Hazim Ansari

Mr. Ansari is a member of HBD’s Patent and Technology department. His practice focuses on strategic patent portfolio management and patent litigation. Mr. Ansari has extensive experience in analyzing patents and developing strategies for extracting maximum value for IP assets from a market. His technical expertise extends from the chemical and pharmaceutical arts to electronics and software.

Prior to joining HBD, Mr. Ansari was the CEO of Metrix Services (PatentMetrix), a Delhi-based firm that provides companies with a range of patent services and patent compliance solutions. He built and trained a team of intellectual property professionals in Delhi, India, that wrote patents and conducted infringement analyses for numerous public and private companies. Previously, Mr. Ansari was the VP of Business Development for Tomorrow Factory, a San Francisco-based company that specialized in integration software for business marketplaces. At Tomorrow Factory, he was appointed CEO where he successfully restructured the company for merger opportunities. Prior to Tomorrow Factory, Mr. Ansari was an intellectual property attorney with O’Melveny & Myers’ where he represented numerous high technology companies in the negotiation of intellectual property licensing and acquisition deals, filing and prosecution of patent portfolios, structuring of co-development and co-exploitation vehicles, and general management of intellectual property assets.