Neale & Fhima

Neale & Fhima is a California-based law firm with offices in Dana Point (headquarters), Irvine, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. The firm primarily focuses on personal injury and lemon law litigation, asserting a 99% success rate in these core areas for clients throughout California. Publicly available information does not indicate Neale & Fhima to be an IP boutique or a firm with a significant national patent litigation presence; consequently, it does not appear in AmLaw or Chambers rankings for intellectual property.

The firm's patent litigation experience, based on tracked appearances, is limited. Its single recorded appearance is as Of Counsel for the plaintiff in ABC IP, LLC v. WIDE OPEN ENTERPRISES LLC et al. This case, along with related actions consolidated under the Rare Breed Triggers Patent Litigation multidistrict litigation, involves patents related to firearm trigger mechanisms, specifically forced reset trigger technology. Based on this appearance, the firm has represented the plaintiff side in patent disputes.

In ABC IP, LLC v. WIDE OPEN ENTERPRISES LLC et al. (D. Del. Case No. 20-622), several asserted claims of the patents, including U.S. Patent Nos. '410, '411, and '440, were deemed unpatentable by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. While this case involved IPRs that led to the invalidation of key claims, there is no public indication that Neale & Fhima maintains a dedicated or high-volume practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for IPR or post-grant review (PGR) proceedings.

Aaron R. Fhima is noted as a principal attorney with the firm. His professional profiles predominantly highlight his extensive experience and trial success in personal injury and lemon law litigation, rather than patent litigation.