Ahsan A. Shaikh is an associate in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the
Ahsan’s practice encompasses the preparation and prosecution of patent applications, with considerable involvement in both patent and copyright licensing matters.
His experience includes the representation of companies in the e-commerce, computer software and hardware industries as well as medical device manufacturers.
Ahsan earned his B.A. in computer science with honors from the
He now concentrates his intellectual property practice on technology relating to the computer software and hardware arts, the internet, and specifically the video game/interactive entertainment software and open source software industries, topics for which he is a regular presenter. Ahsan has prosecuted many video game patents and written several articles on the legal issues faced by the video game industry including "Entertainment Value" which appeared in the April 17 edition of the
Ahsan is admitted to the California State Bar and is a registered patent attorney admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2005
- University of California-Berkeley, B.A., 2002
Languages Spoken
- English
- Urdu
