Sam is an intellectual property attorney whose practice focuses on patent litigation in the federal district courts. He works with clients in a variety of industries, including life sciences and technology. Sam originally joined Mintz as a Summer Associate.
Prior to working at Mintz, Sam gained hands-on experience through a judicial internship with the Honorable Patti B. Saris in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, where he drafted bench memoranda and assisted with opinions on complex patent and administrative law issues.
Sam earned his JD from Northeastern University School of Law, where he was an associate editor of the Northeastern University Law Review and received a full-tuition merit scholarship. Prior to law school, he earned a BS and a BA, magna cum laude, from Boston University.
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Supreme Court Doesn’t Want to Play the Name Game: Prohibition Against Using a Person’s Name in a Registered Mark Without Consent Remains Constitutional
July 22, 2024 | Blog | By Laura Franco, Sam Lyons
This case is a victory for public figures and their control over their personal branding. Applicants for trademark registration must continue to get clearance before incurring the significant cost of registration when using a living person’s name. While this decision is likely to have minimal impact on most trademark filings, it does come as part of a larger trend of the Court’s willingness to address longstanding provisions of the Lanham Act. And should Justice Barrett’s prophesy come to pass, this may not be the last word on content-based, view-point neutral restrictions.
France Has Entered the Chat: Sun Patent Trust Asks French Court to Determine Global FRAND Rate for LTE-Advanced SEPs
June 7, 2024 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Matthew Galica, Sam Lyons
Last week, Sun Patent Trust sued Xiaomi in France for infringement of patents claimed to be essential to the LTE-Advanced standard. In its suit, Sun Patent Trust asked French courts to set a global FRAND rate—something that has never occurred before.
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