Paul Ulrich is a member of the Intellectual Property Practice Group. Paul's practice focuses on patent preparation and prosecution; patent infringement; market clearance; validity; patentability studies; licensing; IP due diligence for M&A; and client counseling in intellectual property matters. His experience is concentrated in mechanical, electro-mechanical, light-chemical, business methods, Internet-related areas, and software. He has worked with packaging technologies; manufacturing and processing equipment; plasma technologies; robotics; aerospace technologies; wind turbine equipment; consumer products; semiconductor technologies; printing equipment; marketing databases; power distribution equipment; telecommunications; and water filtration technologies. Paul's practice includes extensive experience in design patent preparation and prosecution. Prior to becoming an attorney, he held management positions in engineering, regulatory, operations, and customer service with a Fortune 500 gas and electric utility, including managing an organization of 400 union and management employees.