Theodore D. Lienesch
Partner
Practice Group Leader, Intellectual Property
Ted is a registered patent attorney and leader of the firm's Intellectual Property practice group. He focuses his practice in domestic and foreign patent and trademark prosecution; copyright prosecution; intellectual property licensing, including technology transfers, joint venture agreements and trade secret licensing; patent and trademark validity and right-to-use studies; and copyright, trademark and patent infringement litigation.
Technical Experience
Automotive (engines and power transmission), turbo-machinery, material handling equipment (including lift trucks and control systems), electro-mechanical systems, manufacturing processes, safety clothing construction, plastic injection molding machinery, surgical instruments, data communication systems, inkjet printing systems and electronic commerce.
- “PTAB Challenges Can Reduce Royalty Obligations, Open New Markets,” Thompson Hine Intellectual Property Update, March 2016
- “USPTO Pilot Program Permits Modernizing Trademark Registration Coverage,” Thompson Hine Intellectual Property Update, September 2015
- "Patentee's Threat to Discontinue Purchases Constitutes Unlawful Attempt to Monopolize," Patent Law Review, 1975
- Contributor, "Doing Business in and With the United States," 1999
- Contributor, Couse's Ohio Form Book, Vol. 1 (6th Ed.)
- Executive editor, INTA Bulletin, International Trademark Association, 2002 to 2003
- "Survey of International Software Protection," Cincinnati Bar Association
- "Protecting Intellectual Property Internationally," Cincinnati Bar Association
- "Best Practices in Patent Prosecution for 2005," Thompson Hine LLP
- "Creative Strategies for Building, Maintaining and Protecting Your Trademark Assets," Thompson Hine LLP
- "How to Avoid Unwittingly Becoming One's Own Lexicographer – Phillips and Its Progeny," Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association
- AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2006 to 2019
- Recognized in Euromoney’s Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars Handbook, 2013 to 2015
- Who's Who Legal USA, Trademarks, 2008
- Selected for inclusion in Super Lawyers by Ohio Super Lawyers magazine, 2008
Professional Associations
- International Trademark Association, firm designee
- Dayton Intellectual Property Law Association
- Dayton Bar Association, chairman of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1993 to 1994
Community Activities
- South Metro Regional Chamber of Commerce, immediate past chairman
Thompson Hine’s IP Practice Recognized by WTR 1000 and IP Stars Thompson Hine LLP
May 21, 2018