The placement of intellectual property partners Dan Ovanezian and Marina Portnova. Both were formerly partners with Blakely Sokoloff. They have handled and managed patent portfolios for many prominent Silicon Valley technology clients. Ovanezian has a broad technology base of experience including the design and fabrication of a variety of integrated circuit devices. Portonova focuses her practice on intellectual property protection in computer architecture, software, networking, communications, image processing, and business methods.