K. Iain McAusland  

Associate
email: imcausland@fdml.com

Overview

Mr. McAusland counsels clients with regard to all aspects of intellectual property strategy including internal intellectual property capture and protection policies, patent prosecution and intellectual property litigation. Mr. McAusland has experience with patent prosecution, patent litigation, patent opinions, freedom to operate analysis, due diligence and with the particular intellectual property issues facing venture-funded start-ups . Mr. McAusland’s concentration is in fields combining high-tech with biotech or med-tech such as medical devices, medical diagnostics, drug discovery systems, flow cytometry, antibody reagents, protein and DNA analysis and DNA microarrays. Mr. McAusland also has experience working in the fields of computer hardware, software, programmable logic devices, robotics, and wafer fabrication technology.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. McAusland worked as a patent attorney with Fish & Neave, and Howrey Simon Arnold & White LLP; and worked as in-house counsel for venture-funded start-up companies Intuitive Surgical, Inc., and Epoch Labs USA, Inc. 

Education

Cambridge University, England, B.A. Natural Sciences 1987 with honors
Boston College Law School, J.D. 1991 magna cum laude

Admissions and Memberships

State Bar Massachusetts
State Bar of New York
United States Patent and Trademark Office
United States District Court for the Northern District of California