Symbus Intellectual Property (IP) Law and Management

Chuck Lobsenz

clobsenz@symbus.com

Tel.703-932-5837 Fax.540-518-9037

P.O. Box 11085, McLean, Virginia 22102

 

Technology Transactions • Commercial Agreements • Patent Preparation and Prosecution • Patent Program Development and Implementation • Patent Evaluation and Monetization • Patent Litigation • Patent Pooling • Software Licensing • Technology Development and Joint Venture Arrangements • Web-Based Agreements and Policies

Chuck Lobsenz, JD, has particular expertise in intellectual property/patent matters and in structuring/negotiating and closing complex technology arrangements particularly in the telecommunications and software industries. Prior to joining Symbus, Mr. Lobsenz was the General Counsel at Virtustream, Inc., a cloud services and software provider.  While there, he was responsible for managing the legal team as well as handling all legal matters affecting the company.

 

Mr. Lobsenz has also held the position of Associate General Counsel – Intellectual Property at Clearwire Corporation, a publicly traded provider of fourth generation wireless voice and data services. At Clearwire, Mr. Lobsenz had responsibility for managing all intellectual property matters for the company as well as providing legal support for many of the company’s key commercial transactions.  While at Clearwire, he designed and implemented a highly successful intellectual property asset management (IPAM) program resulting in a substantial and strategic set of patent assets for the company. In addition, Mr. Lobsenz negotiated and closed a multitude of complex deals such as joint ventures, new sales channel relationships, technology development arrangements, multi-billion dollar telecommunications equipment acquisitions as well as numerous other deals with companies such as Google, Intel, Motorola, Samsung, Microsoft, and Cisco.

 

Prior to Clearwire, he spent many years in the private practice of law, working with a number of highly respected national law firms including Hunton & Williams and Baker & Botts.  Chuck began his legal career at IBM. Prior to law school, he worked as a semiconductor design engineer for Texas Instruments as well as a software engineer for Honeywell Aerospace.

 

Member, Symbus Law Group, 2011 - present.

 

Bar Memberships: Virginia, New York. Registered Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

 

Education: BS, Computer Engineering, Bucknell University; JD cum laude, Albany Law School of Union University.