J. Rick Taché

Shareholder

Phone: (949) 224-6446
Fax: (949) 720-0182
Email: [email protected]
Offices: Orange County
Bar Admissions: California, Arizona, Michigan, North Carolina, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

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J. Rick Taché is a Shareholder in Buchalter’s Orange County office and firm-wide Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Group. Mr. Taché is a registered patent attorney focusing his practice on intellectual property law, with an emphasis on patent and trademark litigation before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, U.S. District Courts throughout the country, the International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In addition to his litigation experience, Mr. Taché advises clients on a variety of complex transactions including mergers & acquisitions, licensing, joint ventures, joint development, OEM, and outsourcing agreements. His patent and trademark prosecution practice spans a variety of industries, including medical devices, aerospace, mechanical, software, hardware, Internet, business methods, and various other technologies.

Mr. Taché was formerly Assistant Chief Intellectual Property Counsel with McDonnell Douglas Company, Intellectual Property Counsel with the Boeing Corporation, General Counsel with Nomadix, Inc., and General Counsel with Northpole, Limited. This in-house experience allows Mr. Taché to anticipate the needs of and deliver tailored legal services to his clients.

Professional Recognition

Recognized in Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners, Globe White Page Ltd, 2014-2023.
Recognized in Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, 2013-2014, 2017.