For the second time this year, Arent Fox LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its internationally recognized Intellectual Property practice in New York with the addition of two marquee partners. Linda Shudy Lecomte and Michelle Mancino Marsh have joined the firm from the New York office of intellectual property boutique Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, where Ms. Marsh was chair of the Fashion, Apparel and Footwear practice and Ms. Lecomte was co-chair of the Video Game Law group. Already in 2015, Arent Fox has added four intellectual property partners in New York and a total of 17 lawyers and professionals to its firmwide Intellectual Property practice.
Ms. Marsh, a noted intellectual property litigator and counselor, focuses on matters for leading fashion and consumer brands. Ms. Lecomte is a patent counselor and litigator, primarily for computer technology, software, and life sciences companies. Ms. Marsh and Ms. Lecomte combine their talents and nearly 40 years of experience on a variety of emerging wearable technology issues involving the retail and fashion industry, including jointly representing an iconic fashion retailer.
“Michelle and Linda are well-respected and extremely talented attorneys and welcome additions to our New York office,” said New York Managing Partner Andrew I. Silfen. “Arent Fox is widely recognized as a market-leading and go-to firm for intellectual property matters and Michelle and Linda will strengthen our ability to serve clients.” Earlier this year, partners Steven I. Weisburd and Richard LaCava joined the New York office and the firm’s Intellectual Property practice, which has more than 100 professionals serving clients in the United States and around the globe.
Ms. Marsh advises companies on all facets of intellectual property protection and executes intellectual property defense measures, such as brand protection programs, anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy measures, and co-branding and licensing agreements. She handles matters in state and federal courts, appellate venues, and at the US Patent and Trademark Office and the US Copyright Office. She also counsels on acquisitions involving intellectual property assets. In addition, Ms. Marsh advises alcoholic beverage, computer software, biotechnology, education, financial services, and media and entertainment companies.
“Michelle Marsh is a major asset to our practice,” said partner Ricardo Fischer, who heads Arent Fox’s Trademark group. “She brings a highly accomplished background in the trademark, trade dress, and design patent areas, with an important focus on the fashion industry, which is expanding in importance as part of our overall IP platform. We look to Michelle to further enhance our IP brand in the New York market.”
Ms. Lecomte is patent counselor to a broad spectrum of technology companies, including telecommunications operators and manufacturers; enterprise, healthcare, video compression, and e-commerce software providers; aerospace, automotive component, and medical device manufacturers; and textile and interactive gaming system producers. She regularly counsels on strategic intellectual property portfolio management and procurement and she conducts due diligence evaluations, licensing negotiations, patent assertion entity negotiations, and domestic and foreign utility and design patent and trademark prosecution. Ms. Lecomte has handled patent, trade secret, and licensing matters in litigation and arbitration.
“Linda is an accomplished patent attorney who handles a vast array of sophisticated patent counseling, transactional, and prosecution matters for leading-edge technology companies,” said partner James J. Bindseil, head of Arent Fox’s Patent group. “Her knowledge and skill will be of tremendous benefit to our clients, who continue to rely on Arent Fox to manage their strategic, challenging, and high-profile intellectual property matters.”
Ms. Marsh earned her law degree from Fordham University School of Law, where she was editor-in-chief of the Fordham Moot Court. She received her undergraduate degree in Political Science, cum laude, from Boston University. Ms. Lecomte received her law degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School. She received her Bachelors of Electrical Engineering, with Mathematics Minor, from the University of Minnesota Institute of Technology.
Source: www.arentfox.com
