Contact
949-429-0212 (Work)
[email protected]
www.linkedin.com/in/karima-gulickpatent-lawyer (LinkedIn) www.innoventlaw.com/ (Company)
Top Skills
Intellectual Property
Patents
Aerospace
Languages
English (Native or Bilingual)
French (Native or Bilingual)
Chinese (Elementary)
Arabic (Native or Bilingual)
Spanish (Professional Working)
Italian (Professional Working)
Certifications
Search and rescue diving
Attorney
Private Aircraft Pilot
USPTO Registered Patent Attorney
International Business Negotiations
Karima Fathi Gulick
Patent Attorney and Aerospace Engineer
Aliso Viejo, California, United States
Summary
Drawing on years of aviation and engineering experience, I dedicated my legal career to helping people with their Intellectual Property and Aviation matters.
I help clients with regulatory and investigation matters associated with their aviation operations.
I am also an intellectual property lawyer and registered patent attorney. I help clients protect their inventions and brands with patents and trademarks.
I am committed to providing the highest quality services and personalized attention to my clients. I know that every client is unique and I am attentive to the unique goals and budgets of small and mid-sized businesses that are growing and investing in their intellectual property portfolios.
Areas of Practice:
Patent Law
Trademark Law
Copyright Law
E-bay and Amazon disputes
Aviation Law: FAA enforcement Actions and FAA emergency orders Drone Law: Drone operator defense, FAA Enforcement and Civil Penalty Actions for Drone Operators
Experience
Innovent Law - Patents, Trademarks & Aviation Law
Patent and trademark attorney
June 2017 - Present (7 years 3 months)
Irvine, CA
Intellectual Property:
I help clients obtain patents and trademarks in diverse industries. I help businesses build, protect, and enforce their brands and ideas.
Aviation Law:
I assist clients with regulatory, investigation and litigation matters in aviation law.
WPAT, PC
Intellectual Property Attorney
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Irvine, CA
- Drafted and prosecuted patent applications related to consumer products, electrical, software, semiconductors and mechanical technologies - Successfully assisted the third largest filer at the USPTO with their patent cases and helped them overcome rejections in pending cases by drafting persuasive arguments and interviewing USPTO examiners
- Drafted motions and appeal briefs for patent litigation cases at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- Negotiated settlement agreements in trademark infringement actions and helped clients obtain their desired outcome
- Independently counseled clients on domestic and international patent and trademark filings and strategy
- Assisted local and foreign clients with their filings in the US, China, Japan, and European Union
- Drafted freedom to operate opinions for Fortune 500 companies with regards to their current and future products
Law offices of LN Ginsberg
Intellectual Property Law Clerk
January 2013 - May 2016 (3 years 5 months)
Newport Beach, CA
- Prepared and prosecuted patent applications related to electrical, software, electro-mechanical, wireless telecommunications and mechanical technologies - Prepared and prosecuted trademark applications and drafted infringement analyses
- Conducted patent validity and freedom-to-operate analyses for various clients with regards to their current and future products
- Provided technical expertise related to litigation matters, and advised on patent portfolio management
Rockwell Collins
Sr Systems engineer
January 2009 - December 2015 (7 years)
Irvine, CA
In-flight entertainment
- Designed requirements for the Paves-On-Demand system, sub-systems, software and products in support of the project
Drafted white papers and concepts of operation for in-flight entertainment software systems
Participated in design reviews for requirement implementation.
Drafted engineering quotes and customer proposals for prospective clients - Lead a successful on time and on budget delivery of the Paves-On-Demand product to the first airline customer
Coordinated with the airline to ensure delivery of a satisfactory product Helped the client customize their software and adapted it to their particular aircraft layouts
Drafted client specific system definition and functional requirements - Drafted system verification tests for the Paves-On-Demand project, and provided technical direction to members of assigned work teams.
Drafted system and subsystem wiring diagrams with minute details, as well as overall systems diagrams.
Coordinated with software and systems engineers to troubleshoot and perform root cause analyses of prototype discrepancies.
Electro-Mechanical Systems
- Designed and performed stress analysis on the fly-by-wire pilot controls for the Mitsubishi Regional Jet.
- Performed structural analyses with a primary focus on weight optimization and Design to Cost throughout conceptual, preliminary, and detail design phases of the pilot control systems
- Co-Developed a weight optimization technique in Ansys which was later used on various critical Mitsubishi Regional Jet and Airbus A350 pilot control system components
The technique resulted in a reduction in cost and an increase in control system and aircraft efficiency
The technique resulted in a total weight reduction of 35% on the Airbus A350 flight control systems analyzed
Continental Airlines
Propulsion Engineering Intern
May 2008 - August 2008 (4 months)
- Performed root cause analysis on the Continental Airlines fleet engines in order to improve reliability of the engines for the Boeing 737 -500, -700, -800, -900, and -900ER, Boeing 757 -200, -300, Boeing 767 -200ER and -400ER and Boeing 777-200ER
- Investigated causes of in-line employee accidents and developed safety processes to ensure employee awareness and non-recurrence of such incidents
- Investigated and provided dispositions for non-conforming parts resulting from in-service failures or maintenance incidents
- Took actions to offset avoidable costs
ATA Airlines
Reliability Engineer Intern
January 2007 - August 2007 (8 months)
- Investigated and provided dispositions for non-conforming parts resulting form in-service failures or maintenance incidents
Drafted Engineering Coordination Memos (ECM’s) for any resolvable issue Wrote and submitted monthly presentations for upgrades and modifications to aircraft parts for the Aircraft Reliability Board
- Performed root cause analysis on the ATA Airlines fleet components in order to improve reliability for the Boeing 737 -300 and -800, the Boeing 757 -200 and -300, L1011 and DC-10-30.
Drafted and issued Engineering Orders, Fleet Campaign Directives and component build specifications to perform modifications or implement procedures in order to improve the fleet’s reliability.
Royal Air Maroc
Systems Engineer Intern
June 2006 - August 2006 (3 months)
- Coordinated with manufacturers and repair vendors to accomplish reliability analysis and take corrective actions, including modifications and upgrades. - Created and coordinated modification of company manuals for reliability enhancements.
- Performed statistical and non-statistical analysis of aircraft logbook on a daily basis and monitored active aircraft maintenance trends and developed solutions for short and long-term issues.
- Created macros to improve report generation to save time and money spent to create weekly maintenance logbook reports.
Adler Planetarium
Volunteer
May 2005 - August 2005 (4 months)
- Assisted the public on the museum floor by giving guided tours of the planetarium
- Facilitated telescope viewing during special events
Natural Design Process
Research Assistant
September 2004 - May 2005 (9 months)
Winona, MN
- Assisted Dr. Caroline Dry throughout her research in developing selfrepairing polymer materials for use in aircraft, automobiles, and boats
- Tested different materials under different conditions, gathered and analyzed data.
Education
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Western State University College of Law
Doctor of Law (J.D.), Intellectual Property Law - Aviation Law · (2012 - 2015) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering (Area of Concentration:
Astronautics) · (2005 - 2008)
Winona State University
Bachelor of Science, Composite Material Engineering · (2004 - 2005) Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Certificate, International business negotiations · (2015)