Peter C. Mei
e-mail: peter.mei@viplawgroup.com
Peter Mei's practice encompasses all areas of intellectual property law, including patent and trademark prosecution, litigation, counseling, transactions and copyrights.
Peter's patent prosecution experience covers a wide variety of technical fields, including the electrical, software, communications, networking, business methods and medical device arts. He personally manages and prosecutes significant portfolios of patents for his clients, which include some of the largest companies in Silicon Valley. Prior to his legal career, he acquired extensive work experience in both private industry and the government as an electrical engineer, computer engineer and software programmer.
His practice has a considerable focus on intellectual property disputes, including high-stakes patent, trade secret and commercial lawsuits involving technology companies, both domestic and foreign. During the course of his legal career, he has been involved with substantial and complex cases in various federal and state courts around the country and before the International Trade Commission. He has represented and counseled numerous companies from Asia, including some of the largest manufacturing companies in Taiwan. (He is fluent in Mandarin.)
Peter focuses on counseling and assisting his clients to develop successful IP strategies in highly competitive environments. He was formerly an in-house patent counsel for a large Silicon Valley high technology company, and in addition to his prosecution and litigation experience, continues to draw upon his in-house background to provide real-world practical advice to his clients.
Peter has extensive experience conducting and organizing intellectual property due diligence studies. The combination of his experience with numerous past deals as well as his diverse background as an engineer, patent prosecutor and IP litigator are all key factors in his ability to effectively, efficiently and thoroughly perform IP due diligence activities. He has handled IP due diligence for many types of deals, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, asset sales, patent auctions, licenses, IPOs and general clearance reviews. He has performed these due diligence activities on behalf of both acquirer/investor/purchaser entities and target/seller entities.
Prior to joining Vista IP, Peter was a partner at the law firm of Bingham McCutchen. He also spent many years as an attorney with the law firm of Lyon & Lyon.
ADMISSIONS
- Admitted to practice in California
- Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office
EDUCATION
- Georgetown University Law Center, Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1994
- Rutgers University, Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, 1988