Ted D. Lienesch
Partner
Ted is a registered patent attorney and prior 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.
- “Inventors Beware: Even Secret Activity Can Sink Your Patent,” Thompson Hine Intellectual Property Update, January 2019
- “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
- Recognized by Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars, 2020 to 2021 (Patent Star)
- AV® Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2006-2021 in the fields of Patent Law and Trademark Law
- 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, Internet Committee, ICANN Engagement Subcommittee
- 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
Four Thompson Hine Partners Named “IP Stars” by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine Thompson Hine LLP
August 11, 2020
Thompson Hine’s IP Practice Recognized by WTR 1000 and IP Stars Thompson Hine LLP
May 21, 2018