Robert Z. Cashman is a patent attorney licensed to practice in New York and before the US Patent & Trademark Office.  His focus is on protecting individual inventors against companies who steal ideas and inventions by helping inventors patent their ideas.  If necessary, the firm has contacts within their attorney network who can sue the companies, even on a contingency basis. 

Rob is currently living in Houston, TX where he has devoted his practice to mastery of all aspects of the invention-protection process with an eye at each stage of protecting the inventor through properly drafted patents to protect his clients against companies large and small who would infringe the patented technology if it was poorly written.  Patents are drafted with the knowledge that one day the patented invention might be copied by a corporation.  It is also understood that too often, the large corporation is not interested in compensating inventors either because the licensing process is too burdensome for them, or because they believe mistakenly that the patents they infringe are not valid.  The problem that arises in a scenario such as this one is that the inventor is often left without the tools to defend his or her patent(s) and thus the patent becomes worthless because the inventor is unable to enforce their patent.  Robert has teamed up with expert patent litigation attorneys and trial lawyers who have successfully litigated patents, who have the knowledge and the skill to approach a corporation with grace, and who are experts in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and local rules of a vast number of jurisdictions, and thus are able to competently protect the inventor even when the company has become unresponsive and has tried to make the inventor go away through legal motions and tricks.

For these reasons, Robert Z. Cashman and the firm he represents provides access to an outcome-based fee system, a contingency fee payment system where the attorneys he is associated with get paid only if and when the client makes money.  This way, the client pays no legal fees and is able to protect his patented invention against those that wish to deprive him of those protections. 

As a patent attorney, Rob graduated from Binghamton University, Harpur College, in New York interestingly enough, with a degree in Philosophy.  However, Rob always surrounded himself with technical coursework which included fundamental science and engineering subject areas such as Programming in C#, Advanced Programming and Data Structures, Digital Logic, Calculus I, II, and III, Microbiology, Biology, Physics, Dynamics, Organic Chemistry, Chemistry, among a number of core courses which make him comfortable when encountering topics which frequent patent litigation lawsuits. 

Robert as a technology and network security enthusiast is also fully conversant with a number of Information Security (infosec) topics as are covered by CompTIA's Network+ Certification course, the CompTIA Security+ Certification course, the CompTIA Linux+ Certification course, and the Ethical Hacker materials. 

In 2006, Rob received his J.D. from the Touro Law School in New York, where he graduated with the knowledge that he would shortly take and pass the patent bar exam to become a patent attorney and a patent litigation attorney.  During law school, Rob was a member of the Jewish Law Report and he was the recipient of multiple awards including, for example, the CALI award for excellence in Computer Law.  He also took part in an internship with Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser through Touro Law School's Business & Technology Clinic.  At Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, Rob focused his energies learning about the various stages of patent litigation, and even took part in preparing for a summary judgment hearing where the U.S. Government was infringing the patents of an inventor.  He also researched Metabolite v. Labcorp regarding whether one can patent a "thinking step" in a business method patent.

After graduation, he worked at a boutique patent company where he negotiated over $28 million dollars in patent asset transfers and gained considerable knowledge in tracking patent litigation cases and monetizing patents.  His clients were interested in bolstering their patent asset portfolios so that when faced with an infringement action, they would have an arsenal of patents to turn the tables on their would-be patent troll opponents.  Further, his clients would have significant licensing power should a company infringe any of the patents Robert acquired on their behalf.  When reviewing each patent, each claim was analyzed for clarity, validity, and with an eye as to which products might infringe. 

*Although Robert is living in Houston, TX, his license and practice is based on federal and New York law.  Although living in Texas, for the time being, Robert does not practice Texas law.  We will update the web site once admission into Texas has been achieved.

If you have an invention or idea that you would like to protect, or have a patent that you believe is being infringed, email or call Robert Z. Cashman today.  Rob can be reached at rzcashman@patentprophet.com or by phone at 516-874-3958.