Naresh serves as co-chair of Barclay Damon's Patents & Prosecution Practice Area. A former scientist, engineer, and inventor with research and development and product management experience at leading science and technology innovators including AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naresh concentrates his practice on patent law, including litigation, prosecution, and counseling.
Naresh's patent litigation experience includes district court litigation and contested proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), such as inter partes reviews (IPRs). He has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting patents before the US Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) as well as filing international patent applications and coordinating international patent-prosecution activities with country-specific local counsel. Naresh routinely counsels clients on freedom-to-operate (FTO) issues, patent and technology landscapes, the patentability of new products, intellectual property portfolio management, and IP licensing agreements.
Naresh's practice covers a variety of technologies spanning the biomedical, chemical, electrical, optical, computer, software, and mechanical industries. His specific experience includes polymer coatings, composite materials, semiconductor devices and processing, smart wearables, Lidar, photonics, robotics, drones, 3D printing, nanotechnology, vascular devices, glucometry, biomolecular testing, endoscopes, agricultural, detergents, synthetic latex, broadband mobile networks, internet of things (IoT), cloud computing, quantum computing, financial technologies, process automation, big data, cybersecurity, blockchain, voice control, recycling machines, musical instruments, furniture, archery, and more.
Because of his strong industry background, Naresh has assisted clients as embedded and seconded in-house patent counsel, including for a global consumer-health business and for a leading semiconductor innovation company.
In addition to his legal practice, Naresh serves as the diversity partner in the firm's Albany office.