Lee James’ practice centers on litigating trademark, trade dress, trade secret, patent, copyright and unfair competition matters, as well as counseling clients to protect and derive value from their intellectual property. Lee works closely with his clients to develop custom strategies and solutions tailored to their needs, business objectives, and budgets.
Lee represents clients in patent and IP-related jury and bench trials in state and federal courts, and in cases before the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board and Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. He also regularly handles matters before the World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service.
Credentials
Education
- University of Michigan, B.A., mechanical engineering, 1999
- DePaul University College of Law, J.D., 2006, member of DePaul Law Review
Bar Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Illinois
Court Admissions
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Central District of California
- U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
- U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas