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Hoda’s primary practice area is intellectual property, with a specific focus on patent enforcement and validity matters. She has a deep understanding of a broad range of intellectual property issues, handling patent, trade secret, trademark, and copyright portfolio counseling, protection, enforcement, and defense matters. Hoda’s dual technical background in biomedical engineering and physics gives her a comprehensive understanding of complex intellectual property across a broad range of technologies, including medical devices, pharmaceuticals, software, semiconductors, MEMS devices, optical lithography, telecommunications, and mechanical devices, among others.

Hoda’s practice predominantly involves litigating complex intellectual property and commercial matters. She has litigated in a variety of forums, including district courts throughout the United States, the Federal Circuit, the US Patent Trial and Appeal Board, the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, the US International Trade Commission, and New York and New Jersey state courts. She has experience in all stages of litigation, including pre-litigation diligence and settlement to appellate practice. She also has significant experience in large-scale electronic discovery, handling dozens of matters ranging from 10 GB to nearly 20 TB, and is skilled at managing discovery and minimizing the associated costs.

In addition to her litigation practice, Hoda supports clients in procuring intellectual property rights through US Patent and Trademark Office and US Copyright Office applications M&A due diligence, and transfer and licensing agreement drafting, reviewing, and negotiation.

Hoda also has an extensive pro bono practice that includes representing a nonprofit organization at zoning board hearings, preparing asylum applications, appearing on behalf of indigent tenants in landlord-tenant court, and volunteering at legal clinics.