James Smedley

James Smedley

Corporate and IP Attorney

New York
New York
Licensed in
NJ, NY, Patent Bar, PA
Boston University School of Law

"Great Answers. Timely."

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About
James is a partner at McCarter & English LLP - a national AMLaw ranked law firm of approximately 450 attorneys.


My Focus is on the protection of your Intellectual Property Rights (Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Trade Secrets) and technology, while our broader team can handle any of your corporate law concerns, from word class investment and securities counsel, to labor and employment, tax, immigration and beyond.
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"James and his team were very accessible and gave clear guidance for my project. I would definitely use his services in the future."

File Utility Patent
Posted on Apr 24, 2019
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"James was very responsive and patient with me. He was able to answer all the questions I had."

File Design Patent
Posted on Apr 19, 2019
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"Sincerely and professional attorney, and respond timely."

Assist with Other Patent Matter
Posted on Apr 18, 2019
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"Friendly and timely responses. All good"

Assist with Other Trademark & Copyright Matter
Posted on Jan 2, 2019
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"James and his team took my ideas and wrote up an awesome patent really covering the ideas and related possibilities. The patent was issued with no (zero) office actions in a field where every patent I have ever submitted had multiple."

Software Utility Patent Filing
Posted on Nov 5, 2018
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"Great service highly recommended!"

File Provisional Patent
Posted on Oct 18, 2018

Work History

James M Smedley LLC (Sigma Law Group)

Managing Member

Jan 2010 - Present

Managing Member of the firm. Practice areas include intellectual property matters (patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets), corporate transactions and litigation matters.

Jan 2010 - Present

Lowenstein Sandler

Attorney

Sep 2008 - Dec 2009

Attorney in the Tech Group, focusing mainly on transactional intellectual property matters.

Sep 2008 - Dec 2009
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