Brian Colandreo

Brian Colandreo

Adjunct Professor
Patent & Intellectual Property Law
Office: 金莲直播 - Concord Campus (Remote), Concord Campus (Remote),

Equity Partner and National Patent Practice Leader at 

Registered Patent Attorney
LL.M. in Intellectual Property
Admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New York

A registered patent attorney and an electrical engineer, Colandreo focuses his practice on client management & development, general intellectual property prosecution, transactional work, litigation and M&A support, due diligence work, and IP opinion work.

Prior to entering law school, Colandreo worked as a systems / software engineer for Johnson Controls and, prior to joining Holland & Knight, he practiced at the Boston offices of Fish & Richardson and McDermott, Will & Emery.

Brian J. Colandreo has considerable patent prosecution / IP counseling experience in the following technological areas: client software, server software, GUIs, social networking, electrical hardware, consumer devices & systems, medical devices & systems, network devices & systems, telecommunication devices & systems, wireless communication devices & systems, distributed computing systems, distributed storage systems, data arrays, data encryption systems & methods, computer & resource virtualization, network time-slicing, mechanical devices, and electromechanical devices.

Colandreo represents many different types of clients (both foreign and domestic), ranging from home-based start-ups to Fortune 100 companies.

Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 has recommended Mr. Colandreo since 2017. The publication states: "The 'excellent' Brian Colandreo is adored by clients. He's very bright and responsive. A lot of attorneys start with prosecution, but then get pulled into other things 鈥 not him, he loves it and you can see that in his work, which is a breath of fresh air."

Mr. Colandreo represents (or has represented) foreign and domestic clients of all sizes 鈥 from sole inventors to Fortune 50 companies 鈥 in a wide range of technologies, including: Computer Applications; Client, Server and Client-Server Applications; Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) Systems and Methodologies; Blockchain Systems and Methodologies; Cryptocurrency Systems and Methodologies; Medical and Surgical Devices and Systems; Electronic, Electrical, Electromechanical and Mechanical Devices; Process Controls; Logistics Systems and Methodologies; Inventory Control Systems and Methodologies; Graphical User Interfaces; Social Networking Systems and Methodologies; Video Conferencing Systems and Methodologies; Enterprise Email Systems and Methodologies; Enterprise Communication Systems and Methodologies; Media / Content Distribution; Middleware and Resource Management; Network Resource Virtualization; Network-Based Storage Systems; High-Availability Storage Systems and Methodologies; Data Encryption and Protection; and Data Compression and Decompression

His specialties areas include:

  • Domestic patent preparation and prosecution
  • Foreign / International patent preparation and prosecution
  • All issues concerning patent law
  • All issues concerning IP matters
  • Post grant proceedings
  • Patent litigation support
  • Merger and acquisition support
  • Patent infringement analysis
  • Patent validity analysis
  • Due diligence work
  • Transactional work
  • Licensing work
  • Opinion work
  • 鈥淒esign Around鈥 work
  • General client counseling
  • IP strategy work
  • IP Best practices work
  • IP / Patent portfolio analysis
  • IP / Patent portfolio management
  • IP / Patent portfolio development
  • Trademark counseling and prosecution