Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP, Crowell & Moring LLP
Trevor K. Copeland is a partner in the law firm of Crowell & Moring LLP (formerly Brinks Gilson & Lione PC).
His patent prosecution experience includes work on medical devices, sunglasses, footwear, sprinklers and irrigation equipment, decorative statuary and water gardens, biotechnology and general mechanical arts. He works closely with clients having products in these areas to develop intellectual property acquisition and management strategies, as well as to protect new ideas and products while respecting the rights of others.
Mr. Copeland's further practice includes design protection, whereby clients are able to protect the unique and valuable ornamental designs of their products using patent, copyright, and/or trademark. He has also litigated utility patents on clients' behalf, and has worked on preliminary injunction lawsuits for both design and utility patents, including winning a preliminary injunction against a foreign company preparing to launch an infringing laser-level device with a suction base.
Mr. Copeland has former experience as a high school biology and chemistry teacher, and as a visiting scientist with a Fungal Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics Laboratory Group.
Associate, Brinks, Gilson, & Lione PC
Daniel A. Parrish is an inventor and engineer with four pending patents on neuro-stimulation treatments for obstructive sleep apnea, and multiple academic publications on the topic. He has worked in both legal and scientific roles at three med-tech startups, each a spinoff from the same medical device incubator, gaining additional experience with cataract and glaucoma treatments. In 2014, Mr. Parrish graduated with honors from the William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he held an editor position in Cybaris®, an intellectual property law review. He authored an article on a new USPTO post-grant procedure, published in the same journal. While in law school, he worked as a law clerk and completed an independent externship with two Minneapolis IP law firms. He holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Minnesota, double majoring in Biomedical Engineering and Human Physiology.
J.D., cum laude, William Mitchell College of Law, 2014
B.S., Biomedical Engineering and Physiology, University of Minnesota, 2008
International Design Patent Filing Considerations After U.S. Entry into the Hague Agreement
Trevor K. Copeland, Daniel A. Parrish
Effective May 13, 2015, applicants can file international design patent applications in a single, standardized...