2023 IP Stars Ranks Phelps Intellectual Property Practice and Partners

NEW ORLEANS, La. - July 19, 2023 - Phelps’ Intellectual Property practice and partners were recognized in the 2023 edition of IP Stars from Managing IP, a leading news and analysis source for IP professionals. Ranked Phelps lawyers were chosen for their work on cases in both Louisiana and on the national stage and include:

• • David Patrón – Trademark Star
  • Drew Patty – Patent Star, Trademark Star
  • Mary Ellen Roy – Trademark Star, Copyright Star

IP Stars guides companies and individuals looking for experienced legal practitioners to handle intellectual property issues. Managing IP has been covering intellectual property law and practice worldwide since 1990. Each year, IP Stars assesses and ranks law firms and practitioners around the world in different intellectual property practice areas. 

Phelps’ Intellectual Property practice focuses on advising clients in all aspects of IP law, including trademarks, copyrights, patents and trade secrets. The firm’s attorneys have significant experience in the prosecution of patents and the registration of trademarks before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as the registration of copyrights with the U.S. Copyright Office. Phelps represents clients from a variety of industries, including computer programming, entertainment and manufacturing, as well as clients involved in disputes over insurance coverage and defense obligations for these claims.

New Orleans partner David Patrón serves as practice coordinator of the firm’s litigation practice. David represents some of the biggest names in technology, oil and gas, entertainment and other industries and has earned a reputation for excellence and integrity at all levels of state and federal courts. His intellectual property practice includes counseling clients on a wide variety of complex legal issues, including copyright, trademark and trade dress and misappropriation of trade secrets.

With a patent practice that spans the globe, Drew Patty practices from Phelps’ Baton Rouge and Raleigh offices. He manages client patent and trademark portfolios, advises clients on strategic innovation, IP due diligence and advocates litigants in patent infringement, trademark infringement, trade secret misappropriation and copyright infringement litigation. He also counsels clients in domain name disputes under the ICANN arbitration procedures and represents clients with matters before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board and its Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.

Mary Ellen Roy is a partner in the firm’s New Orleans office and has been a sought-after litigator of intellectual property, entertainment and other media-related issues for over three decades. She handles copyright and trademark advice and counseling, prosecutions and disputes before the U.S. Copyright Office, the Patent and Trademark Office and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Mary Ellen has experience with infringement and breach of contract issues involving copyrights, trademarks, publicity rights and trade secrets in the music publishing, television and film production, and internet social media and streaming industries.

Phelps’ recognized practice areas and attorneys can be viewed on the publication’s website.