I'm Irfan Lateef

ABOUT ME

Irfan Lateef is a partner at Knobbe Martens, an intellectual property law firm with its main offices in Irvine, California. His particular emphasis is in high stakes patent litigation. He appears regularly before federal district courts throughout the U.S. and has extensive experience before the International Trade Commission in Section 337 proceedings. Irfan has obtained significant awards for plaintiffs and also efficiently defended his clients’ interests. He has succeeded at all levels of litigation including early settlement, motions for summary judgment, jury verdicts, and appeals. Irfan is a registered patent attorney with eighteen years of experience in preparing and prosecuting patent applications in a variety of technologies, including e-commerce, computer software, and medical devices. He also represents clients in other intellectual property matters including those involving patents, trademarks, trade secrets, trade dress and copyrights, with cases in areas such as electronics, semiconductors, biometric authentication, software, medical devices, and prosthesis technology. Irfan has been named one of the "World's Leading Patent Professionals" for litigation in the Patent 1000 guide by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine for the past four years. He was also selected for inclusion in the "Southern California Super Lawyers" list from 2010-2017 by Super Lawyers magazine.