Ognian V. Shentov Ph.D. (Oggie)
Partner

Contact

(T) +1.212.326.3650
(F) +1.212.755.7306

Education

  • New York Law School (J.D. magna cum laude 1997); State University of New York at Stony Brook (Postdoctoral research, Computer Science Department, 1991-1992); University of California, Santa Barbara (Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering 1991; M.S. in Electrical Engineering 1988); Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria (B.S. in Electrical Engineering with highest honors 1984)

Bar Admissions

  • New York, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, and registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Dr. Ognian Shentov focuses on patent, trade secret, copyright, and high-technology matters in the electronics, telecommunications, software, medical devices, and financial industries. He has represented many large and sophisticated companies in these industries, and also advises clients on complex IP portfolio management and monetization issues.

Oggie's recent representations include a patent infringement litigation involving medical devices in which he obtained what is reportedly the largest civil verdict in the history of New Hampshire.  He also defended Lenovo in a patent infringement case about the MPEG video compression standard; represented several defendants in a case about dynamic web page generation; defended Chevron in a trade secret misappropriation dispute concerning high-throughput technology; defended two open source software copyright infringement cases; and directed the defense of a group of international companies in a semiconductor manufacturing case.  His past litigation practice includes New Hampshire and various districts in New York, Texas, and California.  Prior to joining Jones Day, Oggie was a partner at the Pennie & Edmonds intellectual property law firm.

Oggie is a vice chair of the U.S. Patent Law Committee of the Intellectual Property Owners (IPO) association and member of its Corporate IP Management Committee.  He also is a member of the Patent Litigation Committee of the NYIPLA. He has written several journal articles and more than 15 other publications, and has contributed to a book on digital signal processing. Oggie frequently participates in panel discussions concerning intellectual property, and has published on issues of patent law and IP management and monetization.


Ognian Shentov Oggie