Jomy J. Methipara

Jomy Methipara is a business and intellectual property attorney who advises entrepreneurs, executives, and general counsel on corporate formation, mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiations, and capital raising. He also represents Fortune 500 companies, startups, technology companies, and individual inventors in domestic and international patent matters.

Jomy focuses on patent prosecution, portfolio management, USPTO appeals, and counseling on patentability, infringement, validity, and freedom-to-operate issues. He also supports patent litigation involving claim construction and invalidity and non-infringement defenses. His technical experience spans automotive and aerospace systems, semiconductors, optics, lasers, computer technologies, and medical devices, including surgical and drug delivery equipment.

• Managed patent portfolios for multiple Fortune 500 companies across the automotive, medical device, printing, semiconductor lithography, digital imaging, and aerospace industries.
• Represented an automotive supplier in two proceedings before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
• Supported federal patent litigation involving e-commerce and digital media companies, including technical analyses and litigation strategy.
• Advised startups and small businesses on capital raising and financing initiatives, patent licensing negotiations, and intellectual property portfolio management
• Negotiated patent licensing agreements and managed patent and trademark portfolios for emerging businesses and university technology transfer
• Acted as buy-side lead IP and regulatory counsel in the acquisition of a firearms company
• Negotiated minor league baseball naming rights and supply agreement
• Negotiated the rescission of a fraudulent real estate transaction

• Presented, “IP Strategy: Considerations to Foster Innovation and Success” Board of Directors of a private business, December 2024
• Co-Authored, “TikTok Forced Sale Bid Embroils ByteDance’s Vast Patent Trove,” Bloomberg Law, March 2024
• Presented, “THE NEED FOR MORE THAN JUST TREES – Legal and Policy Considerations for Innovative Climate Solutions,” National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA), November 2023
• Presented, “Mentoring 101:  A Guide for IP Attorneys,” American Bar Association (ABA) Intellectual Property Law Section, April 2023
• Moderated, “Protecting the Non-Fungible: NFTs and IP Law,” South Asian Bar Association of Washington DC (SABA-DC), September 2022
• Presented, “Strategies to Design Around and Avoid Patent Infringement,” IPR Gorilla Virtual IP, February 2022
• Presented, “Patent Vs Trade Secrets: What you need to know and how can we choose between them?” IPR Gorilla Virtual, November 2021