Intellectual
Property

Protecting the Creations of the Human Mind

Lippincott IP

Practice areas 

Trademarks 
Copyrights
Contracts 
Design Law
Graffiti Law

LIPPINCOTT IP counsels clients on how to protect and monetize their creative expressions, be they in the fine arts, design, fashion, graphics, software, business services, or consumer product industries. We ensure that our clients understand why they should pursue IP protection as well as the different roles that copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets play in a well-managed business.

Once the IP ventures out into the marketplace, we review and prepare contracts that protect the value of the IP throughout its commercial life, in particular licensing, independent contractor, manufacturing, and distribution agreements.

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 & PANELS

  • US 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

PUBLICATIONS

  • Industrial Designers Society of America, INNOVATION Summer 2023, Licensed to Win

EDUCATION

  • Cornell 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 & DESIGN

  • Founder 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

TEACHING

  • Pratt 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