Sappenfield Law, P.C. Information

Sappenfield Law, P.C. is law firm representing entrepreneurial clients in matters related to personal, business and intellectual property law in a highly integrated and comprehensive manner. Chris Sappenfield has specialized training in estate planning, having earned an LL.M. focused on that legal discipline. Accordingly, he leverages that expertise to create sophisticated estate plans for clients at junctures in the development of their start-up or emerging businesses that are often very advantageous, particularly from the standpoint of taxation, to those clients and their beneficiaries. Sappenfield Law, P.C. also counsels clients regarding a wide array of issues that early-stage for-profit and non-profit businesses commonly face, including choice of entity and formation, regulatory compliance, transactional due diligence, and contract drafting and negotiation (including government contracts), among others. As a patent attorney with significant experience in handling assorted intellectual property matters, Chris Sappenfield also assists clients in devising intellectual property strategies that add significant value to clients’ businesses. He has substantial expertise in, for example, establishing processes to capture patentable inventions, procuring both U.S. and ex-U.S. patents, developing and managing complex patent portfolios, conducting product clearance assessments, challenging third-party patents, and licensing patents and other intellectual property. He also represents clients related to non-patent specific intellectual property issues, including in-house legal department process development, trade secret protection, trademarks, and copyrights. Sappenfield Law, P.C. seamlessly assimilates services related to these various legal disciplines to maximize the value that it generates for clients accompanied by unparalleled customer service.