New York Intellectual Property Lawyers

Intellectual Property Law

515 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022

Area of Practice: Media & Technology Esposito Partners' principal attorney, Frank M. Esposito, began his legal career as an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York. Representing Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and other high level officials in litigation centering on the policies and practices of New York City, Mr. Esposito functioned as lead counsel for several high profile litigations. Bringing a tremendously successful public sector litigation practice to conclusion, Mr. Esposito left the Corporation Counsel's Office for a preeminent private sector litigation firm. After that firm merged with a leading international law firm, Mr. Esposito continued his representation of Fortune 500 and other multi-national corporations on an international level. In 2010, he realized that the same quality legal representation provided to corporations with extensive legal budgets should be made available to small and mid-size companies unable to allocate millions of dollars to attorney fees. To that end, he formed Esposito Partners to provide large firm caliber services with billing intended to assist in the growth of his clients. Mr. Esposito has spent nearly two decades working in the legal profession representing a diverse array of clients from public officials to public corporations in nearly every business sector, including the financial services, transportation, banking, security and defense sectors. He has tried both federal and state cases, has appeared before judges, commissioners and arbitrators around the country and has argued innumerable matters before courts of varying jurisdictions. Likewise, he has counseled clients on highly capitalized transactions, joint ventures, distribution deals and business arrangements of all types. He has drafted contracts of nearly every form and successfully negotiated agreements covering a range of commercial and individual matters. During his legal career he has developed an extensive network of individuals in nearly every type of business. To them he is an advocate, attorney, counselor and friend. Mr. Esposito believes that law firms should add to the profitability of its clients, and not just draw down on net income. Consequently, Esposito Partners works closely with its clients to devise alternative billing arrangements designed to suit the specific needs of each client. Further, Mr. Esposito provides his clients with access to his other clients, business partners and corporations who may offer mutual benefits. His client list is extensive and impressive.

Intellectual Property Law

55 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001

Dr. Ivor Elrifi is the chair of Cooley's global patent counseling and prosecution practice group. He advises pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences and medical device companies, research institutions, universities, hospitals and governments throughout the world, particularly in the US and Europe. His practice includes patent prosecution, litigation, arbitration, licensing and transactional work with a focus on novel therapeutic treatments, biotechnology, genetics, diagnostics, biomarkers, drug formulations and medical devices. Ivor counsels clients worldwide in developing and implementing patent strategies and in the prosecution, licensing and enforcement of patents. He has extensive experience in advising clients on transactional work and regularly counsels clients with respect to investments, mergers and acquisitions. He has also advised plaintiffs and defendants in patent litigation and arbitration cases. Ivor is widely recognized as one of the top life sciences patent lawyers in the world by numerous prominent legal directories and publications. In 2019, he was singled out as the “Patent Strategy & Management Attorney of the Year” by LMG Life Sciences (he also won the award in 2018 and 2016). In addition, year after year, including 2019, he has been named a "Life Sciences Star" by LMG Life Sciences, an "IP Star" by Managing Intellectual Property, a leading patent lawyer by IAM Patent 1000, honored as one of the world's leading experts on patent law by Euromoney, and named a leader in IP law by Chambers, Legal 500 and Super Lawyers. In the latest edition of Chambers, Ivor is recognized as "a phenomenal biotech expert" with "a brilliant mind and a great penchant for detail," with one client noting "we could not have survived without him." Prior to joining Cooley, Ivor was co-chair and section manager of Mintz Levin's intellectual property practice and a member of the firm's management committee. Earlier in his career, he served as patent counsel and then general counsel and vice president for CytoTherapeutics in Providence, Rhode Island, and as patent counsel to Modex Therapeutics in Lausanne, Switzerland. He has spoken at numerous international conferences, and he has written numerous articles for leading legal and scientific publications.

