Ozzie has experience in patent and IP litigation and PTAB proceedings, including: presenting oral argument to district court, ITC, Federal Circuit and PTAB judges, motion, hearing and trial practice, direct and cross examination of witnesses, coordinating expert reports and testimony; and conducting depositions and fact discovery. Ozzie has also prosecuted patent applications in various technical areas, including computer hardware and software, A/V processing, telecommunications, wireless devices, data mining, financial services and products, business methods, consumer products, and medical devices.

Since 2002, Ozzie has served as a judge in the Fairfax County Public Schools Science Fair and, on a pro bono basis, has obtained patent protection for the innovations and creative projects of numerous students.

Ozzie is admitted to practice before the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit and Eleventh Circuit. He is also registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Bar Admissions

Education
JD, University of Miami School of Law, cum laude, 1998

BSEE, Florida International University, 1998

BS, Economics, Florida State University, 1994

• Experience in the litigation of patents, trademarks, and other complex civil litigation matters, including seeking preliminary injunctions and temporary restraining orders; Markman claim construction hearings; preparation of substantive and procedural motions; discovery; and infringement investigations and analyses
• Represent NTP, Inc. in reexamination of eight patents, including five patents involved in NTP, Inc. v. Research In Motion, Inc. patent dispute related to Blackberry devices, ongoing.
  IP due diligence counsel for Fortune 75 company in connection with sale of manufacturing plants and related IP assets throughout the world.
• IP due diligence counsel for Internet unit of a Fortune 500 conglomerate in connection with the acquisition or sale of various business units.
• Prosecute and maintain comprehensive patent portfolios for various Fortune 500 financial services companies.
• Draft licenses and other technology agreements.
• Render opinions concerning the infringement, validity, and enforceability of patents.
• Conduct U.S. and foreign patent prosecution in diverse technologies such as financial services and products, software, e-commerce, business methods, and medical devices.

• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association

• Attorneys React to High Court's PTAB Claim Construction Ruling, Law360 (quoted)
• Interlocutory Appeal is Proposed, National Law Journal
• A Look Back at the Top AIA-Related Decisions of 2016, Law360 (quoted)
• Major Departure at USPTO, Intellectual Property Magazine (quoted)
• Identifying and Securing Intellectual Property, Virginia Lawyers Weekly
• How Banks Can Avoid Early Pitfalls in the Patent Procurement Process, Banking Law Journal, Vol. 123, No. 10
• Supreme Court Defers to PTOs Patent Review Standard, Westlaw Journal (quoted)
• Patent or Trade Secrets: Which is Better?, Banking Law Journal, Vol. 124, No. 3
• 2014 Patent Damages Year In Review