Our Intellectual Property Team is uniquely positioned in its focus areas of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, patents and unfair competition matters. With the combined decades of experience leading the in-house IP legal departments at some of the world largest companies and the significant depth acquired by our law firm IP partners and associates representing clients across all industries, we carved a niche in providing outstanding IP legal representation in the most cost-effective manner.
Our experience in representing companies that own some of world’s most valuable brands and helping start-up companies to be the future owners of such valuable IP starts with a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses. We then partner with our clients to help them achieve their business objectives and goals in all facets of IP including:
- Counseling
- Global strategies
- IP value enhancement and return on investment
- National and international transactional and litigation matters
- Licensing
- Enforcement
- Anti-counterfeiting
- Global portfolio management
FOCUS AREAS
- Copyrights
- Licensing
- Litigation
- Patents
- Portfolio Management
- Trademark
- Trade Secrets
Team
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Helen S. Atter | Partner | hatter@lippes.com | 904.660.0020 x1553 |
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Sean P. Balkin | Senior Associate | sbalkin@lippes.com | 716.853.5100 x1264 |
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Darius Keyhani | Of Counsel | dkeyhani@lippes.com | 202.903.0326 |
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Christian M. Lovelace | Partner | Team Leader - Franchising & Licensing; Team Leader - Asset Receivable Management | clovelace@lippes.com | 716.853.5100 x1222 |
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Jennifer Meredith | Of Counsel | jmeredith@lippes.com | 646.546.5253 |
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Paul A. Mitchell | Partner | pmitchell@lippes.com | 716.853.5100 x1367 |
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Andrew J. Olek | Senior Associate | aolek@lippes.com | 716.853.5100 x1289 |
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Michael E. Storck | Partner | Team Co-Leader - Intellectual Property | Team Co-Leader - Securities | mstorck@lippes.com | 716.853.5100 x1369 |
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Scott E. Thompson | Partner | Team Co-Leader - Intellectual Property | sthompson@lippes.com | 332.345.4500 x1459 |
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