Professional experience
John Phillips is a Principal in Fish & Richardson's Southern California office. He was previously with the firm from 1994-1999 and rejoined from 2001-present. His practice emphasizes general client counseling and patent prosecution with special expertise in Internet-related technologies, computer software, communications, and electronics. Mr. Phillips' Internet and software experience includes e-commerce applications, enterprise software systems, computer graphics, electronic imaging, user-interfaces, electronic messaging, methods of doing business, digital rights protection, database technology, and computer networking. His other experience includes medical device technology, telecommunications, photocopiers, and cameras. His clients include individuals, startups, mid-sized businesses, and large corporations.

Mr. Phillips was previously general counsel for Navlet.com, Inc. (2000), an associate and law clerk with Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto (1990-1993), a Staff Electrical Engineer with Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (1988-1989) and a research and development engineer with Scripps Institution of Oceanography (1985-1988).

Mr. Phillips served as Judicial Clerk to the Honorable Alvin A. Schall, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (1993-1994).

Selected publications
Author, "Sui Generis Intellectual Property Protection for Computer Software," 60 Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 997 (1992).

Co-author, "Modifications to the Sea Beam Bathymetric Survey System," OCEANS '88, October 1988.

Co-author, "Multiple Sound Source Synchronizer for Seafloor Surveying, Society of Petroleum Geologists," Offshore Technology Conference, May 1988.

Bar admissions
Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Admitted to the bar in California.

Additional information
Named as one of "Top 25 Leading Portfolio Managers in California" by the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
Listed as one of The Daily Transcript's "Top Influentials" for 2007.
Listed in "The Legal 500 US - IP" survey of top law firms and lawyers in the area of patent reexamination
Listed in "The Southern California Super Lawyers, San Diego 2007" survey for Intellectual Property.