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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.  He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Boston Patent Law Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers.

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.

Mary M. Steubing, Esq.

mary@grpatent.com

Mary’s intellectual property law practice includes the preparation and prosecution of United States and foreign patent applications, infringement and validity studies, technology license agreements, and strategic intellectual property strategy counseling for companies ranging from Fortune 500 to start-up companies. 

Mary received her B.S. in Electrical Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1986.  She then worked as a computer hardware design engineer on the design of computer systems at Digital Equipment Corporation.  She was registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1991.  She then worked as a Patent Agent counseling computer systems, storage, and networking engineering groups at Digital while obtaining her law degree.  Mary graduated Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 1995, and is registered to practice law in Massachusetts .

Mary left Digital to become Patent Counsel at Bay Networks Inc. in 1997.  After acquisition of Bay Networks by Nortel Networks Inc., she became Counsel to the CTO at Nortel.  Experience included strategic patent portfolio development, strategic patent license counseling, and intellectual property counseling regarding technology transfers and mergers / acquisitions.

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