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Joseph E. Reed
Peoria County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 18 years of experience
IP and Patents
Georgetown University Law Center and University of San Diego School of Law
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Jonathan Lucas Allen Phillips
Peoria County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 14 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Communications, Patents and Trademarks
DePaul University
Jeffrey Ryva
Peoria County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer
IP, Appeals, Bankruptcy and Business
John Marshall Law School
Stephen Michael Buck
Peoria County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer
IP, Business and Employment
Saint Louis University School of Law
John Cheek
Peoria County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney
Anne Wright Fiero
McLean County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 33 years of experience
IP, Antitrust, Business and International
The University of Chicago Law School
Timothy Joseph Le Duc
McLean County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 21 years of experience
IP
University of Minnesota Law School
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Julie C. King
Champaign County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 24 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfIP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
University of Illinois College of Law
I help clients protect their most valuable business assets: their ideas and inventions, their purpose, and their products.
I help clients protect themselves and their assets through a combination of intellectual property management, business planning, and estate planning.
I help business owners start and run their businesses successfully.
I help clients keep their focus on the core parts of the business, the things that made them want to do it in the first place, by making sure their foundations and legal strategies are strong and tailored to their unique needs. My focus on clients’ legal issues takes that off their list...
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Joseph Murphy
Champaign County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 37 years of experience
IP, Business and Communications
American University
Joseph D. Murphy is currently the president of Meyer Capel. Following law school and a two-year clerkship with a federal district court judge, Mr. Murphy began his practice with a Wall Street law firm, gaining substantial experience in trademark licensing and intellectual property litigation. Subsequently, he moved to a Washington, D.C.-based firm, where his practice concentrated in franchise litigation and counseling. Since returning to Champaign-Urbana in 1994 to join Meyer Capel, he has focused his practice on a combination of intellectual property (including franchise licensing) and telecommunications.
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Matt C. Deering
Champaign County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 28 years of experience
IP, Business, Communications and Real Estate
Large corporations and small companies alike need sound legal advice from attorneys who understand the demands and dynamics of the business environment. Clients of Meyer Capel will find these skills in Matt C. Deering.
A native of Champaign-Urbana and a graduate of Champaign Central High School, Mr. Deering holds a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Kentucky and a juris doctorate from Ohio Northern University. He joined the firm in 1994 as a law clerk and became a full-time associate in 1996 and a shareholder on January 1, 2003.
In addition to handling general corporate and business law concerns,...
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Richard T. West
Champaign County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 55 years of experience
IP, Appeals, Business and Health Care
University of Illinois College of Law
Richard T. West has been practicing law for over forty-one years. He has been a shareholder of Meyer Capel for over half of his career, having practiced in other firms in the community prior to joining Meyer Capel in 1991 as a shareholder. Throughout much of his career, his focus has been in the areas of complex litigation involving, for example, intellectual property, construction, banking, products liability, contract disputes and corporate and fiduciary obligations, as well as business representation, construction law, and health care law. In recent years, he has begun to shift his focus from an active litigation practice...
Mark W Roberts
Macon County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 25 years of experience
Richard Joseph McGillivray
Moultrie County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 30 years of experience
IP and Administrative
South Texas College of Law
Donald Martin Carley
Sangamon County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 28 years of experience
IP and Business
Temple University Beasley School of Law and Temple University Beasley School of Law
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J.D. Houvener
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
Seattle University
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It is a common misconception that inventors and business people have, that as soon as an invention is granted a Patent from the USPTO, that interested tech companies will come knocking at the door looking to license your invention or buy the technology.
Or, that magically there will be a massive...
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Scott Alan Andresen
Kane County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 25 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Entertainment & Sports and Trademarks
Valparaiso University School of Law
Scott A. Andresen is the founder of Andresen & Associates, P.C., a Chicago-based law firm with a location in East Dundee that focuses its offerings in the areas of sports law, entertainment and the arts, and intellectual property. The firm also has a strong focus in the startup and small entrepreneur space, addressing the legal needs of new and emerging business owners.
