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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. 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. Latest news: LELG is thrilled to announce that George A. "Tripp" Willinghan, III, has joined the firm. Tripp is an experienced registered patent attorney who works primarily with inventions involving computer technology. Prior to joining LELG, Tripp practiced for six years with Pennie & Edmonds LLP and Kilpatrick Stockton LLC before starting his own patent-law boutique law firm in Baltimore, Maryland in 2003. Tripp earned a bachelors of science degree in computer science and physics from Hampden-Sydney College, a masters degree in environmental engineering from The Johns Hopkins University, and a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. Welcome Tripp! Our firm is looking to hire a new trademarks/licensing attorney (click here; in PDF). Please click on the applicable link to see a job description. Virginia Business magazine recently profiled John Farmer as a top Virginia IP lawyer in its 2008 "Legal Elite" poll. Virginia Business based its listing on ballots from over 1600 Vriginia attorneys. Virginia Business profiles only one attorney in each practice area, and states that each profiled attorney was in the top ten in voting in that practice area. The U.S. Secretary of Commerce recently appointed John Farmer to a three-year term as chairman of the Trademark Public Advisory Committee of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. TPAC reviews the USPTO's policies, goals, performance, budget and user fees concerning trademarks. Matt Osenga has been elected Vice President and Treasurer of the Greater Intellectual Property Law Association (GRIPLA) for 2009-2010, and to the Virginia State Bar Intellectual Property Section Board of Governors for the 2009-12 term. Chambers USA recently released updated rankings for its 2009 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 a recommended intellectual property law firm 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 through 2008. Click on the Chambers icon below to view these rankings.
John Farmer has been listed in the 2009 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 and 2008. John's latest column, dated June 22, 2009, is entitled "Beware of the Asian Domain Name Registration Scam." This column examines a scam intended to get domain name owners to massively overpay to register certain Asia-related domain names on the false pretext that someone else is about to register those domain names. 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. | |
