Biography

Josephine E. Chang has over 10 years of experience in intellectual property law. She emphasizes in procuring patents in the United States as well as abroad. In addition to domestic and foreign patent prosecution, Ms. Chang procures and counsels clients with respect to trademarks and copyrights, and evaluates products and processes for patentability and infringement. She was named a "Southern California Rising Star" by Los Angeles Magazine in 2006 and 2007.

Ms. Chang has technical expertise in computer software, computer networking, and the Internet. She uses this background in preparing and prosecuting patent applications in the areas of business method technologies, telecommunications, consumer electronics, Web applications, interactive television applications, point-of-sale applications, computer forensic investigation tools, acoustic analysis software, plus other software and hardware technologies.

Admitted

• State Bar of California, 1997
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• State Bar of Illinois

Education

• J.D. degree from Loyola University School of Law, 1996
      o  Dean’s list
      o  Loyola National Moot Court Team
      o  First place in Intra Moot Court Competition, including
          Best Brief
      o  American Jurisprudence Award, Intellectual Property
          Law and Remedies
• B.S. degree in mathematics/computer science and Spanish from Carnegie-Mellon University, 1993

Professional Activities

• Korean American Bar Association
• Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association

Personal Background

Ms. Chang is fluent in Korean and Spanish.

Representative Publications and Presentations

Ms. Chang has made presentations in Japan to law firms and clients regarding an applicant’s duty of disclosure and inequitable conduct.

Representative Matters

Ms. Chang has obtained numerous patents, including patents relating to:

• Interactive television data transmission and synchronization
• Electronic document management
• Visual communication tools
• Computer forensic investigation tools
• Visual navigation systems
• Software for use in retail and POS systems
• Web 2.0 technologies
• Electronic program guides
• Acoustic preference matching
• Traffic light control and preemption
• Internet data transmission protocols
• 3D animated movies
• Business method technologies