Ozzie has more than 25 years of experience in patent and IP litigation, including Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings. He presents oral argument to district courts, the US International Trade Commission (ITC), Federal Circuit, and PTAB; drafts, responds to, and argues motions; leads trials and hearings; examines witnesses; coordinates expert reports and testimony; and conducts depositions and fact discovery. Ozzie also prosecutes patent applications in various technical areas, including computer hardware and software, A/V processing, telecommunications, wireless devices, data mining, financial services and products, business methods, consumer products, and medical devices.

Since 2002, Ozzie has served as a judge in the Fairfax County Public Schools Science Fair and has obtained patent protection for the innovations and creative projects of numerous students on a pro bono basis.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, University of Miami School of Law, cum laude, 1998

BSEE, Florida International University, 1998

BS, Economics, Florida State University, 1994

• Experience in the litigation of patents, trademarks, and other complex civil litigation matters, including seeking preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders; Markman claim construction hearings; preparation of substantive and procedural motions; discovery; and infringement investigations and analyses
• Represent NTP, Inc. in reexamination of eight patents, including five patents involved in NTP, Inc. v. Research In Motion, Inc. patent dispute related to Blackberry devices, ongoing.
  IP due diligence counsel for Fortune 75 company in connection with sale of manufacturing plants and related IP assets throughout the world.
• IP due diligence counsel for Internet unit of a Fortune 500 conglomerate in connection with the acquisition or sale of various business units.
• Prosecute and maintain comprehensive patent portfolios for various Fortune 500 financial services companies.
• Draft licenses and other technology agreements.
• Render opinions concerning the infringement, validity, and enforceability of patents.
• Conduct U.S. and foreign patent prosecution in diverse technologies such as financial services and products, software, e-commerce, business methods, and medical devices.

• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association

• Attorneys React to High Court's PTAB Claim Construction Ruling, Law360 (quoted)
• Interlocutory Appeal is Proposed, National Law Journal
• A Look Back at the Top AIA-Related Decisions of 2016, Law360 (quoted)
• Major Departure at USPTO, Intellectual Property Magazine (quoted)
• Identifying and Securing Intellectual Property, Virginia Lawyers Weekly
• How Banks Can Avoid Early Pitfalls in the Patent Procurement Process, Banking Law Journal, Vol. 123, No. 10
• Supreme Court Defers to PTOs Patent Review Standard, Westlaw Journal (quoted)
• Patent or Trade Secrets: Which is Better?, Banking Law Journal, Vol. 124, No. 3
• 2014 Patent Damages Year In Review