Buchalter is pleased to announce Shareholders Jason Croft and Jonathan Talcott’s inclusion on the 2025 IAM Patent 1000 list of the “World’s Leading Patent Professionals.”
Intellectual Asset Management’s Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners guide, is a unique list that identifies the top patent professionals in key jurisdictions around the globe. Those included in the guide show both “depth of knowledge” and “market presence.” Buchalter is featured nationally in the United States. Individually, Jason is featured in the jurisdiction of Utah, and Jonathan is recommended in the jurisdiction of Arizona. To see the firm’s full rankings in the Patent 1000, please visit here.
Jason Croft is at the forefront in driving a large-scale industry shift to a more business-minded approach to IP. He is frequently called upon to help companies forge new paths to profitability and to transform legal departments from cost-centers to profit-centers. As part of this approach, he actively manages patent-related matters for some of the world’s most innovative public and private companies. He is equally adept at patent procurement and IP portfolio strategy as he is at managing IP transactions, conducting IP due diligence, and leading post-grant proceedings.
Mr. Croft’s technical expertise spans a broad array of cutting-edge disciplines, including artificial intelligence/machine learning and agentic implementations, telecommunications, virtual and augmented reality, 5G and IEEE wireless standards, autonomous vehicles, robotics, computer architecture, software, cryptography, biometrics, cryptocurrencies, integrated circuits, decarbonization, nuclear, and semiconductors.
Jonathan Talcott is an experienced intellectual property counselor, litigator, and trial attorney. He specializes in high stakes litigation in all areas of intellectual property (IP), representing clients throughout the country in patent, trademark, trade secrets, copyright, Internet domain name, and other technology-related commercial disputes. He also regularly assists clients in building and maintaining their IP portfolios, and advises on IP and technology issues arising in various commercial transactions, such as licensing and M&A deals.
Mr. Talcott has a firm grasp on technology from his education in physics and electrical engineering, and from his years of practice as a professional engineer at a large aerospace and defense company where he designed displays and controls for cockpit electronics. His experience spans a broad range of technologies and industries, such as software and hardware for computers, consumer electronics, the Internet, financial institutions, cannabis, medical systems, sports equipment, and generative artificial intelligence (AI).
