Kurt A. Summe is a Partner with Wood, Herron & Evans and is involved in all phases of the firm's intellectual property practice, including domestic and international patent and trademark areas. A specialist in the areas of patent procurement, licensing, enforcement and counseling, Kurt focuses on electrical, e-commerce and electronic technologies, including business methodologies.
Admitted to the Ohio bar in 1991 and to both the U.S. District Courts- Southern District Of Ohio and Central District of Illinois in 1992 , Kurt is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He joined Wood, Herron & Evans in 1991 after 1 1/2 years of industry experience in the telecommunications field.
Kurt received a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1988. He then obtained his Juris Doctor degree from The University of Cincinnati Law School in 1991.
He is an active member of the American, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations, as well as the American and Cincinnati Intellectual Property Law Associations. Kurt was named as one of the Ohio Super Lawyers - 2006 Rising Stars by Law and Politics Media. He resides in Villa Hills, Kentucky with his wife Jennifer and four children.
