Malissa focuses on identifying, procuring and enforcing the intellectual property rights of clients.
Malissa’s experience includes drafting and prosecuting patent applications, counseling clients on intellectual property matters, performing due diligence on patent assets, managing global patent portfolios, handling appeals before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) and evaluating freedom-to-operate, invalidity and infringement positions.
Her patent experience covers a wide array of technologies, including biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, suncare and hair care formulations, plants, glass coatings, optics, semiconductors and medical devices. She has represented clients ranging from independent inventors to Fortune 500 companies.
Prior to joining Fredrikson, Malissa practiced as a patent attorney at a boutique law firm in Connecticut. Additionally, during law school, she was a judicial intern for the Honorable Andrea Masley in the Bronx Family Court and a research assistant to Fordham Law Professor Tanya Hernández.
