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Steven M. Hoffberg
Of Counsel
Tully Rinckey, PLLC


Steven M. Hoffberg is a NY patent attorney, and Of Counsel to Tully Rinckey PLLC, where he is head of the patent department.  Mr. Hoffberg holds bachelor's and master's degrees from MIT, an MSEE from RPI, and a JD from Cardozo Law School. Mr. Hoffberg specializes in patent prosecution and licensing, entrepreneurial counseling, emphasizing comprehensive and strategic protection and monetization of intellectual property. He represents academic institutions, large and small entities.  He is inventor of over 90 US patents, covering user interfaces (including speech), communications, optimization/game theory, cryptography, etc.  Mr. Hoffberg has experience in creating (and working with creators), licensing, selling, and acquiring IP relating to speech technologies, as well as user interfaces, artificial intelligence, and contact/customer relationshp management optimization technologies.

Conference Sessions By Mr. Steven M. Hoffberg
SpeechTEK 2020
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
1:45 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. A203: What Are the Ethical Limits to Using Recorded Speech?

SpeechTEK 2019

SpeechTEK 2018
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. SD201: Patents, Speech, & Mobile Devices

SpeechTEK 2017
Wednesday, April 26, 2017
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. SD303: Patent & IP Update

SpeechTEK 2016
Monday, May 23, 2016
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. SD101: Evolution of Intellectual Property Law & Patents

SpeechTEK 2015
Monday, August 17, 2015
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. SD102: What Are Patents? And How to Defend Against Assertion

SpeechTEK 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. SD301: Update on Patents in the Speech Technology Field

SpeechTEK 2013

SpeechTEK 2012
Monday, August 13, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. SD103: Technology Licensing

Wednesday, August 15, 2012
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. SD301: The Impact of Patent Reform on Speech Technologies

SpeechTEK 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
10:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. A302: Recent Changes in Speech Patent Law

SpeechTEK 2010
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. SD203: Patent Protection and Risk for Speech Solutions

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