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John G. Rauch

Practice Summary

Mr. Rauch specializes in patent prosecution and counseling, licensing, and preparing opinions. He has extensive experience in the areas of computer systems, including business methods, on-line commerce, networked search systems and business-to-business systems; telecommunications; electronic circuits and products. Mr. Rauch has prepared and prosecuted domestic and foreign patent applications, prepared patentability and infringement opinions, and licensed patent and other intellectual property assets.

Honors/Distinctions
  • Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer, Leading Lawyers Network, Law Bulletin Publishing Company, 2010, 2011 
Publications
  • "What to Patent is a Strategic Question," Executive Counsel, April/May 2012.
  • "The Law of Reverse Engineering," IEEE Spectrum, August, 1993.
  • "The Realities of Our Times: the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 and the Evolution of the Semiconductor Industry," 3 Fordham Ent. Media & Intell. Prop. L.F. (1993) (also published at 75 J. Pat. & Trademark Off. Soc'y 93 (February, 1993)).
Memberships & Affiliations
  • American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • Licensing Executives Society
  • Intellectual Property Owners Association
Legal Experience
  • Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione, Chicago, Illinois
    1998-Present
  • Motorola, Inc., Libertyville, Illinois
    Patent Attorney, 1995-1998 
  • Foley & Lardner, Chicago, Illinois
    Associate, 1992-1995
Non-Legal Experience
  • Applied Micro Circuits Corp., San Diego, California
  • Cray Research, Inc., Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin
  • Motorola, Inc., Mesa, Arizona
    Integrated Circuit Designer, 1984-1989
Teaching Experience
  • Chicago-Kent College Of Law, Chicago, Illinois
    Adjunct Professor of Law, August 1994-2001
    Mr. Rauch taught a course in Advanced Legal Research in Intellectual Property Law to second and third year law students.