A Skilled and Dedicated Intellectual Property Team
The founder of the firm — Ashkan Najafi — is a degreed engineer and registered patent attorney licensed to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Mr. Najafi brings almost a decade of patent, trademark and copyright experience to his law practice. His knowledge and understanding of intellectual property acquisition, enforcement and maintenance are invaluable to his clients. Based on Mr. Najafi's legal experience, he advises clients about common pitfalls related to patent, trademark and copyright legal matters.
The firm's patent agent can help you prepare engineering drawings and 3D virtual models use during the prototype development cycle. The office manager — Ashton Taylor — is dedicated, accessible and responsive. Together, the firm's skilled and knowledgeable team takes pride in providing quality legal services at affordable rates.
Ashkan Najafi, Attorney at Law
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Attorney Ashkan Najafi assists inventors and businesses with acquiring and maintaining patent, trademark and copyright protection, as well as enforcing such intellectual property rights against third-party infringers. Prior to opening his own firm, Mr. Najafi was an associate at an intellectual property law firm which handled similar cases and is ranked as one of the top 100 intellectual property firms in the United States. Mr. Najafi graduated with honors from the University of Florida College of Industrial/Systems Engineering in 1998 and received his law degree from Stetson College of Law in 2001. He passed the Patent Bar examination during his final year of law school and the Florida Bar thereafter. Before attending law school, Mr. Najafi worked as an engineer for a Fortune 500 company in Tampa, FL, where he acquired a working knowledge of technical matters that may be useful to your needs. To date, Mr. Najafi has personally prosecuted patent matters in the electrical, mechanical and software/business method arts. Mr. Najafi also has experience in preparing novelty and infringement opinions, negotiating licensing agreements and prosecuting trademark matters for clients. Mr. Najafi is currently a member of the Jacksonville Bar Association, The Florida Bar and the American Intellectual Property Law Association. He may be reached at patentattorney@patent-usa.com. |
Ashton Taylor, Office Manager
Mrs. Taylor assists Mr. Najafi with administrative duties such as updating our client docketing system and answering general questions about our clients' files. Mrs. Taylor also oversees our firm's accounting matters. Mrs. Taylor may be reached at Aruffin@patent-usa.com
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