IP ATTORNEYS

– WE ARE YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW TEAM –

Jim Lester heads MacCord Mason’s litigation, mediation, and dispute resolution practice. Jim is a patent lawyer with 40 years of experience helping clients with technology-related disputes in fields as diverse as software, construction, textiles, recreational watercraft, industrial
sortation, aviation, lasers, furniture, medical imaging and quantum computers. Jim clients range from Fortune 50 companies to small businesses to individual inventors.

Jason Condrasky is a Patent Attorney and Partner at MacCord Mason PLLC whose practice focuses on helping innovators, entrepreneurs, established businesses, and international clients secure, manage, and enforce intellectual property rights. Jason advises clients on a broad range of intellectual property matters, including patent procurement, trademark protection, copyright issues, licensing, freedom-to-operate analyses, infringement and validity assessments, due diligence, and intellectual property strategy. He works closely with clients to develop practical, business-focused IP portfolios that support growth, investment, product development, and market expansion. Jason has extensive experience helping clients protect and commercialize innovation across a wide range of technologies and industries, including mechanical systems, life sciences, biotechnology, software, consumer products, textiles, manufacturing, and agricultural technologies. His clients range from independent inventors and emerging companies to multinational corporations and established industry leaders. Jason is particularly passionate about helping independent inventors and emerging companies navigate the intellectual property landscape. He understands that many innovators are pursuing patent or trademark protection for the first time and strives to provide clear, practical guidance that aligns legal strategy with business objectives and budget realities. Jason regularly collaborates with foreign associates and international clients seeking patent and trademark protection in the United States. He values long-term relationships with overseas counsel and is committed to providing responsive communication, reliable prosecution support, and practical advice for protecting clients’ intellectual property in the United States and key foreign markets. Whether assisting a first-time inventor with a breakthrough idea or coordinating intellectual property strategies for established businesses, Jason focuses on delivering thoughtful counsel, responsive service, and practical solutions that help clients maximize the value of their innovations. Jason welcomes referrals and inquiries from independent inventors, startup companies, and foreign associates seeking trusted U.S. intellectual property counsel.

Kelly Robinson is a client-focused Intellectual Property attorney whose practice is results oriented toward seeking, maintaining, and protecting client’s intellectual property rights. She has over 10 years of experience counseling clients in every area of intellectual property, including transactional matters, licensure, and litigation defense and enforcement. Kelly assists clients in various fields to develop and protect their intellectual property portfolio, ranging from software, textiles, biotechnology, and electronics to chemical and educational advancements, mechanical devices, and innovation in the apparel and furniture industry. Communication with clients is important to Kelly to understand client goals, manage costs, and help the client plan, understand and make educated decisions regarding their intellectual property portfolio.

Mr. Rilee works with individual inventors and both small and large companies in such diverse fields as ceramic fibers and fiber/metal composites, metallurgy, textiles, instrumentation and process controls, medical devices, computers and business method software. He assists inventors with the preparation of invention disclosures and patentability studies and opinions. He prepares and files U.S. patent applications, amendments and appeal briefs. His work also includes infringement studies and opinions, validity studies and opinions and litigation support.

Art MacCord has practiced as a patent attorney since 1978 and is a partner of MacCord Mason.  Mr. MacCord advises clients that intellectual properties are business assets, so their value and the legal services associated with them should take a business-like approach. He advises clients on their options and assists them to aim for the most profitable outcome, whether by licensing or otherwise. He prepares applications and prosecutes them through the Patent and Trademark Office to obtain patents and trademarks, managing existing portfolios of them, advising clients on validity and infringement questions and negotiating and administering specific licenses. He has also assisted where necessary, litigation of intellectual property matters.  He has served as an expert witness on patent matters in numerous cases.  He has experience in fields of website and internet-related businesses, building materials products, carpet technology, textiles, furniture, lighting equipment, computer software, environmental protection equipment, medical devices, motor vehicle improvements, safety equipment, point-of-sale displays, agricultural implements, gasoline dispensers, sports equipment, and various mechanical and electromechanical devices.  He also has experience in domain name disputes and trademark matters including screening new marks for availability, obtaining and maintaining registrations,  and trademark controversies.