Scott McLellan, Esq., AGERE SYSTEMS
Scott McLellan is an attorney in patent law for Agere Systems Incorporated at the Lehigh Valley Central Campus.
Phone: 610-712-3750.
Paul Prestia, Esq., RATNERPRESTIA
Mr. Prestia (B.S. Ch.E., Lehigh University, J.D. Georgetown University) is a co-founder and principal of RatnerPrestia, an intellectual property firm of thirty plus attorneys and patent agents with three offices in the Philadelphia-Wilmington region. Mr. Prestia is a frequent presenter at regional and national intellectual property law programs on topics including dispute resolution and dispute resolution management, ethics and professionalism, law firm management and current developments in IP law. He was a founding member and first President of the Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court for Intellectual Property Practitioners and a former President of the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association. In the American Intellectual Property Law Association, he has been a member of the Board of Directors and he has chaired committees on Public Relations, Anti-Trust, Economics of Law Practice, and Professionalism and Ethics.
Website: RATNERPRESTIA, Valley Forge & Allentown, PA, Wilmington, DE.
Phone: 610-407-0700.
Email: pprestia@ratnerprestia.com.
Stephen Meyers, Esq., DRINKER BIDDLE
Stephen Meyers, a partner of the firm, specializes in trademarks, unfair competition, copyrights, rights of publicity and trade secrets in both the bricks-and- mortar and emerging cyberspace arenas. He counsels clients in such core areas as domestic and international trademark and copyright procurement and protection, including clearances, priority disputes, and Patent and Trademark Office prosecution and litigation, before both the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and courts.
Website: DRINKER BIDDLE, with 12 offices nationwide.
Phone: 215-988-3311.
Email: Stephen.Meyers@dbr.com
Todd Walters, Esq., BUCHANAN INGERSOLL
Todd R. Walters is a shareholder in the Alexandria office of Buchanan Ingersoll PC and is a member of the firm's Intellectual Property Section. Todd focuses his practice on many phases of intellectual property law with a special emphasis on the study and management of patent interference matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in federal courts. He has represented clients in over fifty active interference-related matters in each of the biotech, chemical, electrical, mechanical and pharmaceutical fields. He has aided clients in settlement of proceedings prior to and after declaration of the interference, prevailing on patentability issues so as to dispense with priority issues, and prevailing on priority issues both as a senior and junior party in active interference proceedings. Todd has further successfully prevailed in complex multi-party and multi-application interferences, and has represented clients in actions before district courts and the Federal Circuit.
Website: BUCHANAN INGERSOLL, with 14 offices including Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, D.C.
Phone: 703-838-6556.
Email: walterstr@bipc.com.
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Benjamin Leace, Esq., RATNERPRESTIA
Benjamin Leace has over 15 years experience in intellectual property law and began working at RatnerPrestia as a law student in the early years of the firm. He has represented clients in a wide range of intellectual property areas including litigation, licensing, agreements, opinions/counseling and patent/trademark/copyright procurement. He has been active in a number of professional and civic organizations area over the years, including the Licensing Executive Society where he is a past chair of the Philadelphia Chapter, the Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association where he was past chair of the litigation section and the International Trademark Association having served on the Classification and Emerging Issues subcommittees.
Website: RATNERPRESTIA, Valley Forge & Allentown, PA, Wilmington, DE.
Phone: 610-407-0700.
Email: beleace@ratnerprestia.com.
Jonathan Spadt, Esq., RATNERPRESTIA
Mr. Spadt practices all aspects of intellectual property law, including domestic and international patent prosecution and portfolio development. Accompanying this practice is a corresponding emphasis on enforcement, which for many clients includes remedies or defenses against competitors ranging from Patent and Trademark Office procedural options to litigation to licensing. Mr. Spadt emphasizes a close relationship with clients so that business needs and strategies are incorporated into legal work. He believes that there is no substitute for a deep understanding of the client's business and marketplace, and with this sensitivity, he is better able to assist his clients as they grow, intelligently, among their competitors.
Website: RATNERPRESTIA, Valley Forge & Allentown, PA, Wilmington, DE.
Phone: 610-407-0700.
Email: jhspadt@ratnerprestia.com.
