Professional Summary
Mr. Collins concentrates in intellectual property, with a focus on drafting and prosecuting U.S. and foreign patents before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and international patent offices. He advises clients on issues related to patent infringement, patent validity, freedom to operate and due diligence studies.

Mr. Collins represents a broad range of clients, from large multinational corporations to start-up entrepreneurial ventures, focusing on a wide spectrum of technologies including wireless communication systems, speech signal processing, electronic control systems, spread spectrum technologies such as CDMA, and Bluetooth, antennas, medical devices, and computer software, such as Internet, e-commerce, and business method patents.

Prior to entering the practice of law, Mr. Collins designed equipment used to integrate and test satellite communication systems for a major telecommunications corporation. Mr. Collins has also served as a patent examiner in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, where he examined patent applications in the speech signal processing art.

Education
J.D., Syracuse University, 1995
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Syracuse University

Admissions
New York
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Memberships
American Intellectual Property Law Association
New York Intellectual Property Law Association