Legal Areas of Emphasis

Intellectual Property Due Diligence

Intellectual Property Litigation

Licensing

Patents

Right-to-Practice Opinions

Trade Secrets

Trademarks and Domain Names

Technical Areas of Emphasis

Digital Image Processing

Electrical/Computers

Physics and Optics

Software, Internet and Data Processing

Telecommunications

Professional Profile

Greg A. Hermanson is a partner in our San Diego office.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Hermanson served as an officer in the U.S. Navy from 1985 to 1989.  While he was stationed onboard a guided missile destroyer, he gained experience in marine engineering systems and weapon delivery systems. Mr. Hermanson was also employed as a systems engineer for General Dynamics Corporation, Electronics Division (GDE), in San Diego from 1990 to 1998. At GDE, his responsibilities included developing computer vision algorithms, designing software, and testing systems that exploited optical imagery and electro-optical, SAR, IR and side-scan sonar data. From 1998 to 2001, Mr. Hermanson was employed by BAE Systems, Inc. as a Systems Engineering Manager for an imagery processing and exploitation system.

Mr. Hermanson joined the firm in 2002 and became a partner in 2008.

Education

University of San Diego School of Law (J.D. 2001)

Rochester Institute of Technology (B.S. Imaging Science 1985)

Admissions/Qualifications

State Bar of California

Registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office