Attorneys at Edwin A. Sisson, Attorney at Law, LLC secure, protect, and enforce the global intellectual property rights of its customers in a business context.   Customers generally are non-public, closely held entities ranging from individuals and startup firms with no sales and negative cash flow to established firms with sales as high as 1.5 Billion Euro (3 Billion USD).

What makes Edwin A. Sisson, Attorney at Law, LLC unique is its customer approach.  As you peruse this website you will learn that the Firm’s attorneys and staff have substantial global industrial experience.   This is done by design so that the customer’s legal assistance is provided with the goal of achieving the business objectives. 

The Firm's principal, Edwin Sisson, has over 20 years of international business experience at several large multinational corporations serving in different positions such as a global business manager, division research manager, and supply chain manager.  In these positions he worked very closely with both in-house and outside counsel.  During that period he developed a view of what makes an attorney valuable to a business. 

The attorneys of value to the business
 
    1. We're accessible and approachable.  
    2. Offered viable business options, solutions and work-arounds.
    3. We're part of the business team, not part of the "clean-up" team.
    4. Had realistic goals with agreed upon cost structures and timing to accomplish those goals.

This website is designed to provide you with information to help you decide whether you wish to use the Firm to assist in your legal matters.  As you read through the pages, you will discover the Firm’s philosophy, its method of operations, and experience. Please click on each link above for a discussion about the philosophy underlying each of the above principles.

Note:  If you have an invention and have not filed a patent application but have done or are considering 
          • Showing or displaying the invention to others; which includes your applications for state or federal funding.; 
          • Using the invention.; 
          • Offering the invention for sale or selling the invention.;
 
Then you are likely to have started or will start what is known as the statutory bar to obtaining a patent.  Under the U.S. law you must file the patent application within a certain period of time after the earliest of these events.  Internationally, you must file the application prior to the above events.  If you file after this time period you will likely be unable to obtain a valid patent in any country other than the United States.  If you have done, or are considering doing any of the above, please contact a patent attorney -- any patent attorney -- as soon as possible to understand your rights and how to protect them.  The patent laws are unforgiving regarding dates of disclosure and dates of filing the application.
 
What Attorneys at Edwin A. Sisson at Law, LLC Do

The primary role of an Attorney at the Firm is to provide business-based advice and counsel on legal matters, in particular, intellectual property matter.  Some of the tasks undertaken are: 

    • Prepare and Prosecute Patent & Trademark Applications 
    • Render Validity, Patentability, and Infringement Opinions 
    • Consult with Research Managers and Inventors 
    • Manage International Prosecution & Assist in Oppositions 
    • Conduct Intellectual Property Seminars for Customers 
    • Patent Re-examination (ex parte & inter parte) 
    • Patent Reissue Practice 
    • Patent Appeals 
    • Manage Intellectual Property Portfolios.  We can either do it for you or set up you to do it  
    • Draft & Negotiate Business Agreements (e.g. licensing, confidentiality, joint development, non-analysis, sales, purchasing, and loan agreements) 
    • Corporate Matters such as capital formation, articles of incorporation, hiring, dismissal, severance
    • Litigation, While we are not staffed to handle a litigation alone, we have succesfully managed litigation in the U.S. and Germany.