Jeffrey L. Costellia

My focus

I focus my practice in three main areas, capitalizing on over 30 years of experience, to provide practical IP protection strategies that help clients meet or exceed their business objectives.

Tailored Patent Protection

I represent clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies, helping them successfully navigate the ever-changing Patent Laws before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. I work closely with inventors and business managers to ensure that the patents I secure align with my client's business plans. I regularly review competitor patent validity and infringement issues and have helped clients obtain valuable patent rights covering electronic circuits, semiconductors, secondary batteries and nuclear reactor control systems, LCD and electroluminescent displays, chemical composites and polymers, locomotive and other transportation monitoring, photonics and sensing technologies and large scale product conveying equipment.

In-Depth Brand Protection

I work with clients to develop and protect their brand from initial product development through launch. I assist with mark selection, clearance, registration, online business, financial and sales platforms, and enforcement against third-party infringers. I tailor trademark protection strategies to fit my client's industry and global scope, whether it be for travel and entertainment services, cosmetics, transportation monitoring and sensing technologies, large scale product conveying equipment or sporting goods products and services.

IP Enforcement in the Federal Courts and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board

I have considerable experience in patent and trademark litigation in the United States federal courts and trademark cancellation and opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. I develop comprehensive, broad-based intellectual property plans that give clients a greater return on investment.

Looking ahead

Companies remain committed to protecting their valuable IP. They should be laser focused not only on traditional IP protection strategies, but also on monetization in order to provide much deserved economic returns on the investment.

Insights

• Moderator, “Roundtables - Impact of metaverse on life sciences industry: Fiction or Future Reality?”, 9th Annual World Life Sciences Conference, International Bar Association, Washington, DC,  June 1-2, 2023
• Panelist, "What does the metaverse mean for e-commerce: the use of blockchain for general contracts and dispute resolution”, 2023 International Bar Association Annual Conference, Paris, France, November 1, 2023
• “Space … the Final Frontier! Lawless ‘Wild West’ or United Worldwide Joint Prosperity,” 2022 International Bar Association Annual Conference, Miami Beach, FL, October 30, 2022
• “Google v Oracle,” 2021 International Bar Association Annual Conference, Washington, DC, November 4, 2021
• “Is There Anybody Out There? – You Will Need More Than Major Tom to Protect Your Valuable IP,” 2020 International Bar Association Annual Virtual Conference, November 11, 2020
• “Man versus Machine,” 2019 International Bar Association Annual Conference, Seoul, South Korea, September 26, 2019
• “Reactor, Workshop 1: Did They or Did They Not? The Standards for Proving Patent Infringement,” Asian Patent Attorneys Association, Auckland, New Zealand, November 4–7, 2017
• Coauthor of a chapter in the 2012 edition of The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Trade Marks, published by Global Legal Group Ltd.