Zach Block partners with clients to help them gain a competitive advantage from their innovation. At the intersection of technology and law, he leverages deep technological understanding and engineering insight in tailoring IP strategies that translate clients’ innovations into actionable legal and business solutions - whether the goal is developing assets that support commercialization, revenue growth and capital access, or navigating risks in transactions or emerging technologies, or opposing competitors in the market.

Zach focuses his practice on guiding clients through an array of intellectual property challenges including patent portfolio development, transactions, monetization and product clearance. As a registered patent attorney, Zach works with inventors, engineers and in-house legal teams to build robust patent portfolios, pushing boundaries in emerging and established technological domains and navigating dense patent thickets and infringement assertions.

Zach has experience managing sophisticated patent portfolios in myriad industries, including industrial and consumer products, automotive, space and defense, healthcare, semiconductors and digital security. He has extensive experience across a spectrum of electrical and software technologies, including:

  • Autonomous systems
  • Radio frequency (RF) systems and components
  • Wireless communications
  • Medical devices and imaging
  • Sensor systems and image processing
  • Electric motors and control
  • Semiconductors
  • Power systems
  • Computing
  • Algorithms, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI)

Whether your portfolio is mature or just launching, reach out to Zach when you need your IP to start working for your business.

Education

  • Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2012)
    • Missouri University of Science and Technology (B.S., cum laude, 2005)
      • Electrical Engineering

    Bar Admission

    • Missouri
    • Texas
    • Admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

    Recognition

    • Selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America® for Patent Law, 2026
    • Named one of Best Lawyers in America® Ones to Watch:
      • Intellectual Property Law, 2022-2025
      • Patent Law, 2023-2025