Prior to founding Andresen & Associates, Scott served as in-house legal counsel for the Arena Football League. He also worked for the legal department of the Oakland Raiders NFL team and served as Legal Assistant to the Executive Director...
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Sean Goodwin
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 16 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Estate Planning
Washington University School of Law and University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
I am a licensed patent attorney with the USPTO. If you have an idea for an invention and want to start a company based on that idea, I can help get your idea off the ground.
I help entrepreneurs start a business, register their intellectual property (i.e., patents, trademarks, copyrights), draft/negotiate any commercial contract agreements (e.g., employment, lease, distributor, services, licenses, assignments, website terms/privacy, etc.). I also have experience with marketing/advertising review for products and services (e.g., website review for legal liability). Specifically, I help healthcare companies with FDA and FTC regulatory review of foods, beverages, dietary supplements, cosmetics, drugs, and...
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Patrick Richards
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 24 years of experience
233 S. Wacker Dr., 84th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Free ConsultationIP, Patents and Trademarks
University of Virginia School of Law
Richards Patent Law is a Chicago, IL area patent law firm serving individuals and businesses of all sizes. I work with clients from across the United States and around the world to prepare, file and prosecute patents at the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
I started Richards Patent Law after spending over eight years in the intellectual property group of the Chicago office of McDermott Will & Emery LLP, a large general practice firm where I concentrated my practice on patent prosecution, counseling, opinion work and litigation.
As a partner at McDermott, I managed international patent portfolios for several major...
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Aja M Favors
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 10 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business, Communications and Health Care
Valparaiso University and University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Aja Favors is a mediator that focuses on privacy and technology disputes including Data Breach, Contract Disputes, AI-Generated content, Consumer-to-business privacy disputes, and more. She's gained crucial knowledge in technology mediation by working for a variety of organizations. Attorney Favors is the founder of her own firm, Privacy & Technology Mediation Services. The firm is based out of Illinois but serves clients throughout the United States.
Make sure that your data is handled with care. To schedule a free consultation, call 312-767-3900.
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Adam Edward Urbanczyk
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 15 years of experience
IP, Business, Patents and Trademarks
The John Marshall Law School
Adam E. Urbanczyk has represented tech startups, online merchants, film producers, software companies, national shipping lines, marketing firms, landlords, IT distributors, and consultants in defense, and pursuit, of intellectual property and commercial disputes. Adam has produced favorable outcomes for plaintiffs and has obtained dismissals and removals based on artful pleading, lack of standing, and preemption in state and federal courts in Illinois. Adam has helped recover millions of dollars for online resellers and merchants.
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Mark E. Wiemelt
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 33 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Patents and Trademarks
Harvard Law School and Southern Illinois University - Carbondale
Experienced patent attorney, trademark lawyer, copyright attorney, and ip trial lawyer, with offices in Chicago, Illinois, LaGrange, IL, and SW Michigan (New Buffalo), focusing on patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, Lanham Act, unfair competition, false advertising, Internet, domain name, e-commerce, technology, licensing and computer law matters, including patent, trademark and copyright application prosecution, management, protection, enforcement and infringement litigation (prosecution and defense). Alternative billing arrangements, such as flat fee billing, flat rate billing, hybrid billing, and contingency or contingent fee arrangements, are available for many matters.  Intellectual property law firm perennially ranked among the "TOP TRADEMARK FIRMS" in the U.S. by Intellectual Property Today, a monthly...
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Dan Gjorgiev
DuPage County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 7 years of experience
Downers Grove, IL 60516
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfIP, Patents and Trademarks
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
I focus my practice on patent infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and trademark and trade dress infringement. I also have experience in handling matters before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).
Some of the technologies I have worked with have concerned mobile applications, tracking systems, lighting and laser systems, blockchain applications, IoT devices, secure connections, and medical devices.
Prior to joining Nixon Peabody, I worked for a Fortune 500 automotive company, drafting utility patent applications and office action responses. I also volunteered for the Chicago-Kent Patent Hub, drafting utility patent applications for low-income inventors.
