Tam Thanh Pham integrates complex technological and legal concepts to deliver practical, timely advice that helps clients achieve their business goals. She develops intellectual property strategies tailored to the unique challenges of clients ranging from startups to publicly traded companies, ensuring their innovations are protected and positioned for growth.

Clients turn to Tam for guidance when:

  • Developing a new product or service and seeking protection for their innovations
  • Preparing for a funding event or ‎acquisition
  • Looking to enhance company valuation
  • Responding to a cease-and-desist letter or complaint
  • Navigating litigation activity within their industry
  • Competing in fast-moving technological markets

Tam counsels clients on patent acquisition, enforcement, defense and acceleration strategies, covering both domestic and foreign utility and design patents. She has deep experience in all aspects of patent preparation and prosecution, including reexamination, reissue, appeals and post-grant proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), as well as appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Her practice also includes developing and implementing litigation strategies for U.S. District Court and International Trade Commission (ITC) proceedings, preparing opinion letters regarding non-infringement and invalidity, and conducting intellectual property due diligence for venture capital financing and acquisitions.

Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles (B.S., 2000)
    • University of Southern California Gould School of Law (J.D., 2003)

      Bar Admission

      • Admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2002
      • California, 2003

      Court Admissions

      • U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, 2003
      • U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit, 2008
      • U.S. District Court, Central District of California, 2003
      • U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 2008

      Professional Affiliations

      • Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area (AABA)
        • Director-at-Large
      • Vietnamese American Bar Association of Northern California (VABANC)
      • National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)
      • Bar Association of San Francisco, Intellectual Property Section
        • Intellectual Property Executive Committee
      • American Bar Association
      • State Bar of California
      • Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO)
        • Women in IP Committee
      • TEDxConstitutionDrive
        • Co-Founder
      • ChIPs (Advancing Women in Technology)

      Recognition

      • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2023-2026