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Founded in 1996, Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. is a full-service intellectual property firm. Our attorneys represent clients in litigation, prosecution, opinions, strategic planning and licensing. This work is performed both domestically and internationally with matters in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Middle East.

The firm's West Houston location is very close to Houston's major medical centers, technology centers and universities. Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. is less than an hour drive from NASA's Johnson Space Center, just over a two-hour drive from Austin's technology areas, and less than one hour by plane from Dallas. Non-stop flights to Tokyo, Europe and Latin America, along with its central location in the U.S., make Houston a very flexible location.

In large litigation matters, the firm associates with attorneys specializing in trial work. This strategy allows Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. to field the large number of people sometimes needed in litigation. High-speed data links and document image-sharing technology have allowed the firm to work closely with local counsel and other specialists in any location. The same technology, coupled video conferencing, makes for efficient representation in prosecution and negotiation situations as well. The firm's state-of-the-art document management and docket system allows for highly accurate and timely reporting and docketing of the unique deadlines an intellectual property practice faces.

The firm's attorneys have extensive patent prosecution, litigation, appellate and licensing experience in a variety of technical areas. Those areas include: semiconductor manufacturing, microprocessors, tire manufacturing, medical devices, internal combustion engines, fuel injectors, signal processing, fly-by-wire systems, software and communication protocols, optics, lasers, fiber-optics, night vision optics, flat panel displays, geophysics, drilling technologies, recording systems and connectors, database structures and other computer metallurgy, foundry technology, refractory chemistry, water purification, complex mechanical systems, paper products, thermodynamics, hydraulics, injection molding, charge-coupled devices, displacement ship hulls, global positioning and other navigation systems and other areas.

Clients vary greatly, including start-up organizations, Fortune 100 companies, mid-size organizations with no in-house counsel, artists, inventors and writers. These clients are from around the world and Arnold & Knobloch, L.L.P. deals with people from a number of cultures. Resumes of the individual attorneys and technical advisors are attached.

Statement of Practice

Patent, Trademark, Copyright, and Trade Secret Law, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Administrative Law, Communications, Patent Law, Corporate Law, Contracts, Media Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, Technology and Science Law, Entertainment Law, Franchise Law, Internet Law, Domain Names, Securities, Arbitration, Mediation.

Address

Sterling Bank
2401 Fountainview, Suite 630
Houston, TX 77057, (Ft. Bend, Harris & Montgomery Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 713-972-1150
Fax: 713-972-1180

Website

http://www.arnold-iplaw.com

PARTNER

Charles Saron Knobloch, JD, PG (Partner) born Wayne, Michigan, May 11, 1959; admitted to bar, 1992, Texas; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Michigan Technological University (B.S.E., 1980); University of Houston (J.D., 1991). Member: Houston Intellectual Property Law Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas, (Past Member, College of the State Bar of Texas). Special Agencies: Texas Professional Geoscientist, Geophysics. Languages: Indonesian. Practice Areas: Intellectual Property.

ASSOCIATE

Jason A. Saunders (Associate) born Charleston, South Carolina; admitted to bar, 2003, Texas; 2004, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2007, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit. Education: Baylor University (B.S., Physics, 2000); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 2003). Mr. Saunders studied Physics and Mathematics at Baylor University in Waco, Texas and Law at The University of Houston Law Center in Houston, Texas. Mr. Saunders has worked in a variety of research and development environments including university affiliated labs and independent research organizations, and technology start-ups. Mr. Saunders has focused on intellectual property for his entire legal career. He counsels client's in a wide range of intellectual property matters, including: patent application prosecution, patent litigation, trademark application prosecution, trademark litigation, copyright registration and litigation, domain name disputes, M&A due diligence, and intellectual property strategy. He has prosecuted and litigated patents in a wide variety of technical fields, including: simple consumer devices, broadcasting and RF engineering, chemical products, downhole tools, digital signal processing, digital encryption, computer hardware, vehicle navigation, and medical devices. Mr. Saunders is licensed to practice before all Texas State Courts, The Federal District Court's for the Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Saunders is a member of the American Bar Association, the Texas State Bar Association, the American Intellectual Property Law Association, and the Houston Intellectual Property Law Association. Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association; American Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; Houston Intellectual Property Law Association. Reported Cases: International Driving Training, Inc. v. Web Integrations, LLC and Comedy Driving Inc., WIPO Case No. D2009-0129. Practice Areas: Patent Litigation; Trademark Litigation; Copyright Litigation; Civil Litigation.Email: Jason A. Saunders