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Mr. Frisina counsels businesses on creating value through the strategic use of intellectual property, including acquisition, enforcement, licensing, e-commerce, and international commerce issues. His practice encompasses the areas of patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, and related legal matters.
He has been involved in innovation for nearly fifteen years combined as a scientist and attorney. Spanning several sectors of industry, his technical and legal expertise includes small molecule drug candidates, fine chemicals, biomaterials, polymers, robotics, semiconductors, and biotechnology. Particularly, he has worked as a chemist in the combinatorial drug discovery industry, where he developed and patented parallel batch reactor technology. During that time he also worked in combinatorial instrument research and related chemical applications. Mr. Frisina also has significant hands-on scientific experience with photovoltaic, fuel cell, and materials technologies, and has drafted and prosecuted patent cases in each of these areas, as well as numerous others.
Mr. Frisina is also deeply involved in helping clients to build brands through obtaining and enforcing domestic and foreign trademarks. This includes preparation and prosecution of trademark applications, as well as opposition proceedings, infringement matters, and licensing.
Professional Memberships:
ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law, American Chemical Society, American Intellectual Property Law Association, Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association (CIPLA), Ohio State Bar Association.
Selected Speaking Engagements
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• Intelligently Planned Innovation (iPi)™
• Current Issues in IP Law for Software Developers
• The Law of Branding
• IP As A Business Tool
• European Patent Law Update
• Maximizing Value and Competitiveness
• Past lecturer for the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture’s (CPAC) Artist as Entrepreneur Institute.
• Periodic guest lecturer for The College of Wooster Center for Entrepreneurship
• Various presentations on trademark law for business persons
Community Involvement:
• Rotary Club of Akron: Board Member, Administration Committee Chair
• Akron SCORE, Chapter 81: Counselor
• American Chemical Society, Akron Section: Historian
• Brenda June CARES Organization: Board Attorney
• Greater Akron Chamber
Education:
2004. Juris Doctorate: University of Louisville; Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
1997. Master of Arts (chemistry): Johns Hopkins University
1995. Bachelor of Science (chemistry): Gannon University; magna cum laude
