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Gavin’s practice focuses on patent litigation. In addition to district court litigation, he has significant experience with pre-litigation counseling, Section 337 proceedings before the International Trade Commission, and IPR matters before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Gavin has worked on cases involving a wide array of technologies, including wafer-scale artificial intelligence processors, haptics, microprocessor architecture, 4G LTE wireless protocols, video streaming, photolithography, RNA interference, power management for mobile devices, mobile mapping software, mobile Internet browsing, load balancing, and computer security using machine learning.

Gavin received his B.A. in Computer Science & English Literature from Columbia College in 1999. He received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 2011, where he was a James Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar. He also received the Carroll G. Harper Prize for intellectual property studies and was an Articles Editor for the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review.

Syed’s practice focuses on U.S. and international patent and trademark prosecution, enforcement, licensing and litigation matters. He received a B.Eng in Aerospace Engineering from Ryerson University and a M.Eng. in Aerospace Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where his graduate research focused on acoustic emissions monitoring of space shuttle external tanks. Syed earned his J.D. from Seattle University School of Law (2012), where he served as a judicial extern to Honorable Thomas S. Zilly, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington. Syed graduated magna cum laude.

Tim Boller's practice focuses on electrical patent prosecution and intellectual property litigation. He graduated from the University of Kansas with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering (1986) and received a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center (1994).