Jennifer maintains an exceptionally diverse practice preparing, prosecuting and managing domestic and foreign patent and trademark portfolios for a large assortment of clientele across a variety of industry sectors. Jennifer’s current practice focuses on counseling clients in the design of consumer products positioned to compete well against successful competitive products without infringing third-party intellectual property.
Pete Kennedy practices at the intersection of law and disruptive technologies, intellectual property, communications, and constitutional limits on governmental regulation. He first earned national attention in 1993 as lead trial lawyer for Austin-based Steve Jackson Games in a lawsuit against the United States Secret Service that helped establish limits on searches and seizures of email.
Shannon has a proven talent for the prosecution of patent applications, as well as drafting and analyzing opinions on patentability, infringement, and freedom to operate. Her fields of expertise include biomedical devices and methods, industrial manufacturing processes, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), and automotive technologies. She has considerable experience with international and domestic trademark application preparation and prosecution. One of Shannon’s specialties is conducting interviews with patent examiners and trademark examining attorneys at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, for which she regularly travels to Washington, D.C.
