Pattric J. Rawlins is Chair of Procopio's Software Practice Group and Team Leader for the Intellectual Property Team. He counsels clients on many aspects of intellectual property law, including patent litigation as both plaintiff and defendant, as well as intellectual property counseling to protect patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and licensing of intellectual property assets. Pattric’s practice focuses on counseling clients regarding intellectual property including procurement strategies and licensing programs for software implemented technologies. He has extensive experience with strategic patent matters including accelerated patent applications, post grant patent matters including ex parte patent reexaminations, inter partes patent reexaminations, reissue patent applications and interferences. Pattric is licensed to practice before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California, and the Northern District of Illinois and has briefed and argued patent prosecution appeals before the United States Patent Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.