Drawing on more than a decade of experience helping clients build and leverage their intellectual property assets, Derek Roller applies critical thinking about how different IP rights can help achieve clients’ business goals. He supports clients’ commercial activity by planning and structuring strategic patent portfolios, as well as review and analysis of competitor IP.
A large portion of Derek’s practice focuses on IP portfolio development, particularly with regard to patents. Focusing first on understanding business objectives and the competitive landscape, Derek crafts a portfolio strategy and efficiently executes by procuring patents that are ready for assertion, while recognizing the limits of real world budgets.
Credentials
Education
- Northwestern University, B.A., manufacturing and design engineering
- Boston College Law School, J.D.
- Northwestern University, B.S., mechanical engineering
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Massachusetts
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts