Tequesta Intellectual Property Lawyers

Tyler represents a diverse client base across a range of industries. His counseling of businesses and individuals is backed by extensive litigation experience at the state and federal level.

Tyler focuses his practice on a variety of business-related issues, including shareholder disputes and commercial collections. Tyler is also well-versed in financial fraud matters.

Prior to establishing his own practice, Tyler worked with a well-known Miami business litigation firm. There, he participated in all aspects of numerous matters, which included multi-million dollar commercial disputes, an active creditors’ rights practice and complex administrative agency litigation.

Tyler also worked at a nationally-known securities litigation...

Brian J. Paul is a member of the Florida Bar and a Registered Patent Attorney. He represents startups and Fortune 500 companies alike in a full range of intellectual property matters including patent, trademark, and copyright procurement, and litigation. Mr. Paul provides counseling with a deep understanding of his clients’ budget, technology, and competitive landscape. His patent practice emphasizes medical device, life science, and mechanical arts. Mr. Paul holds a J.D. from Stetson University College of Law and a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of South Florida. While in law school, Mr. Paul was a member of Stetson’s Veterans...

Kelly G. Swartz practices in the areas of intellectual property and business law. She received a B.S. in computer engineering with high honors from the University of Florida and worked as an electrical engineer before earning her J.D. with high honors from Barry University School of Law. She is a patent attorney registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and is licensed to practice in the state courts of Florida, the federal Middle District of Florida, the federal Southern District of Florida, and the federal Northern District of Florida. She is a member of the American Bar Association,...

Andrew Goldberg is a commercial litigator and registered patent attorney. He is licensed to practice law in Florida and California. In addition to litigating matters in Federal courts, he handles patent prosecution matters in support of the firm’s Electronics, Communication & Software Technology Practice Group and in support of the Medical Device & Life Science Technology Practice Group. Mr. Goldberg earned a B.A. in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, cum laude, from Harvard University. He earned a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering from Boston University with a specialization in solid-state circuits, devices, and materials. Subsequently, he was awarded a J.D. from...

Robert Stickney's career is one devoted to serving justice and country. He has held key positions on both sides of the court room as a State Attorney and Assistant United States Attorney and as criminal defense attorney handling serious crimes in both state and federal court. In addition to his impressive record as an effective litigator, both in and out of court, Mr. Stickney also has a distinguished career in the United States Navy as a naval officer where he has risen to his current command level rank of Captain. Mr. Stickney is a South Florida native. He graduated...

Mark C. Johnson, Esq., managing partner of Johnson Dalal, is a Registered Patent Attorney with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, a licensed attorney with the Florida Bar, a mechanical engineer, and a Florida Board Certified Expert in Intellectual Property Law.

Amy Bales founded Bales & Bales, P.A. in 2005 and specializes in Intellectual Property. Bales & Bales provides flat fee trademark services worldwide.

JOHN CHRISTOPHER is a Registered Patent Attorney. His practice encompasses all aspects of patent, trademark, and copyright portfolio development, management, exploitation and enforcement, as well as business transactions related to intellectual property. He works with publicly traded and privately held companies (domestic and international), start-up and early stage companies, individuals, universities, and investors in a broad range of industries, including medical and dental devices, aerospace and automotive hardware, marine hardware, refrigeration equipment, computer hardware, industrial machinery, electro-mechanical instrumentation, consumer goods, dietary supplements, and sports equipment among many others. Mr. Christopher provides counsel with respect to intellectual property...

Garrett Barten is a Registered Patent Attorney who is licensed to practice law in Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania. He holds an AV (Preeminent) peer rating by Martindale-Hubbell, a rating of “Superb” by AVVO, and has been recognized by Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” for five consecutive years. He devotes his practice to intellectual property acquisition and litigation in matters such as patent, trademark, and copyright disputes in Federal Court, as well as cancellation and opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board. Mr. Barten also has years of experience preparing and prosecuting patent applications in...

•Mrs. Bernheim Fuller’s practice focuses on franchise law, business transactions, commercial litigation and real estate matters. As the former General Counsel for Smoothie King Franchises, as well as a senior attorney for a well-known franchise law firm, she has experience representing both franchisors and franchisees in all business aspects of franchising as well as general commercial litigation. In addition, Mrs. Bernheim Fuller has extensive corporate transactional experience having also spent time as the Senior Legal Counsel for Perry Ellis International, Inc. •Mrs. Bernheim Fuller has represented clients spanning from major international corporations to small businesses and individuals. She has counseled...

Attorney Dalton is licensed to practice law throughout the state of Florida since November 2005. She is also licensed to practice law in the following Federal Courts in Florida:

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Middle District of Florida Bankruptcy Court
Southern District of Florida Bankruptcy Court

She has helped many clients save their homes from foreclosure, remove construction liens, protect their real estate and business rights, and protect their family rights to support, parent, and being involved in the lives of their children (i.e., in divorce, paternity, child support, and other matters).

