Justin DeAngelis

Domestic and international patent counsel for broad range of products

Justin DeAngelis assists clients with their domestic and international patent portfolios, including patent preparation and prosecution, freedom-to-operate analyses and infringement analyses for design and utility patents. He is a well-established member of the design patent bar, having prosecuted hundreds of U.S. design patent applications in a wide variety of product categories. He also regularly:

• Counsels domestic and foreign clients on design rights and develops sophisticated design patent filing strategies.
• Advises on proper filing strategies while providing protections in cases where analysis points to infringement by competitors.
• Prepares, files and prosecutes utility patent applications, with direct knowledge in a variety of manufacturing and consumer product sectors.

With a mechanical engineering degree as his foundation, clients find Justin's technical training to be a strong complement to his legal knowledge.

• As chair of American Intellectual Property Law Association’s (AIPLA) Design Rights Committee, Justin led a committee that successfully submitted formal comments to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on behalf of AIPLA regarding supplemental guidance related to how Graphical User Interface design patents will be analyzed by examiners at the USPTO.