Thomas Franklin - Intellectual Property Attorney – Kilpatrick Townsend

Tom Franklin is a partner in the full service intellectual property (IP) firm of Kilpatrick Townsend. Kilpatrick is one of the largest firms specializing in IP with a 150 year history and nearly 200 lawyers in eight different offices. Mr. Franklin supports a national practice where he splits his time between the Townsend offices in Denver and San Diego.  Mr. Franklin uses strong IP protection strategies to assist large companies maintaining their dominance and assist startups vying to dominate.

With over a dozen years in private practice, Mr. Franklin specializes in strong patent protection for high tech companies in the electronic and software fields. He regularly performs due diligence, patent portfolio development, expedited patent protection, and other techniques to efficiently achieve his clients goals.  Mr. Franklin received his law degree from University of San Diego after a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from San Diego State University (Class of 1990), summa cum laude.  Prior to practicing law, Mr. Franklin spent eight years as an engineer with Hughes Electronics and a senior engineer with L3 Communications and Lockheed Martin.

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