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Patrick D. Austermuehle
DuPage County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 15 years of experience
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfIP, Arbitration & Mediation, Business and Consumer
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Patrick D. Austermuehle, a partner at Lubin Austermuehle, P.C., has experience in complex business and commercial litigation and consumer class actions. He has assisted in the successful representation of a number of state and federal matters, including cases at the appellate level.
Mr. Austermuehle received a B.S. from the University of Wisconsin and earned a J.D. with Honors from Chicago-Kent College of Law at the Illinois Institute of Technology where he was Notes and Comments Editor on the Law Review.
Prior to joining Lubin Austermuehle, P.C., Mr. Austermuehle served as a law clerk at the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office and as...
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Matthew Topic
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 18 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Civil Rights
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Intellectual Property & Government Transparency | FOIA & Media Law | Small Business Attorney
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Randy Micheletti
DuPage County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 15 years of experience
366 Pembroke Ln #8
Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
IP
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
Randy has represented technology clients large and small for nearly a decade, and has been licensed to practice before the US Patent & Trademark Office since 2003. He is passionate about startups, and works tirelessly to build IP portfolios that form core assets for young and growing companies.
An avid trumpet player, Randy regularly performs with various musical groups around the Chicago area in his spare time.
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Leonard E. Hudson
DuPage County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney
Free ConsultationOffers Video ConferencingVideo ConfIP, Antitrust, Appeals and Insurance Claims
The John Marshall Law School
High-Stakes Litigation - Business Disputes - Franchise Litigation
I represent individuals and companies in high-stakes lawsuits, business and investment disputes, and franchise matters. I trained at a top global law firm where I practiced complex commercial litigation for a decade. I practice now at a boutique law firm where I help entrepreneurs and small businesses with their most important "bet the company" matters.
My practice includes:
- Contract disputes
- Fraud cases
- Franchising and dealer terminations and regulatory compliance
- Securities & commodities litigation / enforcement and...
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Clare Frederick
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 13 years of experience
233 South Wacker Drive
84th Floor
Chicago, IL 60606
Free ConsultationIP, Patents and Trademarks
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
I enjoy working with a wide variety of clients, understanding each client’s unique needs, and developing an IP strategy that matches the client’s vision and goals. I believe that the client’s understanding of its IP protection is invaluable to the client. My main objective is to enhance the client’s understanding and develop strategies to protect its IP as its business and technology continues to grow and change. I have experience drafting and prosecuting utility and design patent applications in the chemical, mechanical, electro-mechanical, software and medical device arts. I also have experience in patent litigation, international and domestic trademark...
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Jeffrey Antonelli
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 24 years of experience
Founded and leads the nations most experienced BitTorrent copyright infringement defense practice. We represent people accused of online downloading of movies by Strike 3 Holdings LLc, Malibu Media LLC, Venice Pi LLC, UN4 Productions, ME2 Productions, Bodyguard Productions, Headhunter LLC, POW Nevada LLC, Rightscorp, Rightsenforcement, and others.
Nationwide help to nearly 2,000 clients against more than 50 movie companies' copyright infringement claims.
Founded and leads pioneering Drone Law practice, helping companies of every size access the national Airspace through FAA approvals, FAA defense, business advice, litigation, and public advocacy.
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Charles Mudd
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 26 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfIP, Business, Communications and Trademarks
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Charles Lee Mudd Jr. is the founder and principal of Mudd Law, located in Chicago, Illinois, Park City, Utah, and Houston, Texas. He focuses his practice on a wide range of business legal issues, including transactional and litigation matters involving intellectual property, Internet law, and emerging technology. Mr. Mudd and his firm serve a diverse group of clients, including local, national, and international individuals and businesses. Mr. Mudd received a B.A. in philosophy and a Master of Arts in political science from Purdue University and then went on to earn his Juris Doctor from the Quinnipiac University School of Law....
