Cesar Udave

Cesar is an intellectual property attorney with experience enforcing, defending against, and procuring IP rights.  

Primarily, Cesar’s practice focuses on litigating IP rights in federal court, as well as state court. In this capacity, Cesar has managed various aspects of IP litigation including complaint drafting, motion practice, discovery, and post-judgement collections, among other litigation-based tasks. 

In addition, Cesar—who previously held the roles of engineer and patent agent earlier in his career—maintains a practice that includes procuring IP rights through preparation and prosecution of utility patent applications, as well as development and implementation of trade secret policies and programs. In this capacity, Cesar also conducts patentability and freedom-to-operate searches, in addition to analyzing patent validity and assisting in other IP matters.

Cesar uses his industry experience, engineering background, and experience with clients from around the globe to develop enforcement, defense, drafting, and claiming strategies that are tailored to meet specific needs and business goals. He has handled matters in a number of different technology areas, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, electric vehicles, distributed (cloud) computing, computing hardware, medical devices, building materials and composites, financial services and power generation, as well as other computer software and electro-mechanical arts. Cesar promotes the growth of clients’ businesses by providing creative and unique approaches for enforcing, pursuing and maintaining IP for client innovations.

Additionally, Cesar is active in furthering the firm’s pro bono efforts. His pro bono practice includes representing military veterans with cases pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, as well as establishing legal guardianships and protection of unaccompanied refugee children, often for Spanish-speaking clients.