Edmond DeFrank

Edmond DeFrank with United States President Barack Obama (left) in 2011, who discussed the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act with Mr. DeFrank

Edmond DeFrank, Esq.

Registered U.S. Patent Attorney and brand management and anti-counterfeiting specialist since 1993. Over 27 years’ experience as a computer engineer and patent and trademark attorney in the high technology sector. Wrote and prosecuted over one thousand trademarks and computer related patent applications and patents for large high technology companies, educational institutions and governmental entities. Was one of the first patent attorneys in U.S. history to successfully write and prosecute software, e-commerce and IT business model patents for the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. Protected my clients’ IP by working with state, federal and foreign governments to combat the importation and sale of counterfeit products violating my clients’ patents and trademarks.

Past representative clients include Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM, Nintendo, Caltech, NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Motorola, Samsung, AT&T, Applied Materials Semiconductor, UCLA, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman Aerospace, Seagate Technology and Quest Nutrition.

In addition, worked with small start-up companies and “Fortune 100” companies on trademark brand management and strategic patent counseling, including managing trademarks, brands and exploiting patent portfolios worth form six figures to billions of dollars through audit, analysis, valuation and licensing; performing due diligence for intellectual property acquisition, licensing, prosecution and litigation; managing, structuring and negotiating relationships between high tech companies, including forming licensing opportunities to generate revenue from intellectual property; negotiating and creating complex licensing, outsourcing, software development, manufacturing, marketing and distribution agreements; and performing due diligence and managing all intellectual property aspects of multi-million-dollar mergers and acquisitions.

Also, extensive entrepreneurial, business development, software development and product development experience, including foreign outsourcing. Founded, operated and successfully sold several product and software companies. Named inventor on 5 issued patents and over 30 pending patents.


Protecting your ideas

DeFrank.com is tremendously proud of the impact that we have made in helping our clients by providing quality legal services and exceptional customer service.  

Quality Results

Our goal is to create assets from our clients’ innovations through patent, trademark and copyright law.  We take great pride in providing quality trademark legal services and exceptional customer service every single day. We’re absolutely here for you.

Experienced

The attorneys at DeFrank.com work as a team to exceed each of our clients’ expectations. We have 30+ years of high-level experience helping businesses protecting the time, money and resources spent developing ideas and inventions.

Contact

Office: (855) 527-7463
ed@defrank.com

Location

19360 Rinaldi St., Suite 448
Northridge, CA 91326