Ahsan A. Shaikh focuses his practice on strategic patent portfolio management and client counseling in the areas of software, computer hardware, internet technologies and medical devices. Ahsan is regularly called upon to:
Intellectual Asset Magazine has repeatedly identified Ahsan as a “World’s Leading Patent Professional,” stating that “[h]is clever application of analytics enables him to identify which arguments… are most effective before different examiners, making his advice gold dust to software companies.”
Leveraging his computer science background, Ahsan has successfully represented clients with technology in areas that include graphical user interfaces, data processing, data analytics, social networking, cloud storage and services, software as a service, web applications, online advertisements and advertisement exchanges, video games, 3D systems, e-commerce websites, network connectivity, network security, network protocols, embedded systems, sensor technology, mechanical and industrial design, semiconductor design, satellite and laser systems design, medical devices, medical device software, insurance systems and automobile design.
Ahsan speaks on issues related to software patents, computer hardware, the internet, open source, and the video game/interactive entertainment software industry. He has written several articles on the legal issues faced by the software and video game industries, including pieces published in Forbes, Bloomberg, the National Law Journal and the San Francisco Daily Journal. He has also been quoted on these topics in publications such as Variety Magazine and for Reuters.
Prior to practicing law, he gained practical computer industry experience in software coding and web development by working as a web designer.
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