Profile
Roy P. Zachariah is a registered patent attorney and shareholder in the firm's Intellectual Property Practice with a deep background in electrical and computer engineering. He counsels clients ranging from startups to multinational corporations on intellectual property strategy, transactions, and protection across a broad range of technology sectors. Roy's practice encompasses several principal areas: patent prosecution and counseling, trademark prosecution and enforcement, and IP-focused transactional work, including mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing, and commercial agreements.
Patent Practice
Roy develops and implements patent strategies for building and managing patent portfolios across a wide range of technology areas, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, software and computer engineering, telecommunications, cybersecurity, blockchain and cryptocurrency, medical devices, content delivery systems, and numerous other fields. He prosecutes patent applications in the United States and abroad, handles Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) filings and procedures, and prepares patentability, freedom-to-operate, and invalidity opinions and analyses. He also counsels clients on patent portfolio development and management, patent licensing, and infringement risk assessment.
Trademark Practice
Roy's trademark practice encompasses the full lifecycle of trademark rights, from clearance through enforcement. He advises clients on trademark strategy, conducts trademark clearance searches and analyses, prosecutes trademark applications in the United States and internationally, and manages trademark portfolios. Roy also represents clients in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the USPTO's Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), and counsels clients on trademark licensing, assignments, and enforcement matters.
Transactional and Contracts Practice
A significant component of Roy's practice involves IP-focused transactional work and commercial agreements. He regularly conducts intellectual property due diligence in connection with mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, asset acquisitions, and other corporate transactions, assessing patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret assets and identifying associated risks. Roy negotiates and drafts a wide range of agreements, including:
- Merger and acquisition agreements and related IP provisions
- IP purchase, sale, and asset transfer agreements
- Intellectual property license agreements (exclusive and non-exclusive)
- IP assignment agreements
- Technology transfer agreements
- Software development, licensing, and maintenance agreements
- Artificial intelligence and machine learning contracts, including data licensing, model development, and AI product agreements
- SaaS and other cloud-based service agreements
- Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements
- Co-development and joint development agreements
Background
Prior to entering private practice, Roy worked as a software engineer, programmer, and business analyst for a major entertainment and sports media company, and conducted prior art searches in the technology transfer and licensing department of a major research university. This technical and business background informs his practical, results-oriented approach to client matters.
Concentrations
IP Legal Experience
- Patent prosecution in the U.S. and abroad, including PCT practice and procedures
- Patent prosecution appeals
- Patent portfolio development, management, and licensing
- Patentability, freedom-to-operate, and invalidity opinions and analyses
- Trademark prosecution in the U.S. and abroad
- Trademark clearance and risk analysis
- Trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings (TTAB)
- Trademark portfolio development, maintenance, and enforcement
- Trademark licensing and assignments
- IP due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and corporate transactions
- Drafting and negotiating AI, software, and technology contracts
- Drafting and negotiating IP license and assignment agreements
- Technology transfer agreements
- IP counseling on patentability, infringement, and invalidity
- IP litigation
- Copyright registration and counseling
- Trade secret counseling
Technical Experience
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning, and neural networks
- General software and software engineering
- Semiconductor technologies
- Big data technologies
- Mobile applications
- Cybersecurity and encryption technologies
- Telecommunications technologies, including telephony systems and devices, servers, routers, switches, gateways, satellite technologies, fiber technologies, and wired and wireless network technologies
- Content delivery and distribution networks
- Navigation technologies
- Autonomous vehicles and robotics
- Home automation and smart devices
- Wearable devices and Internet of Things technologies
- Virtual reality and augmented reality technologies
- Natural language processing technologies
- Object and activity monitoring and detection systems
- Processor and memory technologies
- Computer-based business methods and FinTech
- Blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies
- Social media and e-commerce technologies
- Sensor-based technologies, including radio frequency and tracking technologies
- General computer hardware
- Audio devices and systems, including speakers, microphones, and voice recognition systems
- Optical communication technologies
- Medical devices and health care systems
- Renewable energy devices and systems
- Human resource software
- Interactive surface, user interface, and display technologies
- Sporting goods and consumer goods
主要执业方向
主要执业经验
- Represented clients in prosecuting patent applications directed to artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, semiconductor technologies, and sensor-based technologies across a variety of industries and application areas, including systems leveraging AI for data analysis, semiconductor device architectures, and sensor-integrated platforms.
