Overview
Liza Hadley is an associate in Nutter’s Intellectual Property Department, and a member of both the Medical Devices and Emerging Companies practice groups. Previously, she was a technical specialist at the firm, where she prosecuted patent applications and assisted with trademark matters.
Drawing on her prior experience as a patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Liza helps clients strategically protect and use their intellectual property by preparing and prosecuting patent applications and managing patent portfolios across multiple jurisdictions, as well as assisting clients with obtaining and defending trademarks. Liza also frequently conducts due diligence analysis on IP matters for M&A transactions, and provides counsel on technology licensing and contract matters.
Liza’s work spans a variety of technologies including internal combustion engines, medical devices, wearables, three dimensional and conventional printing technologies, imaging technologies, and power management and delivery systems.
Liza serves as Nutter’s liaison to the Boston Patent Law Association (BPLA), and is also an active member of the Women in IP Networking (WIN) Boston chapter. During law school, Liza was treasurer for the BU Law Student Government Association, and received the second prize in the BPLA’s annual writing competition for her paper “The Patent Uncertainty Problem: Can the Judiciary Effectively Curb the Cost of Indefinite Claims?”
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Education
Boston University School of Law, J.D
University of Virginia, B.S., Mechanical Engineering
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- Massachusetts
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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Earlier in her career, Liza was a Patent Examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.