VP, Patents & Counsel

Curtis (Curt) Dodd is responsible for the management of Wi-LAN’s Patent portfolio including all patent filing and prosecution related activities as well as formulating infringement and validity positions with respect to its issued patents. In addition, Curt is also actively involved in licensing Wi-LAN’s patents and provides patent-related counsel to Wi-LAN’s licensing, research and development, business development and litigation teams.

Prior to joining Wi-LAN, Curt held the position of Intellectual Property Counsel at Nortel Networks. In this position, Curt was involved the management and licensing of Nortel’s 4G wireless technologies including WiMAX. Curt is a patent lawyer, engineer and registered patent agent and has authored several papers on U.S. and Canadian patent law.

Curtis Dodd