Leason Ellis

Firm overview:

Within its full-service IP offering, Leason Ellis has a solid patent practice, providing counselling, filing and prosecution, watch services and other key resources. A peer says it is an “extremely intelligent and capable group and I have no doubt that they would be successful in any and all aspects of the patent process”. The firm has a positive track record regarding high-stakes reexamination matters in numerous technology areas, and its team of patent attorneys has obtained thousands of issued patents to protect large and small organisations’ cutting-edge ideas.

Leason Ellis litigators have the background and technical expertise to understand patentable technology. Leason Ellis has successfully advocated clients’ technology rights in District and Circuit courts throughout the country, including the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, as well as before the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the International Trade Commission (ITC).

Team overview:

Partner Michael Davitz is a US patent attorney and physician who has counselled clients in all aspects of IP law for over two decades, informed by over 15 years in biomedical research. A peer comments: “We have found Michael and his colleagues extremely patient—willing to explain the complexities of each patent application to our team. They are very thoughtful and thorough—able to help us get several patents approved despite multiple rejections.”

Key matters:

Prosecution:

● Leason Ellis assisted Morgan Stanley Services Group with a US patent application for an Innovation Disclosure Document Evaluation Compliance System And Method.

● The firm assisted Shanghai Abelzeta with a US patent application for Method for Large-Scale Production Of Lentivirus By Using GMP-Level Serum-Free Suspension Cells.

● Leason Ellis assisted Leonardo with a US patent application for An Aircraft Capable of Hovering.

Clients:

Leonardo, Morgan Stanley Services, Shanghai Abelzeta, Shenzhen Newsonic Technologies.