Chris A. Caseiro, Esq. | Maine Patent and Intellectual Property Attorney
Chris A. Caseiro is a Maine patent attorney at Caseiro Burke LLC and a registered patent attorney before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He counsels individual inventors and businesses on intellectual property, including patent prosecution, licensing, and enforcement.
Patent Services Across Technical Field:
Chris assists individual inventors and businesses with patent prosecution and enforcement in many technical fields, including:
- Aeronautics
- Alternative Energy
- Analytics
- Cannabis Industry
- Consumer Products
- Electronics
- Fluids
- Food Science
- Manufacturing
- Medical Devices
- Network Management and Security
- Semiconductors
- Software
- Telecommunications
- Textiles
In addition to his robust US practice, Chris works with agents around the world in establishing patent rights in a variety of countries for his clients.
Patent Licensing and Enforcement
Chris helps invention owners license and enforce their patent rights. He has negotiated license agreements for individual inventors and corporate clients, in some cases helping them license their inventions to Fortune 500 companies. He has represented both patent owners and alleged infringers in patent infringement disputes. He also prepares opinions on patentability, infringement and non-infringement, and validity and enforceability.
Trademark and Copyright Services
Chris works with trademark and service mark owners to determine whether their marks can be registered and protected in the United States and abroad. He helps clients protect their trademark rights, defend against infringement claims, and negotiate and prepare trademark use agreements.
He also helps authors register their copyrights and license and enforce them. He advises on the impact of using open source software in computer programs
Engineering and In-House IP Experience
Chris has a degree in chemical engineering, with extensive coursework in electrical engineering. Before law school, he worked as an engineer at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, where he developed and evaluated materials used to modify the sound characteristics of underwater vessels. After law school, he went into private practice prosecuting patent applications, then expanded into trademark and copyright protection and the licensing and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
Chris served as the sole intellectual property attorney for Enterasys Networks of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, where he managed a portfolio of nearly 800 U.S. and foreign patents and patent applications. He was also responsible for software licensing, patent licensing, joint development agreements, and intellectual property disputes.
Practice Areas
Patent
Trademark
Copyright
IP Agreements
Trade Secrets
IP Litigation
Education
J.D., University of New Hampshire Law School (f/k/a Franklin Pierce Law Center), 1991
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut, 1981
Bar Admissions
Maine, 1991
United States Patent and Trademark Office, 1990
United States District Court, District of Maine, 1991
United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1992
Accolades
New England Super Lawyers in Intellectual Property 2012-2013, 2017-2026
2017 Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers in America under Patent Law
Best Lawyers in America under Patent Law since 2011
Local Litigation Star for Patents by Benchmark Litigation
IP Star by Managing Intellectual Property
BV Distinguished Rating by Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings