Geoffrey Melnick > Ehrlich Group > Tel Aviv, Israel > Lawyer Profile

Geoffrey Melnick

073-7919199 geoff@ipatent.co.il View profile

Work Department

Ehrlich & Fenster of Ehrlich Group

Position

Head of Hi-Tech Department

Career

Geoff  began in the IP field in 1990 in the UK with Haseltine Lake, one of the country’s most prestigious IP firms, handling an International client list that included such multi-national companies as Fujitsu, Sharp and Siemens.

He moved to Israel in 1997 and joined Dr Gal Ehrlich at the establishment of his firm in 2000.

Since then Geoff has been involved with an exciting mixture of mature companies and big and small startups, seeing many of the startups from their first patent application through investment rounds to successful multi-million dollar exits.

Geoff has been involved in the preparation of patent applications in Hardware, Software, Communications, Physics, and Medical Devices, in particular RF engineering, microwave antennae, satellite communications, sound and image processing, data compression, pattern recognition, control and measurement engineering, computer modeling, communications protocols, cellular and roaming infrastructures, ultrasound, firewalls, cryptography, semiconductors, computer architecture, memories, computer input devices and interfaces, smart cards, semiconductor lasers, fiber optics, CNC devices and robotics, seismic imaging and electrical machines.

He has also been involved in due diligence assessments, opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office and litigation support, as well as providing strategy and portfolio management advice, and has also conducted numerous hearings at the USPTO.

Languages

English, Hebrew

Education

1991 – 1992 – Certificate of Intellectual Property Law, Queen Mary College, University of London UK.
1986 – 1990 – BEng. (Hons) degree in electrical and electronic engineering from the University of Manchester, UK