January 9, 2008
THE DAILY TRANSCRIPT
By Doug Sherwin
SAN DIEGO – Fred C. Hernandez has joined Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo PC as an intellectual property partner in its San Diego office. He was previously a partner with Fish & Richardson. The firm Watanabe Nason handled the placement.
Hernandez’s practice emphasizes U.S. and foreign patent prosecution in the areas of medical devices, bioinformatics, computer software and mechanical arts. He provides strategic patent prosecution counseling in building and protecting patent portfolios with a focus on early stage and emerging companies. He gained significant technical experience during his work as a software engineer for Hughes Aircraft Co.