- Represented a global telecommunications company in filing patent applications, preparing opinions, and responding to office actions in the following technology areas: systems for managing networks, cellular technologies, content delivery devices and systems, systems for analyzing network metrics, routing devices and systems, acoustic-related devices and systems, unmanned aerial vehicle-related devices and systems, interactive surface devices and systems, wireless devices and systems, satellite device and systems, fiber technologies, health-related devices and systems, vehicle-related devices and systems, anti-malware devices and systems, encryption systems, cybersecurity systems, among other devices and systems.°
- Represented clients in the medical sector, including preparing patent applications and patentability analyses for systems that manage and process patient-related information, medical device systems and technologies, systems including radio-frequency identification technologies, systems for managing electronic data records, systems for providing records reporting, systems including modification of processor functionality, systems including encryption technologies, systems for providing drug interaction analysis, among other systems.°
- Represented speaker and audio technology companies in filing patent applications and responding to office actions in the following technology areas: speakers, microphones, headsets, ear buds, voice recognition systems, playback systems, streaming content systems, artificial intelligence, user interface technologies, speech and audio processing technologies, interference reduction technologies, among other technology areas.°
- Represented a cybersecurity company in filing patent applications, preparing opinions, and responding to office actions in the following technology areas: multifactor authentication technologies, biometric technologies, sensor technologies, automation technologies, physical and cyber infrastructure technologies, smart building technologies, among other technologies.°
- Represented an entertainment company with a large trademark portfolio and assisted with trademark clearance, trademark prosecution in the United States and abroad, trademark oppositions, and trademark licensing.°
- Represented companies and individuals in connection with obtaining copyright registrations for various types of works.°
- Represented an entertainment company with a large trademark portfolio, providing full-service trademark counsel including clearance searches and analyses, trademark prosecution in the United States and internationally, representation in trademark opposition proceedings, and trademark licensing.
- Counseled clients on trademark portfolio strategy, procurement, and maintenance across a range of industries.
- Conducted intellectual property due diligence in connection with mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions, evaluating patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret portfolios and advising clients on IP-related risks and opportunities.
- Negotiated and drafted IP provisions in merger and acquisition agreements, asset purchase agreements, and related transaction documents.
- Drafted and negotiated artificial intelligence contracts, software licensing agreements, SaaS agreements, and other technology-related commercial contracts.
- Prepared and negotiated intellectual property license agreements, assignment agreements, and technology transfer agreements for clients across a range of industries and technology sectors.
- Represented companies and individuals in obtaining copyright registrations for various types of works.
- Prepared patentability, freedom-to-operate, and invalidity opinions and analyses for clients across a range of technology sectors.
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Zachariah prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
- Prior Art Examiner, University of Florida Office of Technology Licensing, 2006-2007
- Software Engineer / Programmer / Business Analyst, CBS SportsLine.com (now CBSSports.com), 1999-2004
荣誉和领导力
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2026
- Patent Law, 2026
- Listed, Palm Beach Illustrated, "Top Lawyers," 2023-2025
- Listed, Boca Raton Observer, “Top Lawyers,” 2025
- Member, The Florida Bar
- Member, Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Member, Intellectual Property Committee
- Member, American Bar Association
- Member, Palm Beach Tech Association
- Member, South Asian Bar Association
资历
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J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law
- Certificate, Intellectual Property
- Web-Editor, Journal of Technology Law and Policy
- M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
- B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering with a dual major in Business Administration, Carnegie Mellon University
- Florida
- 美国专利商标局
- Spanish, Conversational