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Bryan Loeffler is an associate with the Livingston Firm and is a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney who concentrates his practice in patent law and other areas of intellectual property law, including trademarks/servicemarks, trade dress, trade secrets, copyrights, and litigation.
Bryan graduated from The University of Massachusetts with a Bachelor of Science and received his legal education at Nova Southeastern University where he graduated with honors. Prior to joining The Livingston Firm, Bryan gained courtroom and trial experience while working at the Public Defender's Office for the 20th Judicial Circuit of Florida.
Bryan has an educational background in biology and chemistry as well as business administration. Although Bryan's technical educational background focused mainly in the area of science, he also has extensive experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications covering complex mechanical and electrical devices. In addition, Bryan's business background allows him to advise entrepreneurs starting new businesses on protecting their ideas and concepts as well on avoiding liability from possible infringement of others.
As an Eagle Scout, Bryan has always been involved in the community with his work as a former volunteer firefighter and emergency medical technician and his current work with various charities throughout Southwest Florida.
PRACTICE AREAS
Patents: Bryan is experienced in all aspects of patent prosecution including performing patentability searches and rendering opinions as to the availability of patent protection for an invention, preparing and filing patent applications as well as prosecuting patent applications before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Bryan also negotiates and prepares patent licensing agreements and renders legal opinions regarding patent infringement and patent validity. Some of the areas Bryan has prepared and prosecuted patent applications in include, but are not limited to, telecommunications, power saving devices, fuel efficiency devices, arts and crafts, boating, fishing, golfing, plants, construction, computer software, medical devices, diesel mechanics, environmental clean-up and business methods.
Licensing & Marketing - Bryan assists clients beyond the patent process by helping clients actually get their ideas and products to the marketplace and on the store shelf. That may be by submitting a client's idea to companies for licensing and negotiating licenses on the client's behalf or by assisting clients in dealing with third parties such as manufacturers, designers, website developers as necessary to ensure that the client is protected every step of the way.
Trademarks/Servicemarks Bryan is experienced in all aspects of the trademarking/servicemarking process including performing trademark/servicemark searches and rendering opinions as to whether trademark/servicemark protection is available for marks as well as filing and prosecuting federal, State of Florida , and international trademark/servicemark applications. In addition, Bryan negotiates and prepares trademark/servicemark licenses on behalf of his clients.
Copyrights Bryan has prepared and filed copyright applications for his clients in a variety of areas including building designs, artwork, manuscripts, websites, artwork, jewelry, musical works, movies, and computer software and is well versed in the laws regarding copyright infringement. Bryan is also experienced in negotiating copyright licenses.
Trade Secrets Bryan is able to advise his clients how to protect trade secrets, which include client lists, formulas, devices, and other sensitive information, all of which is confidential and not generally known to the public or is not subject to protection under patent law.
Intellectual Property Litigation Bryan is available to assist his clients in all aspects of intellectual property litigation.
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