesto, Oakland, Orange County, Santa Ana, Irvine, Costa Mesa, Anaheim, Orange, Newport Beach, Riverside, San Bernardino, Palm Springs, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Los Angeles, L.A., Oakland, Modesto, Santa Barbara, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Ventura, Redding, San Diego, San Francisco, Sacramento, California (CA) . Among the other cities and states that our attorneys service are New York (NYC, NY), New Jersey (NJ), Connecticut (CT), Las Vegas, Nevada (NV), Austin, Houston, San Antonio, Dallas, Texas (TX), Boulder, Denver, Colorado (CO), Detroit, Michigan (MI), Tucson, Phoenix, Arizona (AZ), Portland, Oregon (OR), and Santa Fe, Albuquerque, New Mexico (NM)
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Munir Nayfeh
Prof. Munir Nayfeh is a scientific advisor to the Firm. Professor Munir Nayfeh received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the American University of Beirut in 1968, and 1970, respectively. He earned a Ph.D. in physics from Stanford University in 1974. He served as a postdoctoral fellow and research physicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1974-1977, and as a lecturer at Yale University in 1977, before joining the physics faculty at the University of Illinois in 1978.
Following his arrival at the UIUC, Professor Nayfeh developed an active experimental program to study the multi-photon (nonlinear) dissociation of molecules as a means to enhance dissociation selectivity. He was the first to demonstrate isotope separation using this process. He was also the first physicist to examine the behavior of hydrogen molecules in intense laser fields, and his seminal work in this area initiated a whole new area of research in molecular Coulomb explosions.
In the past few years, Professor Nayfeh has pursued two separate lines of research: (1) a theoretical program focusing on the role of classical chaotic dynamics in hydrogen atoms rendered essentially one-dimensional in the presence of very strong dc electrical fields; and (2) an experimental program he has termed “writing with atoms,” in which the spatial selectivity of the electric field in a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) is combined with the frequency (energy) selectivity of a laser to deposit fine patterns with nearly atomic resolution on a variety of substrates at room temperature. Dr. Nayfeh was solely responsible for the conception and development of this innovative technique.
Most recently, Professor Nayfeh has investigated the fabrication and the analysis of nanometer-scale structures by employing STM to study hysteresis effects in the formation of matter. This work provides physical insights on the fundamental nature and interactions of solids at nanometer/atomic scales, and it has significant implications for near-term technological applications in nanoelectronics and photonics .