John M. Carson
Senior partner of Knobbe Martens.
John M. Carson is a senior partner in the San Francisco and San Diego offices of Knobbe Martens. With 30 years of legal experience as a registered patent attorney, his practice involves representation of technology clients in the acquisition, protection and exploitation of IP rights, and particularly, patent portfolio development and management that maximizes value in complex IP environments. John also has extensive experience with the related needs of early stage companies as a founding advisor to one of the world’s first start-up accelerators, assisting with the commercialization of technology developed at research institutions, collaborating with founders, advisors and new management as a company scales or changes direction. John is an active advisor in a Silicon Valley accelerator and he is a successful investor in early stage VC funds and in companies as an angel investor.