Online legal services part of changing landscape
Online legal services are not going away, so traditional attorneys need to adapt to the changing marketplace, according to panelists at a San Diego Law Library event last month.
Education
Law School/Year: University of San Diego School of Law, cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2000
Other Graduate School: University of Washington, Ph.D., organometallic chemistry
College: University of California, San Diego, B.A., chemistry/biochemistry
Bar Admissions
California; USPTO; U.S. District Court, Southern District; the U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court
Practice Areas
Intellectual Property
Major Cases
Tahmassebi has conducted numerous IP due diligence projects in relation to mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, and initial public offerings (IPO). He has also frequently represented clients in preparation and/or negotiation of licensing contracts, confidential disclosure agreements (CDA), material transfer agreements (MTA), collaboration agreements, consultation agreements, and IP-related documents associated with SEC filings. He currently represents clients in a wide range of technologies, including chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and medical devices.
Professional Background
Sam K. Tahmassebi, Ph.D., a founding partner of TechLaw LLP, is a patent attorney registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and admitted to practice law in California. He specializes in obtaining patent protection for chemical, pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device inventions. He is also an adjunct professor of law at the University of San Diego School of Law.
Tahmassebi has substantial experience in the preparation and prosecution of both U.S. and foreign patent applications, counseling on patent strategy, patent infringement issues, and intellectual property due diligence, as well as in authoring opinion letters regarding patent invalidity and non-infringement.
Tahmassebi received his Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry/biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, Revelle College. He then went on to obtain his Ph.D. in organometallic chemistry from the University of Washington. Tahmassebi then worked as a research associate at the University of Rochester, where he designed organometallic catalysts for the production of organosulfur compounds. Subsequently, he was an adjunct professor of chemistry at University of San Diego.
Tahmassebi received his J.D. from the University of San Diego School of Law in May of 2000, graduating cum laude. He received CALI Awards in Criminal Law, UCC Sales and Commercial Paper, Patents and Tradesecrets, Biotechnology Law, and Intellectual Property law. Upon graduation, he was admitted to the Order of the Coif.
While in law school, Tahmassebi worked as a patent agent and a law clerk at Lyon & Lyon, LLP, a leading intellectual property firm, where he also worked as an associate following graduation from law school. Following the dissolution of Lyon & Lyon, Tahmassebi served as an associate in the San Diego office of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear, LLP. He also was Of Counsel to Vista IP Law Group LLP.
Professional Affiliations
He is also a long-standing member of the American Chemical Society, American Bar Association, American Intellectual Property Law Association, San Diego Intellectual Property Law Association, and Licensing Executives Society. Tahmassebi speaks Farsi fluently and is conversational in Spanish. He served as the chair of the San Diego chapter of the Licensing Executives Society (2007-2008) and is currently the CFO of the Iranian American Life Science Network.
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