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Lewis Lee

Lewis Lee

Co-founder and partner,
Lee and Hayes
Spokane, Washington, USA

Lewis is co-founder and partner of Lee & Hayes specializing in IP counseling, IP portfolio development, and commercialization of IP. The firm has developed particular expertise in computer software and hardware, internet-related technologies, network software and hardware, telecommunication, cryptography, audio/video applications, microprocessors, semiconductor technologies, biomedical devices, aerospace, and business and financial methods.

Lee & Hayes recently received its fourth consecutive annual ranking byIntellectual Asset Management Magazine (IAM) as the #1 overall law firm for securing the highest quality patents. Lewis was also ranked as one of the top 1000 patent practitioners worldwide and one of the top 300 IP strategists worldwide by IAM.

Focusing his practice on building global IP portfolios, Lewis advises clients on worldwide IP strategies, and strategic and competitive analysis of IP assets. He is a frequent speaker on IP topics, both domestically and abroad. He recently spoke on IP and the internet at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and on Growing Exports and Global Relationships at the Technology Alliance Washington Innovation Summit in Seattle, WA.

Other speaking engagements include the Center for Advanced Study and Research on IP (CASRIP) at the University of Washington, and law schools of Beijing University (Peking University) and China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL). He has also spoken at various professional and university sponsored events in India, including the International Conference on IPR in Bangalore and the International Seminar of IP Litigation in Hyderabad. He is a past adjunct professor at Gonzaga University’s School of Business.

He has co-authored two books, Intellectual Property for the Internet in 1997 and Managing Intellectual Property Rights in 1993, as well as recent articles such as “Focus on Patent Quality, Not Quantity,” The National Law Journal, February 7, 2011, and “The Whys and Hows of Patent Landscaping,” IP Value 2011: Building and enforcing intellectual property value – An international guide for the boardroom, 81-84.