Atty. Stanley D. Ference III
Stanley Ference practices in all aspects of intellectual property law. Stanley’s experience includes securing domestic and foreign patent, trademark, and copyright rights.
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Stanley D. Ference III is a trademark, copyright, and ip attorney based in Sewickley, Pennsylvania, practicing at Ference & Associates LLC. They have 37+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1989. Admitted to practice in New Jersey (1989), New York (1990), Pennsylvania (1990), and District of Columbia (1991). Educated at Penn State Dickinson School of Law (J.D., 1990) and Penn State Dickinson School of Law (—). Recognitions include Lawyer of the Year — Trademark Law (Pittsburgh) (2026), Best Lawyers in America — Copyright Law (2026), and Best Lawyers in America — Litigation - Intellectual Property (2026). Serands clients in Sewickley, PA and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Stanley Ference practices in all aspects of intellectual property law
- Stanley’s experience includes securing domestic and foreign patent, trademark, and copyright rights
- He has been registered to practice before the U.S
- Patent and Trademark Office since 1989
- Stanley has obtained patents for clients in the U.S. and in foreign countries
- He also has experience filing and prosecuting international patent applications under the Patent Cooperation Treaty and managing foreign filings under the Paris Convention
- His prosecution practice covers all areas of technology, with an emphasis in writing and prosecuting applications in the electronic circuit, computer software, optical processors, signal processing, and electro-mechanical related arts
- Stanley has a Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating of AV Preeminent®
- He is a Masters of the Bench member of the Q. Todd Dickinson Intellectual Property American Inn of Court
- Stanley has previously been on the faculty of the Practicing Law Institute’s Patent Bar Review course and is currently on the faculty of the Practicing Law Institute’s Patent Fundamentals Bootcamp course
- Stanley is also an e-Discovery Special Master for the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
- Prior to forming the law firm of Ference & Associates, Mr. Ference was associated with the Intellectual Property Group of Reed Smith Shaw & McClay in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania’s largest law firm
- Prior to that time, he was an associate with Brumbaugh, Graves, Donohue & Raymond, an intellectual property firm in New York, New York
- Brumbaugh, Graves subsequently merged into Baker Botts, LLP. Professional Associations & Memberships · Pennsylvania Bar Association · Allegheny County Bar Association · Pittsburgh Intellectual Property Law Association · American Intellectual Property Law Association
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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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Practicing law in Pennsylvania. Legal matters in Pennsylvania are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Sewickley are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Pennsylvania state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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