John also provides strategic counseling to build, manage, and monetize intellectual property portfolios. He frequently advises on IP licensing matters and IP-related aspects of corporate transactions and has led IP due diligence teams in support of dozens of corporate mergers, acquisitions, and private equity investments.
John also has experience litigating and counseling on matters involving standard essential patents, and currently serves as the lead independent evaluator for multiple standard essential patent pools. In this capacity, he oversees an international team of attorneys responsible for evaluating patent submissions and making standard essentiality determinations.
John has been named an IP Star by Managing Intellectual Property and a Top New York City Intellectual Property Litigator by Super Lawyers every year since 2013.