Professional
Staff Profiles
William
G. Guerin, Esq.
bill@grpatent.com
Bill provides a range of legal services to the firm’s clients, including
services directed to acquisition and enforcement of patent and other
intellectual property rights in the
United States
and foreign jurisdictions. He also assists clients in developing strategies for building and
maintaining intellectual property portfolios. In addition, Bill performs
infringement and validity studies, drafts and negotiates technology license
agreements, and provides general intellectual property counseling.
Bill graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1979 with a
B.S. in Physics and he graduated from the University
of
Rochester
in 1982 with an M.S. in Optics.
After graduation, Bill was employed in the Optics Group of
Perkin-Elmer Corporation where he worked on the development
of electro-optical instruments for the Hubble Space Telescope.
In 1985, Bill joined MIT Lincoln Laboratory where he contributed on
a variety of programs concerning optical communications, laser radar, and
airborne and spaceborne imaging systems.
Bill earned his
J.D.,
cum laude with a High Technology Concentration with Distinction, from
Suffolk
University
Law
School
in 1997. He
has been admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
since 1997. Prior to graduation,
Bill became
associated with the law firm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, LLP where he
prosecuted domestic and foreign patent and trademark applications and counseled
clients on a wide range of intellectual property matters. In 2002, Bill, along with Mike Rodriguez,
left Testa to form the intellectual property law firm of
Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP.
Bill acquired over 15 years of technical experience during employment prior to
entering the intellectual property law profession.
He has significant technical experience with respect to optical
systems and optical networks, analog and digital circuits, image processing,
opto-electronic devices, radar systems, Internet technologies, semiconductor
processing and other technologies.
Bill
is admitted to practice in Massachusetts
and the
United States District Court, District of Massachusetts.
Michael
A. Rodriguez, Esq.
mike@grpatent.com
Mike focuses
his Intellectual Property practice in patent law, primarily in the preparation
and prosecution of
United States
and foreign patent applications. He
also performs patent infringement and validity studies.
Born and
raised in New York City, Mike is a 1976 graduate of
Regis
High School in Manhattan. He received his B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from Cornell
University
in 1980 and his M.S. in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute
in 1995. He has been registered to
practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office since 1997. He graduated from Suffolk
University Law
School
with his J.D., summa cum laude, in
1999. He is admitted to the bar in Massachusetts
(1999), to the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts (2000),
and to the United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit (2001).
After
graduating from Cornell in 1980, Mike moved to the heart of Silicon
Valley
to work for National Semiconductor as a product engineer. Soon afterwards, he was invited to participate in a start-up corporation,
Xicor, Inc., to assist in the development of non-volatile memories. In 1986, Mike returned to the East Coast with his family to continue his
career in the semiconductor industry with Digital Equipment Corporation. At DEC Mike advanced to the position of Principal Engineer while he
attended evening courses to earn his M.S. degree. In 1995, he became a member of DEC’s legal department and later became
a patent agent. Once again, he
attended courses in the evenings, this time towards earning his J.D. degree.
His twelve-year career at DEC came to a close in 1998 when he joined the Boston
law firm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault. At Testa, he practiced intellectual property law until March 2002, when
he left the firm to co-found
Guerin
& Rodriguez,
LLP. His fifteen-plus years of
engineering experience, eight years of experience in intellectual property, and
more than forty years of life experience have proved invaluable in the service
of his clients.
Timothy
P. Collins, Esq.
tim@grpatent.com
Tim supports the firm’s clients through a variety of services,
including services directed to acquisition and enforcement of patents and
trademarks in the
United States
and foreign jurisdictions. Tim also
helps clients in the management of intellectual property portfolios.
Tim graduated from the
University
of
Massachusetts
at
Lowell
in 1987 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and he graduated from
Bentley
College
in 1993 with an M.B.A. Before
becoming an attorney, Tim had a 15 year career in the high-tech industry where
he held key hardware engineering, product management, and sales positions with
established pioneers such as Digital Equipment Corporation, BBN Communications,
VideoServer, and Pingtel.
Tim received his J.D. from
Suffolk
University
Law
School
in 2006. He has been admitted to
practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 2006. Starting
before graduation, Tim was employed at the law firm of Mills & Onello, LLP,
where he prosecuted domestic and foreign patent and trademark applications, and
assisted clients in various intellectual property matters.
Tim
has over 15 years of technical experience from employment prior to entering the
field of intellectual property law. His
experience allows him to prepare and prosecute
U.S.
and
international patent applications across a range of technical concentrations,
including semiconductor devices and device fabrication processes, digital and
analog circuits and systems, computer hardware including microprocessor
architecture, medical devices, optical devices, radiation detection systems, and
general mechanical devices and systems. Tim
has also participated in intellectual property due diligence for mergers,
acquisitions, and other financing events.
Tim is admitted to practice
in
Massachusetts
and the United States District Court, District
of Massachusetts.
