Latham & Watkins LLP

Rick Frenkel helps clients navigate intellectual property disputes, providing analysis and preventative counseling and advising on the IP aspects of both license agreements and mergers and acquisitions. He draws on his experience as a trial lawyer, engineer, and former in-house counsel, representing clients in all aspects of litigation.

Rick advises a full range of clients, from startups to Fortune 50 companies active in a variety of industries, including:

• • Telecommunications
  • Semiconductors and LEDs
  • Information technology – including security, software, and storage
  • Medical devices
  • Internet & digital media
  • Energy

Prior to joining Latham, Rick served as the Director of Intellectual Property for Consumer and Emerging Technologies at Cisco Systems. Prior to practicing law, he worked as an aerospace engineer at Allied Signal and GE Aircraft Engines.

With more than 30 years of experience at the intersection of engineering and law, he excels at integrating the technical, legal, and business issues clients face, to arrive at practical solutions.

Rick’s representative clients include Amazon, Meta, Lamar Outdoor Advertising, Mimecast, Amphenol, Extreme Networks, and Western Digital.

Rick serves on the board of the Silicon Valley Law Foundation and was until recently the Vice-Chair of the Federal Circuit Bar Association’s Patent Litigation Committee.