
Managing Partner, New Hampshire Office
Areas of Practice:
- Medical devices
- Liquid crystal displays
- Motors and control systems
- Wireless devices and communication systems
- Software applications and computer-related technologies
- Trademark prosecution/litigation, copyrights, licensing, and unfair competition
Todd Sullivan is recognized among the top 2% patent prosecutors in the United States and one of the top two patent attorneys in New Hampshire. He has experience drafting hundreds of patent applications encompassing a wide range of electrical, mechanical, and computer-related technologies and guiding them to issuance. Todd works with various international counsel in Europe, the Far East, Africa, Oceania and South America prosecuting patents and trademarks abroad for domestic clients and assisting foreign entrepreneurs secure intellectual property rights in the United States.
Bar Admissions:
- Admitted in New Hampshire (state and Federal courts), 2000
- Admitted to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 2000
- Admitted to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 2013
Education:
- J.D., LL.M., Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH, 2000 (Now University of New Hampshire School of Law)
- B. S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1998
Published Works:
- Sullivan, Todd A., "Electronic Signatures Coming of Age", New Hampshire Bar Journal , Volume 41, No. 4
- "Demystifying the Patent Process", Natural Entrepreneur of New Hampshire , August 11, 2004
- "The Business Decision to File a Patent", Natural Entrepreneur of New Hampshire , July 28, 2004;
- "High Court Ruling Looms in Descriptive Trademark Case", New Hampshire Business Review, December 23, 2004.
Teaching/Lectures:
- University of New Hampshire School of Law, Concord, NH, Adjunct Professor
Honors and Awards:
- One of 2 patent attorneys in New Hampshire named as 2011 "Top Patent Prosecutors" (among the top 2% of all registered U.S. patent attorneys) in a peer nominated and peer reviewed selection process.
National Associations/Professional Memberships:
- New Hampshire Bar Association
- Boston Patent Law Association
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- International Trademark Association
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
Community Activities:
- Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua, Past President and Director
- Volunteer Bantem basketball coach, Nashua, New Hampshire
- Volunteer judge - Giles S. Rich Moot Court Competition
- Volunteer judge - New Hampshire Young Inventor's Program
Phone: 603.668.1400
Fax: 603.668.8567
Email: [email protected]
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/toddsullivan