IP Law Firm That Understands Technology Like No Other
About Us
Jay
Jay has been registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office since 1980. Six years of multi-million dollar patent infringement litigation experience in New York (Morgan & Finnegan; Davis Hoxie Faithful and Hapgood) including both jury and bench trials in federal court (representing Procter & Gamble and Carter-Wallace) and twelve years of experience as in-house IP counsel (Hoechst-Celanese, Corning Inc., Quest Diagnostics) give Jay a strategic viewpoint in providing his patent and trademark business clients with practical advice in managing their intellectual property portfolios and needs. Jay has extensive patent preparation and prosecution experience extending to a broad range of technical disciplines including chemistry, biotechnology, machinery, software, electronic circuits and systems, and engineered materials. He also has extensive experience in developing and strategically managing large patent portfolios and in handling their annuity and maintenance fee payments. Jay also has extensive experience in advising his clients regarding trademark availability and potential for development of good will, and has prepared, prosecuted and maintained extensive portfolios of U.S. and foreign trademarks. Jay is in the business of assisting clients in weighing the potential benefits and risks of their strategic business options while giving them recommended courses of action and helping them to conserve their resources.
Bar admissions: USPTO (1980), New York (1983), North Carolina (2003)
Education:
Georgetown University Law Center, JD (1982)
Dartmouth College, BA in Chemistry cum laude (1978)
Kevin
Kevin’s career began in 1983, working full-time as a law clerk in the Washington, D.C. office of Leydig, Voit and Mayer while attending law school at night. After graduating from law school in 1987, Kevin worked for the Washington, D.C. area law firms of Oliff & Berridge (1987-1992), Nikaido Marmelstein Murray & Oram (1992-1998), and Lydon & Brown (1998-2000). During those seventeen years working for law firms in the Washington, D.C. area, Kevin gained a solid foundation in all areas of patent and trademark representation, including preparation and prosecution of patent applications in a wide range of technologies, trademark registration and maintenance, and providing opinions. In 2000, Kevin became a founding partner at the law firm of Burr & Brown in Syracuse, New York, where he remained until 2022. During that time, Kevin continued to focus on protecting clients’ patent and trademark rights, further honing his expertise. Kevin has had the honor of working with many small and mid-sized corporations to develop and manage their patent and trademark portfolios, handling large portions of patent portfolios of publicly traded companies, as well as representing individual inventors. Through it all, Kevin has never lost sight of the fact that the patent and trademark matters entrusted to him are of vital importance, and that it is all about serving you and your needs.
Admissions: U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (1986), Virginia Bar (1989), New York Bar (2002)
Education
George Washington University National Law Center, JD (1987)
University of Virginia, BS in Chemical Engineering, with distinction (1983)