FRANCISCO A. RUBIO-CAMPOS

Francisco has more than 25 years of intellectual property experience having been a Partner and Of Counsel at both large general practice and boutique law firms and an in-house corporate attorney. Through the unique combination of his educational and professional background in the law, business and engineering, he is able to provide intuitive, strategic counsel to his clients.

Francisco’s experience extends through a broad range of intellectual property arenas, including intellectual property litigation and licensing, copyright, patent and trademark portfolio management and development, non-infringement and invalidity opinions, and all phases of preparation and prosecution of foreign and domestic trademark and patent applications, in addition to due diligence related to mergers and acquisitions. He has also participated in various aspects of litigation relating to copyright, trademark, trade dress, and patent infringement, including 28 USC §1498 actions.

Francisco is well-versed in many technical areas, including electromagnetic systems such as antennas, RF, microwave, millimeter-wave, and optical systems; telecommunication systems such as GPS, satellite, wireless and land-based telephonic communications technologies, information coding techniques, secure networks, and optical networks; sensor technology, power amplifiers, digital processing, signal/imaging technology, processor architecture, solid-state/semiconductor layout and processing, automated systems, software, electro-mechanical equipment and medical device technologies.

Prior to his legal career, Francisco served as a design engineer for Hughes Aircraft Company for seven years in both Hughes’ Space and Communication and Radar Systems groups. His technical experience as a practicing design engineer includes satellite communications, advanced electromagnetic systems, military and commercial radar antennas, digital systems, and signal/image processing. While working within the Space and Communications group, he designed sub-systems for the Milstar and Intelsat VI satellites, and while at Radar Systems he designed radar antennas and transmitter subsystems for the F-15, F-14, F/A-18, AV-8B, B-2, and ASARS-2 fighter, bomber, and reconnaissance aircraft programs.

Notable Representation(s):

Francisco has represented many large technology companies in IP prosecution, licensing, and portfolio management including Conexant Systems, SiRF Technologies, Jazz Semiconductor, Patriot Range Systems, Harman International, Broadcom Corporation, Agilent Technologies, Avago Technologies, Skyworks Solutions, Qimonda AG, Entropic Communications, Pictos Technology, Sun Microsystems, Whirlpool, TEN media, Siemens, Bell & Howell, Silanna Asia Pte Ltd, Sony, and The Boeing Company.