Cynthia Lee practices in all aspects of intellectual property, including litigation, trademark prosecution, copyrights, trade secrets, and patent preparation and prosecution.

Cynthia's main practice area focuses on intellectual property litigation, including patent, trademark, trade dress, and copyright litigation, dispute resolution, and licensing. Due to her technical education and background, Cynthia effectively litigates patents spanning a wide variety of technologies. In addition, Cynthia's litigation practice includes a wide variety of trademark, trade dress, and copyright matters, as well as managing of Opposition and Cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Clients appreciate Cynthia’s expertise in management of their domestic and international trademark portfolio. Her trademark work includes trademark applications and prosecution, trademark disputes, and providing opinions and advice on using and registering trademarks and on trademark infringement.

Cynthia also frequently assists her clients with their transactional IP needs. In additional to settlement agreements resulting from litigation, Cynthia has extensive experience in negotiating and drafting the following types of agreements with an emphasis on protecting her clients’ IP: confidentiality in complex arrangements, distribution agreements, regulatory agreements, joint development agreements, contract manufacturing and private labeling agreements, employment agreements relating to trade secrets and proprietary information and agreements to assign IP, agreements relating to software (end-user license, terms of service, privacy policy, development, distribution, and maintenance), as well as consulting and work for hire agreements, to name a few.

With respect to her patent preparation and prosecution experience, Cynthia is experienced in chemical and materials applications for both university and industry clients. General areas of Cynthia’s patent experience include the following technical areas, by way of example: OTC formulations; gypsum; antibodies and methods of purification; use of polynucleotides and polypeptides; DNA synthesis; microarray technology; lipoprotein assay devices and methods; immunological assay systems and methods; medical devices, including surgical devices and drug delivery (e.g., inhalers, stents) devices and coatings therefor; ink formulations; fabrics, including nonwoven fabrics and chemical and other modifications to various fabrics; papermaking and calendaring; processes for production of metallic articles by chemical conversion; microelectronic interconnect structures; chemical vapor deposition and modified chemical vapor deposition processes; emission control systems and oxygen sensor design; electron emission devices; and various mechanical devices.

In addition, Cynthia provides clients with opinions on patentability, infringement, validity, and freedom to operate.

University of Florida Levin College of Law
J.D.
University of Florida
B.S. Chemistry
University of Florida
B.A. Political Science

Admissions
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Georgia

Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
Supreme Court of Georgia

Professional Activities
Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF)
Atlanta Intellectual Property Inn of Court
International Network of Boutique Law Firms (INBLF)
International Trademark Association (INTA)
State Bar of Georgia, Intellectual Property (IP) Law Section