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PATENTS, TRADEMARKS,
COPYRIGHTS & RELATED CAUSES



o'CONNELL LAW OFFICE



PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR OVER 25 YEARS





Trusted Intellectual Property Guidance and Assistance for more than 25 years



Located just north of Boston, in Arlington, Massachusetts, the O'Connell Law Office is a boutique intellectual property law firm dedicated to assisting clients in obtaining and enforcing patent, trademark, copyright, and other intellectual property rights in the United States and internationally.


We continue to provide trusted advice and services to clients who have relied on us for more than two decades.


We work with individual and corporate clients throughout the United States and beyond in formulating and implementing sound and cost effective intellectual property strategies and in establishing, maintaining, and defending intellectual property portfolios. We have prosecuted hundreds of patents to issuance in the United States and throughout the world.


We also act as local counsel in the United States District Court in Boston and support and cooperate with referring attorneys and firms to provide a full range of intellectual property services to their clients. We have prevailed at trial via bench and jury and at arbitration.


While many local clients enjoy the accessibility of our office, we have provided seamless assistance to many clients from other states and countries who have never actually been to our physical offices.


Please feel free to contact the O'Connell Law Office at any time. There is no fee for an initial consultation, whether by telephone, in person, or electronically.



PATENTS





Thomas O'Connell has written and prosecuted hundreds of successful patent applications in the United States and around the world in a wide variety of fields of endeavor including mechanical and electro-mechanical systems and methods, medical devices, toys, and methods for doing business for inventions ranging from the elegantly simple to the highly complex.


U.S. Patent No. 10,470,863 for Horizontal Osteotomy Implant and Methods of Using the Same


U.S. Patent No. 10,440,147 for Quality-of-Service Management for Domain Name Service


U.S. Patent No. 10,,379,435 for a Self-Orienting Stroboscopic Animation System


U.S. Patent No. 8,397,962 for a Hydration Method Employing Replenishable Drinking Vessel and U.S. Patent No. 7,819,293 for a Replenishable Drinking Vessel, both by Thomas O'Connell




notable litigation events





Website as Trade Dress: In among the first of its kind to go to trial, prevailed after 8-day jury trial against venture-capital backed Smartling, Inc.'s claims of trademark and trade dress infringement relating to a website design. Smartling, Inc. v. Skawa Innovation Kft. et al.


Willful Patent Infringement: Obtained $2.4 million verdict for sole inventor after bench trial for willful patent infringement with treble damages, attorneys' fees, and personal liability of corporate director, defended judgment on appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Gentile v. Sun Products, Inc. et al.


Trademark Keyword Advertising: Successfully defended against claims of trademark infringement for trademarked keyword advertising. 1-800-Flowers.com, Inc. v. Flowers, LLC et al.



trademarks





The O'Connell Law Office has obtained registration of numerous trademarks, including marks directed to words in plain text, to logos, and even to the names of individuals.


U.S. Registration No. 5,831,374 for CHEWY TUBE as applied to oral motor therapy tools


U.S. Registration No. 4,447,961 for FLYING TIGERS to the AVG - Flying Tigers, defenders of the U.S. and its Allies in WWII



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O'CONNELL LAW OFFICE




1026A Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts 02476 USA / 781.643.1845 / Facsimile: 781.643.1846