Craig P. Opperman

Partner

Craig P. Opperman is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Intellectual Property Practice and brings more than a decade and a half of U.S., European and Asian legal and corporate executive experience to bear on designing and building conception-to-commercialization intellectual property portfolios and strategies for clients.

Since moving to Silicon Valley in 1991, Mr. Opperman has developed a practice that emphasizes Intellectual Property as a core corporate asset and he has worked with numerous clients wishing to protect, capitalize on, commercialize, invest in or acquire intellectual property portfolios. He has worked and represented clients in a number of fields, including software, the Internet, e-commerce; interactive TV, instant messaging, video conferencing, conditional access, and other content delivery mechanisms over a range of platforms; medical devices; disease management and e-health; and semi-conductor equipment.

Prior to joining Morgan Lewis, Mr. Opperman served as General Counsel and Chief Intellectual Property Officer of Health Hero Network, Inc., a maker of remote patient monitoring systems. Prior to that, he was Chief Intellectual Property Officer of interactive TV software provider OpenTV, Inc. and its controlling shareholder, Dutch-based MIH Limited.  Before that, he was a partner at a major Silicon Valley-based law firm.

Mr. Opperman is a Stanford Business School SEP alumnus, holds Law and Engineering degrees, and is a graduate of the South African Naval Academy. He regularly publishes and is invited to speak on Intellectual Property issues.

Mr. Opperman is admitted to practice in California and South Africa and before the U.S. and South African Patent Offices

recent publications and presentations

"Do Patents Really Make a Difference to Stock Price?," Intellectual Property Today, February 2002

"Patent Time Bombs," Intellectual Asset Management, February/March 2004

"Location, Location, Location," Intellectual Asset Management, April/May 2004

"Managing the Inevitable Upcoming IP Challenges in e-Health," presented at the Disease Management Association of America’s Disease Management Leadership Forum, Orlando, Florida, October 2004