Law Offices of Sandy Lipkin

LAW OFFICES OF SANDY LIPKIN Please email me directly at sandy@sandylipkin.com

Our Practice

Practice Areas

Patent search and opinion
Filing and Prosecution of patent applications
Patent licensing
Foreign filing of patent applications
Trademark search and opinion
Filing and Prosecution of trademark applications
Trademark licensing
Counseling on business entity formation
Cease and Desist letters
Trademark oppositions and cancellations
Patent appeals

Our Approach

Practice Areas

As a solo practitioner I have much in common with my clients in that I seek the freedom and flexibility of self-employment. As the single mother of two who is also an artist, I have many roles to play and the flexibility of a solo practice provides me the lifestyle I prefer which mirrors that of the entrepreneurs and inventors that walk through my door. Working from home with minimal staff assistance I am able to keep my overhead low which is keeps my rates low for startups with limited budgets. Being the only lawyer on your case, I will offer continuity in communication that is sometimes lost at larger firms that use more than one lawyer on a case or who may have turnover requiring lost time and keeping everyone up to speed. The down side is that you may not reach me by phone without an appointment, but a text or an email can create an appointment and I aim to get back to clients the same day, with 24 hours max barring special circumstances. On those occasions where I need assistance, I have a network of associates to help me handle matters that may be a bit much for one person. Those cases are rare however and I pride myself of speedy, quality, personalized service to all of my clients.

There are a lot of unwitting potholes inventors and entrepreneurs can fall into and I pride myself in maintaining honest integrity always stating costs up front and not surprising clients with unforeseen costs and fees that were not anticipated after forming the attorney/client relationship. As your attorney in prosecuting your patent or trademark applications, my duty is to you, the client, and you are the source of my business as well as constant inspiration, so I treat that relationship with the utmost respect.

Your Patent and Trademark Team

sandy lipkin

Sandy has a degree in chemistry from the University of California at Santa Barbara. After years in industry where she was reverse engineering patents, she returned to higher education, earning her JD from Pepperdine Law School in 2002. She was one of three sitting for the patent bar exam who passed it in 2000. Between 2000 and 2005, she was mentored by local patent attorneys and ultimately in 2005 she ventured out on her own and has never looked back. She likes to keep her business in the family, employing her daughter as an office assistant and her son as a paralegal. She loves yoga, jiu jitsu, swimming, painting, singing and playing guitar.

Some examples of her paintings can be found on her personal Facebook page at this link:

https://www.facebook.com/sandy.lipkin/media_set?set=a.10152622686866499&type=3

Eli Lipkin

Eli Lipkin is a paralegal assisting with the filing of patent and trademark applications. He is also an actor and writer and is a current student at Ventura College. Eli enjoys playing drums, practicing jiu jitsu and playing video games when he is not working on his acting, writing and college studies

saylor guilliams

Saylor has been an office assistant with the law offices since she was in high school, when she graduated in 2010. An invaluable assistant due to her photographic memory and attention to detail, she takes care of reminding clients of deadlines and maintaining the filing system.