About Us
Grand Patentbyrå AB is a Swedish intellectual property firm founded by Joseph Shain (VP Intellectual Property at Neonode Inc. from 2008 - 2023). During his tenure at Neonode, Mr. Shain created an international portfolio of over 250 patents covering Neonode's products in the areas of mobile phones and optical sensor technology for user interfaces. Two of the mobile phone patents prosecuted by Mr. Shain have been asserted against Samsung Electronics and Apple in the Western District of Texas and in the Northern District of California, respectively. One of those patents survived two, separate inter partes reviews (IPRs) brought by Apple and Samsung and by Google.


Podcasts
Grand Patentbyrå's Joseph Shain Speaks on AI Patenting at RedEye AI Event 2024
Miljardpatentet (“The Billion-dollar Patent”) is a 3-part documentary in Swedish by Spotify Dok that explores the David vs. Goliath story of two user interface patents prosecuted to issuance by Joseph Shain during his tenure at Neonode. The patents were asserted against Apple and Samsung.
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What We Do
Prepare and file patent applications as decided upon with the client
Consider trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets
Verify freedom to operate (FTO) for the Company's products
Organize and maintain company IP inventory
Regularly confer and review company IP status and issues
Consider infringement issues
Prepare documents relating to IP as necessary
Make recommendations to the company management