Dr. Susie Cheng

Dr. Susie Cheng is a partner and member of the biotech/pharma group at Leason Ellis. She focuses on all aspects of US and global strategic patent protection, licensing of inventions and monetisation of intellectual property. Her services include due diligence investigation of patent portfolios, products and involvement in legal proceedings for investment, licensing and acquisition opportunities. Cheng’s clients operate in a wide range of technologies including artificial intelligence algorithms in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, cannabis, biometric authentication, medical devices and nanotechnology. For clients doing business in China, her fluency in Cantonese and Mandarin Chinese makes her a highly effective advocate.





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Of Counsel   Michelle Levin has been a staple in the firm’s trademark practice group for over ten years.  Michelle focuses on all aspects of domestic and foreign trademark prosecution, managing the worldwide trademark portfolios of clients from a variety of industries. She also conducts clearance work, including U.S. and foreign trademark availability searching and counseling on selecting new marks.  Michelle is also regularly involved in contentious matters before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board as well as oppositions and cancellation actions abroad.   Leason Ellis LLP
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Partner   Joel Felber is a partner in the Patent Practice Group at Leason Ellis and practices patent law with an emphasis on computing hardware and software technologies. Joel’s legal career draws on his prior work in industry as a computer programmer analyst and developer, as he counsels clients in a variety of technical areas such as digital health engagement and risk platforms, high-performance distributed intelligence systems, imaging systems, social marketing systems, collaborative media creation and wireless systems, cloud-based medical information management, interactive communications platforms, and encryption and security systems. In addition to patent and other forms of intellectual property procurement, Joel negotiates and drafts license and purchase agreements, software development, and consulting contracts.   Leason Ellis LLP
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Of Counsel   Elizabeth Barnhard chairs the pharma/biotech practice group at Leason Ellis. She is an astute risk manager, a percipient counselor with a fine-tuned understanding of her clients‚Äô context and mission, and a global patent strategist. Barnhard draws on her in-depth experience of law firms and the pharma industry to help clients in a variety of industries and multi-disciplinary technologies create and commercialise robust worldwide intellectual property portfolios that protect new inventions and products and add value to their businesses. Her clients include large and small companies, academic and research institutions, startups and solo entrepreneurs.   Leason Ellis LLP