History

Founded in 2005, our firm has guided clients through some of the most dramatic changes in the history of United States patent law. From the "Patent Troll" era, when we helped brokerage clients analyze thousands of patents per quarter, to the Bilski v. Kappos, eBay v. MercExchange, Alice v. CLS Bank, and KSR v. Teleflex Supreme Court decisions which significantly modified the values of existing patents, to the America Invents Act and the enactment of Inter Partes Review (IPR), we've spent our careers on the frontlines of an industry in constant flux, and stand ready to put our expertise to work for you.

We have assisted our clients in litigation, assertive and defensive licensing actions, and portfolio mining and management, just to name a few. We will bring the same service and expertise to your team; our client base includes Fortune 500 tech companies, law firms and tech startups.

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John W. Maly
founder and president/ceo

John founded John Maly & Associates, Inc. over a decade ago. He is a registered US Patent Agent with over 25 years of experience in intellectual property and computer technology. He was trained in patent drafting and prosecution at a leading nationwide IP law firm. Before his transition to patent law, John worked for many years as a hardware engineer on microprocessor design teams at Intel and HP. He also spent several years designing UNIX software for high-speed printing applications. As a graduate teaching assistant at Stanford University, John taught classes relating to software algorithms, compilers, networking, distributed software, C++ and web site design, and gained valuable experience teaching technical concepts to non-technical audiences. John’s technical experience and legal background enable him to provide uniquely insightful technical opinions and comprehensive patent analyses which are highly respected throughout the industry. He has served as an expert witness in a wide variety of computer software and hardware cases.

John holds seventeen US patents and is an inventor on over a dozen pending patents. His organizational affiliations include the PTAB Bar Association, Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu, the Order of the Engineer, the Federalist Society, the Licensing Executives Society, the IEEE and Mensa.

Education

DENVER COLLEGE OF LAW
Juris Doctor, 2008

STANFORD UNIVERSITY
MS, Computer Science, 2000

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY
BS, Computer Engineering, 1999
BA, Psychology, 1999