Clement Naples
Clement Naples is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins and serves as lead counsel in patent infringement, trade secret and other IP-related litigation. Clem has extensive experience litigating in the International Trade Commission and in District Courts across the country. In addition to his litigation experience, Clem has negotiated complex patent license agreements, including agreements covering worldwide patent portfolios in excess of US$100 million. Clem also regularly consults regarding the sale or acquisition of companies with significant patent assets. Prior to law school, Clem was a Lead Engineer at Silicon Valley Group Lithography Systems, now ASML, where he focused on the design and development of the optical train of the Micrascan line of deep-UV step-and-scan lithography tools. He also wrote custom software for modeling the optical performance of the machines. Clem's cases have covered a wide range of technologies, including: Telecommunications Biometric devices Optics Semiconductors Heavy oil processing Video and audio streaming Wireless technologies MPEG compression Clem also has extensive experience litigating cases involving large volumes of source code. He also prosecuted patents in various fields, such as computer software, satellite thrusters and mass spectrometry. · Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton
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Partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Lead counsel in patent infringement, trade secret, and IP-related litigation. Experienced before the ITC and District Courts. Negotiated complex patent license agreements, including portfolio deals over US$100 million. Advises on patent asset sales/acquisitions. Background as a Lead Engineer at Silicon Valley Group Lithography Systems. Patent prosecution experience in computer software, satellite thrusters, mass spectrometry. Litigation covers telecommunications, biometric devices, optics, semiconductors, heavy oil processing, video/audio streaming, wireless technologies, MPEG compression, and source code cases.