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What’s your <strong>IP</strong> strategy?

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<mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-green-color">Merchant fuses technical expertise, strategic guidance, and litigation savvy</mark><mark style="background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)" class="has-inline-color has-white-color"> to</mark> turn your intellectual property into a competitive advantage.

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Merchant &#038; Gould Receives Mansfield Rule Plus Certification

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<p class="wp-block-contentpilot-introduction">Jonathan Berschadsky is a Partner at Merchant &amp; Gould’s New York office who focuses his intellectual property practice on complex matters. His 20 years of experience, mixed with a passion for technology and a flair for complex problem-solving, enable him to deliver effective technology and IP agreements, due diligence analysis, opinions of counsel, strategic patent prosecution, IP litigation and so much more.</p>



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<p><em>“Jonathan Berschadsky helped us consolidate four different sales contracts into one much stronger one. The terms are better for us and for our clients, saving time and money. He’s incredibly responsive and easy to work with and genuinely cares about our business. I feel like I’ve gained a valuable team member.”</em></p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Partnering With You in All Aspects of Patent Law</h2>



<p>Whether he’s litigating a patent that he drafted, counseling on an M&amp;A, or portfolio planning, Jonathan delivers a close partnership to each of his clients. He serves businesses, corporations, and start-ups in a wide range of industries, including electronics, manufacturing, telecommunications, and consumer products.&nbsp;Some of the technologies he deals with include:</p>



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<li>Artificial intelligence/machine-learning</li>



<li>Audio signal processing</li>



<li>Blockchain</li>



<li>Cybersecurity</li>



<li>Imaging</li>



<li>Natural language processing</li>



<li>Telecommunications</li>
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<p>Regardless of your industry, he’s involved in every aspect of patent law, partnering with you in your success and providing strategic insight and deliverables throughout.</p>



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<li>In patent prosecution, you receive a <strong>valuable asset</strong>.</li>



<li>Through litigation as a defendant, you receive an <strong>efficient resolution</strong> and <strong>disposition</strong>.</li>



<li>Through litigation as a plaintiff, you receive a <strong>positive result</strong>.</li>



<li>In transactions, you witness <strong>the creation of more business.</strong></li>



<li>Through his opinion, you’ll receive a <strong>sense of safety</strong>, giving you the confidence to move forward.</li>
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<p>When involved in drafting patent applications, formulating arguments for high-stakes litigations or sharing his opinions on patent infringement, he never leaves a stone unturned.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Skilled Attorney With a Team Player Mindset</h2>



<p>Jonathan focuses on being an invaluable asset to your team, managing everything involved with your patent. He understands that true patent law requires a dedicated team for the best results. If you need trademark work, he has someone to do it. If you need a design patent, he has industrial and mechanical engineers/lawyers and skilled draftspersons ready to handle it.</p>



<p><strong>You have access to the right person for the right matter, every time.</strong></p>



<p>As your supporter, he’ll remain your go-to while ensuring you’re in the best hands and have the best resources at your disposal.</p>



<p>Jonathan is a regular CLE Instructor for the Practicing Law Institute (PLI) and in-house counsel. In his free time, you’ll find him moonlighting as a mixed martial artist or soaring in the hills on his mountain bike.</p>
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<p><em>“Jonathan Berschadsky is a U.S. patent attorney with a brilliant legal mind. He is very business-oriented and he always sees the commercial aspects when he drafts and prosecutes patent applications before the USPTO. He brings a sense of comfort to our mutual clients by collaborating closely with me and keeping me in the loop as cases twist and turn.”</em></p>
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<p><em>“Jonathan is a very strategic thinker and builds a friendly, positive, and trusting relationship with judges and opposing counsel alike. We have been impressed by his professionalism, legal acumen, and client-focused approach relating to transactional matters as well.”</em></p>
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Jonathan Berschadsky

<p class="wp-block-contentpilot-introduction">The Electrical and Software Practice Group at Merchant &amp; Gould includes lawyers and staff engineers with extensive technical experience in industries that require innovations in electrical and software engineering. Most of the lawyers and engineers handling electronics and software cases have educational backgrounds, in many cases advanced degrees, in electrical engineering, physics and/or materials science, computer software. In addition, many have industrial experience. This enables them to have an insightful understanding of issues involved in each case and effectively interact with clients, inventors and expert witnesses alike. </p>



<p>We have represented and advised clients in a wide array of technical fields, from optical sensors for machine-vision inspection systems to organic LED displays, from transceivers for cell phone communication to semiconductor wafer manufacturing systems. We work with clients in industries such as computer hardware and peripherals, telecommunications hardware, sensors, power systems, semiconductors, video recording components, audio recording components, medical devices, and fabrication technology, consumer software, computer gaming, telecommunications, power systems, Internet service providers and Internet applications.</p>



<p>We have a well-informed understanding of our clients’ businesses and the IP problems they face in their industries.&nbsp; Whether it is prosecution of a patent application on a laser diode, due diligence investigation on electronic modules for patient care, or litigation involving nanoscale testing instruments, we staff our cases with professionals with the right background.</p>



<p>As technically proficient as our attorneys are, we are, first and foremost, superior legal counselors.&nbsp; Our attorneys use their technical knowledge as a means to further the end of providing our clients with sound legal advice.&nbsp; Our attorneys have a deep understanding of the relevant law from years of experience, constant following of development in law and frequent interactions with other Merchant &amp; Gould attorneys.&nbsp; We have extensive experience assessing risks to help&nbsp;our clients make prudent business decisions.</p>



<h2>From Individual Inventors to Fortune 500 Companies</h2>



<p>Headquartered in Minneapolis, M&amp;G has several offices across the United States and is able to provide a superior experience at Midwestern rates. In addition, we are able provide convenient representation across the United States and in all time zones.</p>



<p>For&nbsp;over 115 years, our intellectual property lawyers have represented individual inventors, emerging regional businesses and Fortune 500 companies located in the U.S. and worldwide.</p>



<p>Services we provide to inventors and companies engaged in innovative electrical engineering endeavors include:</p>



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<li>Intellectual property strategy development</li>



<li>Prosecution and protection of domestic and international patents</li>



<li>Prosecution and protection of design patents</li>



<li>Defense and prosecution of patent infringement claims</li>



<li>Due diligence for intellectual property projects</li>



<li>Patent validity opinions</li>



<li>Interferences, reissues, and reexaminations</li>



<li>Technology transfers</li>



<li><a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/Practices/Licensing">Licensing</a>&nbsp;agreements</li>



<li><a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/Practices/Copyright">Copyright</a>&nbsp;registration and protection</li>



<li><a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/Practices/Trademark">Trademark</a>&nbsp;and trade dress registration and protection</li>



<li>Prosecution and defense of trademark infringement claims</li>



<li>Trade secret protection</li>



<li><a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/Industries/Alternative-Dispute-Resolution">Alternative dispute resolution</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.merchantgould.com/Practices/Litigation">litigation</a>, and appeals</li>
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<p>Virtually all of the attorneys in our Electrical and Software Group have undergraduate or advanced degrees specific to the electrical or computer arts. Collectively, our lawyers put decades of experience within each client's reach. Merchant &amp; Gould is in the top tier of intellectual property law firms nationwide providing intellectual property services for the electrical engineering and computer hardware industries.</p>

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