Atty. Kevin E. Flynn
Part engineer, part lawyer, part advocate, and part coach, Kevin E. Flynn uses all these skills to be a patent attorney.
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Kevin E. Flynn is a Member based in Pittsboro, North Carolina, practicing at Flynn IP Law. They have 33+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1993. Their practice focuses on patent, ip, health care, and energy. Admitted to practice in New York (1993), Registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as a Patent Attorney (1993), and North Carolina (1996). Educated at Duke University (J.D., 1992) and Duke University School of Engineering, now Pratt (B.S.E. Biomedical, 1982). Recognitions include AV Preeminent. Active member of American Intellectual Property Law Association and North Carolina Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Section. Serands clients in Pittsboro, NC and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Part engineer, part lawyer, part advocate, and part coach, Kevin E. Flynn uses all these skills to be a patent attorney
- Initially trained in both Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, he later obtained a Master's Degree in Industrial & Systems Engineering
- After working as an engineer and earning a Professional Engineering license from the State of North Carolina, he went back to school and earned his law degree with honors from Duke Law School
- After a few years in patent litigation, including time spent with Fish & Neave in New York City, he moved to helping companies protect their ideas and avoid legal problems
- With a broad engineering background, he works for clients across a broad range of technologies
- He helps clients decide where to spend their money to get the most value while seeking patents in the United States and abroad
- Then he works collaboratively with the clients to create patent applications that are partly required technical disclosure
- Equally important, the patent applications are also partly a sales pitch to help convince a patent examiner that this application is special and merits grant of patent status
- In addition to helping clients obtain protection, he works with clients to help them avoid trouble with patents owned by others
- After working at a corporate law firm that specialized in assisting start-up companies, Kevin E. Flynn is very comfortable working directly with CTOs and CEOs in companies that do not have in-house lawyers
- He is a frequent speaker and commentator on intellectual property issues, especially those issues of particular relevance to entrepreneurial companies
- He has been named repeatedly to the legal Elite for the category of Intellectual Property/Patent attorneys
- Some of my best work is with medical devices and surgical tools but I work with a broad range of electromechanical items and industrial processes that a team of engineers made better
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IP attorneys protect inventions, brands, and creative work through patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright, and trade-secret enforcement.
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Energy attorneys for oil & gas, renewables, utility regulation, and energy sector transactions.
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Jurisdictional Context
Why local counsel matters in North Carolina
Practicing law in North Carolina. Legal matters in North Carolina are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Pittsboro are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate North Carolina state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in North Carolina brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in North Carolina courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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