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Leading-Edge Law Group, PLC focuses its practice on intellectual property and e-commerce matters. Our practice includes patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, technology licensing and commercialization (including software), and e-commerce issues (including online contracting and privacy). Please see our practice areas description for more information. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to high demand, and to reduce the possibility of creating conflicts with our corporate clients, for the indefinite future we are not taking on new individual clients, including corporations and LLCs that are one-person operations. We will continue to consider taking on new corporate clients when we feel we can perform the needed work promptly. On a related note, we recommend that prospective clients view the "What's It Going to Cost?" page on this website before calling. It explains the value proposition this firm offers, which may or may not appeal to your company. Latest news: LELG is thrilled to announce that Matt Osenga has joined the firm. Matt is an experienced patent attorney and also has experience in other areas of IP and in technology transactions. His experience includes six years at Winston & Strawn in Chicago, Illinois. Please see his bio on this site for more information about him. Chambers USA recently released updated rankings for its 2007 Client's Guide. Chambers USA bases its evaluations on interviews of other lawyers and of clients. It tabbed the Leading-Edge Law Group, PLC, as being in the top rank of recommended intellectual property law firms in Virginia, and tabbed John Farmer as being in the top rank of recommended IP lawyers in Virginia. Chambers also recommended this firm and John Farmer in 2005 and 2006. Click on the Chambers icon below to view these rankings.
John Farmer has been tabbed as a top intellectual property attorney in 2008 Virginia Super Lawyers. SuperLawyers.com and Richmond Magazine produced this listing jointly. The listing is based upon approximately 19,000 ballots to Virginia lawyers plus research done by the listing producers. Attorneys were not permitted to nominate themselves in the polls. John also was listed in the 2006 and 2007 rankings. John Farmer has been listed in the 2008 edition of Best Lawyers in America in the field of intellectual property law. This ranking is based upon a confidential peer-review survey of other intellectual property lawyers. Best Lawyers in America also listed John in intellectual property law in 2007. John's latest column, dated April 28, 2008, is entitled "Trademark Rules for Website Owners are Evolving." This column examines a recent decision by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals on the legality of using a competitor's trademarks in a website's metatags. It also discusses that court's instruction to the trial court to examine whether injunctions should be issued in trademark cases automatically once the plaintiff provides a likelihood of confusion. Click here to view this column. LELG’s offices are in Richmond, Virginia. For more information about LELG or the content of this Web site, please contact John B. Farmer. Your use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our terms of use and privacy policy even if you choose not to view them. The information you obtain at this site is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. You should consult an attorney for individual advice regarding your own situation. | |
