Howard Zaretsky

Areas of Practice:

Intellectual Property, Licensing & Technology
Intellectual Property Litigation

Education:

Brooklyn Law School, JD, 1994

Polytechnic University of New York, MSEE, 1987

State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook, BEE, 1983

Phone:

585-362-4519

Fax:

585-362-4619

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At a Glance:

Howard Zaretsky is a Partner in the firm’s Intellectual Property Department.  He has been practicing intellectual property law since 1991 focusing on building patent portfolios for companies (many of them Fortune 100 companies) in the areas of electronics, signal processing, powerline carrier systems, wireless communications, RF systems, telecommunications, switching systems, networking, ASIC based algorithms and firmware, integrated circuits, semiconductors, image processing, radar systems and complex computer hardware and software systems.  He has successfully counseled clients in all aspects of patents, trademarks and copyrights.  Howard enjoys an unmatched track record in patent prosecution, representing clients before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

With over 10 years of real-world experience working in the electrical engineering field, including radar systems, high speed analog and digital design, and powerline communications, combined with the many years of working with RF wireless and signal processing technology, Howard’s hands-on work experience brings a deep understanding of the technology to the table; a capability many patent firms fall short on.  From working as an electrical engineer at AT&T Bell Labs, Norden Systems (United Technologies), Sperry and Leviton Manufacturing to founding his own software company developing simulator/debuggers for the TMS320 line of DSP chips, He is adept at quickly comprehending inventive concepts and is able to speak to inventors in their own language, thereby minimizing the inventor’s time and eliminating inventor frustration when dealing with the patent attorney.

Howard also has extensive experience working with Israeli high tech companies, having lived in Israel for 7 years.  Having drafted and prosecuted hundreds of applications for over 100 Israeli high tech companies, including R&D divisions of several Fortune 100 companies, Howard has worked with the brightest and best engineers in Israel’s “Silicon Valley” in protecting leading edge technologies.

With almost 1000 pending and issued patents, he continues to practice intellectual property law providing patent prosecution and litigation support services for clients.

Howard received his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School.  He received his MSEE in Electrical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of New York, and his BEE in Electrical Engineering from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook.

Howard concentrates his practice in the areas of:

Bar Admissions:

• New York, 1996
• Arizona, 2004
• United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1994
• Israel Patent Bar, 1998

Professional Affiliations:

• American Intellectual Property Law Association
• American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section
• Arizona Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section
• New York State Bar Association
• The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Other:

Publications

Co-author of a paper on fault tolerant network design analysis, “Modeling Fault Coverage and Reliability in a Fault-Tolerant Network,” IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference & Exhibition 1990 (GLOBECOM ’90) and presented in San Diego.