RLMK-Frank Mazzeo
Frank A. Mazzeo
Partner
fmazzeo@ryderlu.com

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Mr. Mazzeo practices in the areas of intellectual property litigation, trademarks, copyrights and patent prosecution. Mr. Mazzeo has litigated all types of intellectual property cases, including complex patent infringement cases involving multiple patents and trademark and copyright infringement cases, as well as complex business disputes.  Mr. Mazzeo’s experience includes filing and defending actions in various federal and state courts and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). 

Mr. Mazzeo also has filed and prosecuted well over a hundred trademark registration applications in the USPTO and in foreign trademark offices.  Mr. Mazzeo also prepares and prosecutes patent applications in the biological, chemical, mechanical and business method fields. He also counsels clients on patent and licensing matters.

Mr. Mazzeo is very active in the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section.  He is the current Licensing Committee Chair and was the Trademark Committee Chair from 2006 through 2008.  He also is a sought after presenter for seminars for attorneys on the subjects of patents and trademarks and has spoken to the general public about intellectual property on a radio show.

Prior to co-founding Ryder, Lu, Mazzeo and Konieczny, LLC, Mr. Mazzeo practiced in a Philadelphia patent boutique law firm.

Mr. Mazzeo is proficient in the Italian language.

BAR and COURT ADMISSIONS
Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

EDUCATION
Widener University School of Law, J.D., 1992
- member of the school's law review, The Widener Law
Journal
- recipient of an American Jurisprudence Award.
Lehigh University, M.B.A, 1992.
Ursinus College, B.A., 1988.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Continuing Legal Education Lecturer:
- Pennsylvania Bar Institute Speaker, 2002 – 2006
- Panel member for patent/trademark/copyright courses presented to Bucks and Montgomery Bar Associations. 2000 – 2001
Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Intellectual Property Section, Trademarks Committee Chair 2006-2008.
Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association
Bucks County Bar Association
- Past Secretary and Treasurer of Young Lawyers
Division.
Montgomery Bar Association
- Intellectual Property and Communication Section.
National Italian-American Bar Association
- Co-founder of Chapter at Widener University School of Law.
Filitalia National, General Counsel 1996-1998
- Director of Finance 1994-1996.
Home and School Board Member, 2008-present.
Assistant Commissioner and Coach for various youth
sports leagues, 2004-present.