Mr. Rowan P Smith, Partner

Rowan Smith is an experienced intellectual property attorney who provides thoughtful legal counseling and business advice to assist clients in maximizing the value of their intellectual assets. His practice includes patent prosecution, copyright and trademark registration, licensing, and technology-related transactions. He regularly works with clients of all sizes, including multi-national companies, non-profit organizations, and sole inventors, to develop business-driven strategies for effectively and efficiently protecting his clients’ most valuable assets.

Rowan’s technical background is in electrical engineering and computer science and he has worked with inventors to protect inventions in many technological areas, including electrical and mechanical systems, semiconductor assembly, test, and packaging, power amplifiers, data communication encryption schemes, machine learning systems for content delivery, medical devices, and asset tracking and management systems. He also provides patent and technology counseling on litigation and licensing matters.

Rowan also assists clients in non-patent matters, including the registration and protection of copyrights, the filing and prosecution of trademark applications, technology licensing, and the protection of trade secrets.

Before law school, Rowan worked as a software engineer for Honeywell’s Laboratory Services and Integrated Testing Center. At Honeywell, Rowan developed technologies to assist in the manufacturing and testing of jet engines.

Representative Technologies

Areas of technology where Rowan has drafted and prosecuted patent
applications include:

Analog & Digital Circuit Design
Asset Tracking and Management Systems
Data Security Technologies & Cryptography
eCommerce systems
Efficient SIP Communication Algorithms
Enterprise Software Systems
High-Performance Mechanical Systems
Low-Power Display Screen Technologies
Machine Learning and AI Technologies for Content Delivery
Medical Devices

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University	J.D.	Law School	2007
Arizona State University	B.S.E.E.		2002

State / Court	Date
Arizona	2007

• American Bar Association
  American Intellectual Property Law Association
  Member of the board of trustees for the Arizona Science Center
  Board member of the SciTech Institute

• Named a 2017 BTI Consulting Group “Client Service All-Star”
  Selected for inclusion in the Southwest Super Lawyers® – Rising
  Stars 2013 Edition (Intellectual Property)

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