Jeff Blake is a member of Sutherland’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, where his practice includes all aspects of intellectual property litigation and counseling, with extensive litigation experience in both the electrical arts and pharmaceuticals. Jeff has represented clients in federal district courts across the United States, including cases involving telephony, microprocessor hardware and software, network security and automotive airbag deployment software. He also has represented major pharmaceutical companies in litigation brought under the Hatch-Waxman Amendments to the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, and in Section 337 actions before the U.S. International Trade Commission.

Jeff has litigated multiple actions enforcing the copyrights of a major firm client, negotiated the licensing of patent portfolios and gained experience in misuse of Internet domain names under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy.

He is a member of the firm’s Hiring and Professional Development committees. Before joining Sutherland, Jeff was an associate at a New York IP boutique firm.

Jeff is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.