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Juan Ooink
Will County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 21 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Criminal, Domestic Violence and Patents
DePaul College of Law
Criminal defense attorney practicing in Will, Du Page, Cook, Kane, Kendall and surrounding areas handling matter from minor traffic tickets, DUIs, domestic battery, drugs cases, sex cases and all misdemeanors and felonies.
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Jeffrey Moisan
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 9 years of experience
IP, Patents and Trademarks
DePaul College of Law
I am an Associate at Richards Patent Law where my primary areas of practice are Patent Prosecution and IP Strategy. I am admitted to practice in Illinois as well as a registered Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to joining RPL, I earned my J.D. from DePaul University while also clerking at the Global IP Law Group, a patent litigation firm where I worked on numerous patent monetization projects. Additionally, during my time at DePaul, I was named a National Semi-Finalist at the National IP LawMeet, awarded both the Benjamin Hooks Distinguished Public Service Award...
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Philip Aaron Nicolosi
Winnebago County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 21 years of experience
(815) 314-0022
Ext. 101
6735 Vistagreen Way, Suite 210
Rockford, IL 61107
IP, Business, Communications and Real Estate
Northern Illinois University
Philip A. Nicolosi provides guidance to startups, small and closely held businesses, medium sized businesses, non-profit organizations and individual business owners with a variety of matters. Mr. Nicolosi provides his client’s with the benefit of almost 15 years of experience, well-grounded upon core business organization, corporate, transactional, financial and e-commerce related legal matters. He is a trusted adviser to his clients and is routinely relied upon to provide sound and invaluable legal counsel for their businesses, both during the startup phase and continuing through each phase of growth. Mr. Nicolosi's ability to strategically plan for the long-term growth and preservation...
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Theodore Chiacchio
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 21 years of experience
IP, Patents and Trademarks
Cornell Law School
Chiacchio IP, LLC, is a law firm that specializes in intellectual property law. Mr. Chiacchio has been practicing intellectual property law for over 15 years. He regularly prepares and prosecutes U.S. patent and trademark applications. Mr. Chiacchio counsels clients regarding a wide range of intellectual property issues, including patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret issues. Mr. Chiacchio prepares cease-and-desist letters for clients whose intellectual property rights are being infringed or misappropriated. Mr. Chiacchio has also spent well over a decade litigating intellectual property disputes on behalf of his clients. He has served as lead trial counsel in federal trademark infringement,...
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Caleb R St.-Jean
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 10 years of experience
IP, Patents and Trademarks
Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
I enjoy working with people to help bring better business ideas and technology into the world. I try to help people understand how the intellectual property legal system works and that it is a helpful tool, not an obstacle. I am committed to the long-term success of all my clients. I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science with high honors from the Illinois Institute of Technology. After working for over 5 years in software development and technology consulting, I earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Chicago-Kent College of Law in Chicago, Illinois....
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Philip Dalmage
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Legal Malpractice
University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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Michael J. Merrick
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 32 years of experience
Offers Video ConferencingVideo ConfIP, Employment and Workers' Comp
Creighton University School of Law and University of Nebraska College of Law
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Margaret Marie Anderson
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Lawyer with 34 years of experience
Free ConsultationIP, Animal, Entertainment & Sports and Real Estate
University of Illinois College of Law
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Brent Wills
Cook County, IL Intellectual Property Attorney with 18 years of experience
120 N. LaSalle
20th Floor
Chicago, IL 60602
Free ConsultationIP, Business and Estate Planning
Washington University in St. Louis
Brent practices in the areas of estate planning and probate administration, probate and estate litigation, business succession planning, asset protection, commercial litigation, mergers and acquisitions, corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships. He is a member of Wealth Counsel Trust an Estate Practice. In his practice, Brent represents individuals, families and corporate clients on estate planning matters in the formulation and implementation of strategies to reduce taxation, protect and preserve assets, and facilitate the transfer of assets among family members and other charities. Brent advises clients in connection with the establishment of both simple and highly customized estate...