Intellectual Property Law

576 Broad Hollow Road, Melville, NY 11747

Ray Farrell is a senior partner and co-founder of the firm with extensive experience in advising U.S. and international clients of all sizes on the effective development and utilization of their patent and trademark portfolios, with an eye towards achieving optimal return on the resources dedicated by a given client to its intellectual property strategy. Additionally, he advises clients on navigating freedom-to-operate issues to help them minimize risks while executing product launches or brand development. This experience was acquired over twenty-five years working with clients on the development of complex IP portfolios and commercial product launches in highly litigious environments. After first learning what each client’s unique business goals and objectives are, he then works with the client to formulate an overall intellectual property strategy to achieve those milestones. He continuously works with the clients to ensure that any changes, either to the client’s vision or the laws potentially affecting that vision, are addressed by advising the client of appropriate options, thereby ensuring a highly efficient and continuously optimized plan of execution. With a continuous attitude of “we are just getting started,” Mr. Farrell enjoys perfecting client service delivery processes and developing the careers of aspiring IP professionals as well as learning alongside them in order to offer the most effective and efficient team to best serve the needs of the firm’s clients. Mr. Farrell also has a strong belief in mentoring startup entrepreneurs so they can receive the early guidance necessary to set them on a sound trajectory for their venture’s success. To this end, he continuously donates extensive amounts of time educating startup entrepreneurs on the benefits of a sound intellectual property strategy to optimize their venture’s growth and either their continued development or ultimate exit. To help expand upon his individual mentoring efforts, he was principally involved in organizing participation in the MIT Venture Mentoring Outreach Program, a consortium made up of prestigious scientific research laboratories, academic institutions, business incubators, and a business accelerator.

Intellectual Property Law

111 Brook St suite 101, Scarsdale, NY 10583, USA

Renée is the firm’s Managing Partner for the Trademark Practice and the New York office of Nolte Lackenbach Siegel. Over the course of her career, she has managed intellectual property assets from a business, law firm, and in-house perspective. This experience provides an uncommon combination of insight that makes her a valuable resource for clients on issues related to both the business and legal aspects of intellectual property. The creative and entrepreneurial spirit that is so often found within this area of law is what she thrives on. Renée has protected and managed thousands of trademarks, copyrights and domain names and has advised on various issues related to intellectual property in several capacities. Before and while attending law school she worked in the business world, during which time she worked in licensing, creative, and operations positions on both a full time and freelance basis in the sports and entertainment industries. Her subsequent legal career has included working for high-profile, household name companies, as well as with numerous start-up’s and entrepreneurs in a wide variety of industries. Renée currently primarily focuses on U.S. trademark prosecution, title and security interest issues, US Customs matters, and domain name registration conflicts and strategies. She also advises clients in connection with contracts and securing commercially viable outlets for their intellectual property rights. Renée has spoken widely on the benefits of and strategies for intellectual property within businesses of all sizes. In addition to the practice of law, Renée has created and taught online courses for education in intellectual property and has been a mentor for students preparing for the New York State Bar Examination. She has also created a great deal of her own intellectual property in various visual arts and is a skilled photographer, which was the spark that initially fueled her interest in pursuing the practice of law within the field of intellectual property.

Intellectual Property Law

1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020

Scott McMurry, PhD, is counsel in Mayer Brown's New York office and a member of the Intellectual Property practice. He focuses his practice on pharmaceutical patent litigation, particularly Hatch-Waxman litigation and related inter partes reviews, and on patent counseling, including global patent portfolio management and due diligence. Scott regularly assists in a wide range of life science patent matters. He has worked on all phases of bet-the-company litigations up to trial, helping to protect flagship, multi-billion dollar drug products. Scott has experience preparing witnesses for testimony, including experts, inventors and company representatives. He regularly reviews intellectual property for licensing, merger and acquisition matters, and prepares freedom to operate and patentability opinions. Scott is a registered US patent attorney. He has prosecuted global patent portfolios for research universities and drug discovery companies and has experience with patent oppositions in many countries. Scott represents clients in adversarial proceedings at the US Patent and Trademark Office, including inter partes reviews. He has worked on teams that obtained the first-ever denials of IPR institution on patents covering prodrugs and pharmaceutical salts, which protect blockbuster drugs.