Marc Johannes has 15 years of experience in all aspects of patent prosecution and client counseling including patent procurement, patent portfolio strategy and development, patent validity and infringement opinions, due diligence, clearance studies and advising clients in both offensive and defensive utilization of their intellectual property.
Marc’s experience spans a variety of technologies such as extensive experience in imaging technologies including x-ray, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), medical imaging and equipment, computer vision and image processing, pattern recognition, and also includes experience in speech recognition and speech synthesis, electrical and optical devices, semiconductor devices, networking, MEMS devices and all aspects of software.
Prior to joining the firm, Marc served as a software engineer with Scansoft, Inc. where he was responsible for the design and development of an image acquisition, Image Processing, and Optical Character Recognition application programming interface for document analysis and management applications.
Marc’s graduate research has included projects in the areas of pattern recognition, computer vision and shape modeling, image understanding, and speech recognition systems.
Marc has been repeatedly named one of Massachusetts Super Lawyers’ “Rising Stars” in the field of intellectual property law.