Law Offices of Ray K. Shahani, Esq.

Our office provides a broad range of patent services involving U.S. and foreign patent application drafting, filing and prosecution. The firm's clients range from independent inventors and small businesses to mid-sized, entrepreneurial research and technology concerns both publicly and privately held.

Our office has represented and advised clients in a broad range of internet-related issues. Clients have included plaintiffs and defendants both in domain name disputes, trademark infringement on the internet matters, web site development and maintenance contracts and related agreements.

Mr. Shahani is associated with the local intellectual property bar, including colleague patent attorneys and agents in private practice, and he serves as Consulting Attorney in Intellectual Property for the San Mateo County Lawyer Referral Service.

Mr. Shahani has a broad technical background with a specialization in biotechnology and biochemical manufacturing. He has experience with medical devices, chemicals, electronic devices and circuits, computer architecture, software and hardware, mechanical inventions, lighting, physics and optics inventions. H and our firm perform patentability and infringement searches and studies, utilizing current CD-ROM and on-line database information. We utilize the services of other technical and legal professionals, including local graphics experts and foreign filing associates.

We provide other specialized legal services, including licensing, small business consulting, contract disputes, and corporate work. He is also engaged in of copyright and trademark matters, including litigation in trade secret and inventor/employee issues, and software development. Mr. Shahani's practice is also devoted to civil litigation.