Registered US Patent Attorney serving the community in intellectual property matters for over 30 years. Assisting in obtaining and enforcing patents, trade/service marks, and copyrights, including with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, as well as in Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean through vast array of relationships with local counsels in foreign jurisdictions.

Corporate and technology practice with emphasis on contracts and complex transactions. Formerly general counsel to multinational corporation with offices in the US and overseas.

My practice involves all aspects of intellectual property, from preparation and filing of applications to transactions involving assignments and licenses to litigation. I also have experience in conducting transactions involving the Internet and domain names.

I'm a self-taught computer programmer licensed to practice law in Florida. I have a JD and a BA in Business administration. After joining the team at USB Memory Direct, I'm finally able to combine my knowledge and love for technology with my background in business and law.

USB Memory Direct is a leader in the Custom USB industry. I work on licensing deals, contracts, compliance, and general corporate counsel tasks. In addition to law, I run the Marketing department. We create awesome custom-shaped flash drives and custom printed tech to let the product sell itself.

Charlotte Towne is an industrious entertainment attorney who devotes her practice to the representation of passionate and talented individuals and businesses that strive for excellence, no matter their craft or medium.

Ms. Towne is licensed to practice in the state of Florida and the U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida.

She has been an active member of the Florida Bar Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law section (EASL), serving as the 2016-2017 Section Chair , and on its Executive Council as Student Liaison in '06-'07, Leadership Committee Chair in '07-'08, Secretary in '11-'12, immediate past Chair ('17-'18), and Executive Council...

Darren Adam Heitner is the Founder of Heitner Legal, P.L.L.C., an adjunct professor of Sports Law at the University of Florida Levin College of Law, an adjunct professor of NIL at the University of Miami School of Law, a certified arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association, and author of many books published by the American Bar Association (How to Play the Game: What Every Sports Attorney Needs to Know) as well as numerous articles in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and Above the Law. Heitner has been referred to as one of the foremost experts on name, image, and likeness (NIL) by...

Paola Canola started her career working in Colombian Museums where she studied art conservation and restoration in the prestigious Universidad Externado de Colombia. She moved to the United States and earned her Bachelor of Arts in History from Nova Southeastern University, where she also obtained her Juris Doctorate.

While attending law school Paola worked as a teaching assistant and completed an internship with a boutique intellectual property law firm focusing on trademark and patent law.

Upon graduating law school Paola mainly focused her practice on trademark and commercial law assisting multinational and local companies in creating branding strategies by managing and enforcing...

Alan M. Weisberg is a Registered Patent Attorney with an AV (Preeminent) peer rating by Martindale-Hubbel. A former engineer and consultant for IBM, with over 25 years of technical experience, he holds a J.D., cum laude, and an M.S. in Information Systems from Pace University, and a B.S.E.E degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Alan has extensive experience in patent and trademark prosecution, intellectual property litigation, legal opinions related to intellectual property, Internet issues, and technology licensing. He has very deep knowledge of computer and communications hardware and software technology.

Mr. Weisberg has been selected for inclusion in...

Christopher Fernandez is a Registered Patent Attorney who supports the firm’s patent practice in the medical device, life science, and mechanical arts. Mr. Fernandez earned a J.D. from the University of Miami, cum laude. He earned a M.S. in Bioengineering from Clemson University with a specialization in Orthopaedics. Mr. Fernandez also earned a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Miami with a specialization in mechanics as well as a specialization in Cardiology. While in law school, Mr. Fernandez was a member of the Start-Up Clinic where he helped start-ups with legal questions and Intellectual Property matters covering patents and trademarks. Prior...

Ms. Richter is a graduate of The University of Miami School of Law, cum laude, where she was Associate Editor of the Inter-American Law Review. Her experience includes a prestigious internship at the United States Patent and Trademark Office under the tutelage of now TTAB Judge Thomas Shaw. Ms. Richter is also General Counsel to the Harvey Milk Foundation where, among other matters, she handles the global protection and publicity rights of the slain gay rights activist on behalf of the Milk family and the Foundation. She also has extensive experience protecting brands in the highly competitive gaming industry. Prior...

Juan U. Arcia primarily practices in the area of patent prosecution in support of the Firm’s Electrical and Computer Technology Practice Group. He is a member of the Florida Bar. Graduating 4th in his class at the Florida International University School of Law where he earned a J.D., Mr. Arcia holds an M.S. in Engineering Management, as well as a B.S. in Computer Engineering, cum laude, from Florida International University. Mr. Arcia has extensive experience with software in multiple areas such as programming languages including: IEC 61131-3 process logic controller programming languages, Visual Basic, Pascal, Java, JSP, C/C++; server OS systems including:...