“Intellectual property is often the most valuable, and also the most vulnerable, asset of today’s businesses. That’s why we strive to provide our clients with the tools to establish a competitive edge and to maintain a long-term presence in the market. Great ideas deserve to be protected.”

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Lara A. Northrop
Associate

Lara A. Northrop is an Intellectual Property attorney with a strong background in physics and scientific experience in optics, material science and condensed-matter research.

Ms. Northrop handles such matters as preparation and prosecution of patent, trademark and copyright applications, preparation and evaluation of intellectual property license agreements, patentability opinions, patent infringement and validity studies, trademark clearance opinions, trade secret and trade dress consultations, and general intellectual property counseling.

Before joining The Webb Law Firm in 2006, Ms. Northrop worked as a patent attorney in private practice, and in the intellectual property legal division of Alcoa Inc. She has handled a broad range of technologies in the medical device, optics, data storage, material science, sporting goods, and consumer products areas.

Professional Responsibilities
Ms. Northrop serves as an associate with The Webb Law Firm, which has concentrated exclusively in intellectual property law since 1845. On a daily basis she works with various aspects of IP law, particularly patent, trademark and licensing matters.

Achievements and Credentials

Certification
Registered Patent Attorney, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

Bar Admissions
Pennsylvania, 2002
U.S. District Court Western District of Pennsylvania

Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Law,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2002 J.D.

Colgate University
Hamilton, New York, 1999 B.A.
Major: Physics

Published Works
“U.S. Patent Provisional Rights: Impacts of Recent Change,” The Intellectual Property Strategist, November 2006.

"Effective Use of Provisional Patent Applications," Intellectual Property Supplement to The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, April 2007.

Recent Presentations
“Trademark Protection Do’s and Don’ts,” Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association Super Show, International Business Intelligence Series, Orlando, Florida, 2006.

"Joint Inventorship and Joint Ownership of Patents," Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association Sports and Technology Convergence, La Jolla, California 2006.

Professional Associations and Memberships
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association, Chair Laws and Rules, 2006
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association Legal Task Force

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“Intellectual property is often the most valuable, and also the most vulnerable, asset of today’s businesses. That’s why we strive to provide our clients with the tools to establish a competitive edge and to maintain a long-term presence in the market. Great ideas deserve to be protected.”

Education University of Pittsburgh School of Law, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2002 J.D.

Colgate University Hamilton, New York, 1999 B.A. Major: Physics

Recent Presentations “Trademark Protection Do’s and Don’ts,” Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association Super Show, International Business Intelligence Series, Orlando, Florida, 2006.

Education
University of Pittsburgh School of Law,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2002 J.D.

Colgate University
Hamilton, New York, 1999 B.A.
Major: Physics

Recent Presentations
“Trademark Protection Do’s and Don’ts,” Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association Super Show, International Business Intelligence Series, Orlando, Florida, 2006.