Alicia counsels clients on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, with an emphasis on patent protection. Alicia holds both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in computer science, and she focuses her practice on prosecuting patent applications related to computer software, computer hardware, and business methods.

In addition to computer technology and business methods, Alicia's prosecution experience includes telecommunications, electrical engineering, medical devices, and mechanical devices. Alicia prepares international patent applications and coordinates with foreign counsel to prosecute foreign patent applications. Additionally, Alicia regularly prepares patentability and freedom-to-operate opinions in various technological fields.

Representative Experience
Patent Prosecution:
Develop protection strategies. Prosecute foreign and domestic utility and design patent applications for inventions related to computer software, computer hardware, business methods, telecommunications, medical devices, and mechanical arts.

Patent Litigation:
Provide litigation support by utilizing prosecution experience to research and evaluate legal issues related to intellectual property.

Opinions:
Prepare patentability and non-infringement opinions for technologies related to computer software, medical devices, and mechanical devices.

Transactional:
Prepare contracts and agreements, including assignments and website terms and conditions.

Publications
Newsgroups Float into Safe Harbor, and Copyright Holders Are Sunk, 2006 Duke L. & Tech. Rev. 0019