Robert L. Lichter

Overview

Rob works with clients to protect their industrial designs. Rob focuses his practice on design law while also serving clients to prosecute utility patent applications, prosecute trademark applications, and provide counseling on a range of intellectual property-related issues. He works closely with engineers and industrial designers to identify protectible aspects of designs for consumer and luxury brand products, medical devices, and various technologies.

Prior to working as an IP attorney, Rob was a patent examiner at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), where he examined patent applications in the fields of metal working, metal deforming, presses, wire working, printed matter, and binding. Rob’s experience as a patent examiner makes him adept at searching for prior art and preparing patentability opinions.

Rob is an active participant in the design community, coordinating and moderating panel discussions for the American Intellectual Property Law Association’s Design Rights Boot Camp. He is also an active member of the Industrial Designers Society of America.

Rob has consistently been recognized as a Super Lawyers Rising Star in New England since 2017.

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Representative Experience

Develops worldwide utility patent and design patent portfolios for global, luxury consumer brand.
Advises consumer products startups in developing their utility and design portfolio in advance of their product rollouts.
Performs due diligence investigations on clients’ patent and trademark portfolios for corporate acquisition and licensing agreements.
Performs prior art searches and drafts patentability opinions.
Prosecutes utility and design patent applications for consumer products, medical devices, aircraft engines, and various technologies related to mechanical engineering.

Education

The George Washington University Law School, J.D.
Tufts University, M.S., Mechanical Engineering
Tufts University, Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering
Tufts University, B.S., Mechanical Engineering, cum laude

Memberships

Member, American Intellectual Property Association (AIPLA)
- Member, Design Rights Bootcamp Planning Committee
Member, Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
Member, Boston Intellectual Property Law Association (BIPLA)