Louis specializes in inter partes and covered business method patent reviews, and in prosecuting ex parte re-examinations for petitioners/requestors and patent owners. He travels to, and lectures extensively, in Japan. Louis has extensive knowledge of firearms and medical devices.
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For more than 20 years, Louis has focused his practice on litigation, prosecution, and client counseling in the automotive, medical device, battery, molded plastic, and electromechanical areas and, more recently, blockchain. Louis also focuses on providing legal opinions on issues relating to patentability, freedom to operate, noninfringement, and invalidity.
An important portion of Louis' practice involves managing portfolios for U.S. and Japanese clients, as well as auditing and performing due diligence on intellectual property assets in the furtherance of licensing.
Louis has represented clients in a wide range of technologies, including DVD, audio equipment, cellular telephone, digital rights management, digital watermarking, internet content provision, optics for digital cameras, cutting tools, dialysis machines, absorbent articles, semiconductors, printed circuit board, circuit board connector technologies, fuel cells, and lithium batteries.
Prior to entering the practice of law, Louis was a civil engineer with a concentration and master's degree in water and hydraulics, as well as working as a professional engineer in three states. Louis also worked extensively in water treatment and with hydraulic machinery.
Representative matters may include engagements before joining Troutman Pepper.