Intellectual
Property
Protecting the Creations of the Human MindLippincott IP
Practice areas
Trademarks CopyrightsDesigns Contractsclient industries
MotorsportIndustrial DesignPersonal Care ProductsFinancial ServicesFashionand more...Flann Lippincott Bio
Flann brings decades of experience as an international design entrepreneur to her intellectual property practice.
Prior to becoming an attorney, she managed her own branded international luxury consumer products company and licensed her designs to manufacturers in the mass-market sector. She defended her design patent against infringement, negotiated licensing agreements, held trademarks and copyrights, and closely guarded her trade secrets. The legal side of her business became so important that she decided to become her own general counsel and pursued an MA in intellectual property law followed by a JD and 14+ years of serving her creative and business clients.
Resume
PRESENTATIONS & PANELSUS Patent and Trademark Office, Design Patent Examiner’s Day: Design Patent Obviousness
NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education: Fifth Annual Art Law Symposium
Rutgers School of Law, Community Law Clinic: A Designer’s Perspective on IP
New Jersey Institute of Technology: International Trade Law
International IP Assoc CLE: Culture, Creativity, and Code
Lawline CLE: Design Law, Graffiti Law
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA): National Conference Speaker
DesignXRI Design Weeks: Design Law & Licensing, IP & the Creative Economy
LearnXDesign Conference: Design Law for Educators
DesignEd Conference: The Many Faces of Property Rights in Design
PUBLICATIONSIndustrial Designers Society of America, INNOVATION Summer 2023, Licensed to Win
LICENSED IN NEW JERSEY. Federal Practice. EDUCATIONCornell University, B.A., Seton Hall School of Law, M.S.J. in Intellectual Property, magna cum laude,
Rutgers University School of Law J.D.John C. Lifland Inn of Court: Barrister, Intellectual Property Litigation
American Inns of Court: National Advocacy Training Program
BUSINESS & DESIGNFounder and CEO of a branded international luxury home and fashion accessories company
Founder and CEO of a design consultancy focused on hard home mass-market and corporate gift
TEACHINGPratt Institute, Dept. of Industrial Design. Masters of Industrial Design: The Business of Design. Center for Continuing and Professional Studies: Intellectual Property Law, Entrepreneurship. Summer Workshop: Intellectual Property
Parsons School of Design Strategies. Master’s of Strategic Design & Management: Regulatory and Ethical Constructs of Business. Bachelor’s of Strategic Design & Management: Intellectual Property, Business Regulations and Practices
Monmouth University: Law & Society
Trademarks
Be DistinctiveA TRADEMARK is a word, phrase, symbol, design, color, sound, or scent that identifies a particular source of goods and services and which distinguishes the source from its competitors. Trademarks are business assets that hold the goodwill, or reputation, of the company and provide legal protection for the brand.
LIPPINCOTT IP helps clients secure, protect, and license their trademarks, and provides guidance as to how to manage their trademarks during their commercial life.
Copyright
Be OriginalCOPYRIGHT is an inexpensive yet mighty tool that protects original works in a broad range of expressive mediums such as paintings, prints, sculpture, photography, architecture, toys, software, molds, film, music, pantomime, and textual works.
Copyright protection is used in all industries. In the creative fields it is used primarily to combat public infringement of a work, but in other businesses such as real estate, insurance, finance, and marketing, copyright registrations help protect internal documents from misuse and exploitation by departing employees.
LIPPINCOTT IP advises its clients on all their copyright matters so they can wield it as an efficient and strategic business tool.
Contracts
Be ClearIs this a picture of the letter “B” or the number “13”?
This is a visual representation of the kind of ambiguity that can destroy a business relationship due to careless contract drafting because ambiguity leads to expensive misunderstandings.
The point of a CONTRACT is to establish a clear record of the promises that two parties make to each other in furtherance of their business goals. LIPPINCOTT IP helps clients with their contract negotiations and drafting needs and ensures that their clients understand the terms they are agreeing to.
LIPPINCOTT IP focuses on commercial contracts such as licensing, distribution, and sales agreements, and contracts for the sale of goods.
design law
Be PreparedDesign Law is a strategic use of intellectual property that provides product designers with maximum design protection from the initial idea to the end of the product’s commercial life. The photo illustration here shows all facets of design law, from copyright protecting the graphics and photography, design patent protecting the umbrella design, trademark protecting the brand, and trade dress protecting the distinctive umbrella shape once the design patent expires. Clients who employ design law give their product designs the best chances of success in the marketplace.
The design patent that protected this particular design was infringed throughout the 14 years of patent protection. The patent made infringers take down or destroy the infringing merchandise. It also led to a lucrative licensing agreement that doubled company revenue. This event led to the founding of LIPPINCOTT IP and its mission to help designers get timely protection for their most promising commercial designs.