Jovan N. Jovanovic
The Watson IP Group, PLC
For over 25 years, my passion has been helping companies navigate the waters of patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and other forms of Intellectual Property.
The firm I founded has been honored to secure in 500+ US Patents, hundreds of US Trademarks, and IP rights in over 60 Countries, on 6 Continents, for clients that range from the individual inventor to the Fortune 50.
It is likewise an honor to have multiple clients place their trust in our work for two decades, and to continue to represent my first corporate client all these years later.
I have been fortunate to have worked on some very significant products and technologies that are used by hundreds of millions around the world, to work side by side with some of the largest litigation firms in the country on complex intellectual property cases, and to meet and negotiate with foreign governments in Europe and the Middle East. But, some of the most rewarding work has come from counseling startups and venture stage businesses to develop local and global strategies for protecting their IP.
In the past few years, I have been a speaker both domestically and internationally at various Intellectual Property, Accelerator/Incubator and Venture Capital conferences. I feel a sense of obligation to share my experiences (the good, the bad and the ugly) and excited to learn from the experiences of others so that we all grow together. Recent speaking engagements have taken me to Silicon Valley, Dubai, UAE and Eastern Europe.
My interest and specialty includes:
IP Portfolio Management
IP Licensing and Manufacturing Negotiation
Patent Portfolio Strategy, Development and Landscape Analysis
Patent Prosecution (In such fields as: Medical Devices, Filling and Packaging, Automation Equipment, Oil & Gas, Aviation, IoT, Blockchain, Software)
Patent Opinions, Due Diligence, and Avoidance
Patent Litigation and Post Grant Proceedings
Trademark Prosecution, Assertion and Opposition
- Intellectual Property
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Illinois
- Supreme Court of Illinois
- ID Number: 6225270
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- Michigan
- State Bar of Michigan
- ID Number: P66644
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- United States Patent and Trademark Office
- ID Number: 40039
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- Federal Circuit
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- Croatian: Spoken, Written
- Serbian: Spoken, Written
- Serbo-Croatian: Spoken, Written
- Spanish
- Managing Partner, Registered Patent Attorney, Trademark Attorney
- The Watson IP Group, PLC
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- The Watson IP Group, PLC is a full service Intellectual Property Law Firm specializing in Patent Law, Trademark Law and Copyright Law.
- Associate and Partner
- Patent Lawyer, Trademark Lawyer in Chicago and Michigan
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- From my admission to the Bar, I was a practicing Patent Attorney in Chicago and Michigan. Initially with firms as an associate, and, subsequently as a partner.
- University of Illinois College of Law
- J.D. (1994) | Law
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- University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
- B.S. (1991) | Mechanical Engineering
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- State Bar of Michigan # P66644
- Member
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- State Bar of Illinois
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- Patent Protection, VetBizCentral Webinar, Webinar
- VetBizCentral
- VetBizCentral webinar in coordination with ACRE AgTech. Paul covered topics in connection with Agriculture business, while I covered topics of patent protection in a webinar format.
- Intellectual Property in Agriculture, Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference, Traverse City, Michigan
- Northern Michigan Small Farm Conference
- Conducted a seminar regarding agriculture business and intellectual property protection in conjunction with Paul Sachs of ACRE AgTech.
- Invention Talk, Radio Program, NPR Grand Rapids
- Mike Suman Innovation Talk Radio Program
- Interviewed on Mike Suman's radio program "Innovation Talk" airing in West Michigan on WGVU, a NPR station. Discussed the changes in Patent Law due to the America Invents Act (AIA).
- International Efforts Toward Harmonization of IP Laws, World IP Forum 2019, TTaipei, Taiwan
- World IP Forum
- Moderated a panel of fantastic speakers on topics of International Efforts Toward Harmonization of IP Laws; The Andean Countries Law on Opposition and Cancellation and Biotech & Pharma IP Landscape of Malaysia. Directed lively discussion of the topics which were led by leaders in their fields.
- Trade Secret and Patent Q&A, ACRE 2019 Cohort Meetings, Grand Rapids
- ACRE
- Led Q&A session with the ACRE 2019 Cohort where we had a lively Q&A discussion on patents and trade secrets and the interaction between these areas of the law. The session was attended by several of the cohort participants.
- Website
- Watson IP Group Website
