Jonathan Stroud

Chief IP Counsel

Unified Patents

Mr. Stroud manages Unified Patents’ legal and corporate work, with a focus on Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), district court, and appellate litigation, contracting, general corporate matters, and settlement negotiations. He regularly teaches, speaks, and writes about patent and administrative law.

Previously, Mr. Stroud was a patent attorney at Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett and Dunner LLP, where he was involved in some of the earliest post-grant review work. Before that, he examined patents on implantable medical devices at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Mr. Stroud has been published in the the Columbia Science and Technology Law Review, the Administrative Law Review, the South Carolina Law Review, the American University Law Review, and the New Mexico Law Review, among others. Two of his articles have been selected as a “best IP article” by Thomson West, in 2014 and 2020, respectively.