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Lewis Lee

Patent Attorney—Partner—Spokane

EDUCATION

George Washington University Law School
J.D.

Washington State University
B.S., Electrical Engineering
B.A., Business Administration

ADMISSIONS/ASSOCIATIONS

Admitted to practice law in the State of Washington

Registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office

Washington State University
  Board of Governors
  Research Foundation, Board Member
  Entrepreneurship Program, Advisory
  Board Member

  Honors College, Advisory Board
  Member

  Undergraduate Education, Advisory
  Board Member

George Washington University School of Law, IP Advisory Board Member

Applied Sciences Laboratory, Advisory Board Member

Lewis offers extensive business and legal expertise in counseling clients on all facets of IP portfolio creation and utilization as a business asset, including strategic planning, development, management, and competitive analysis.

As a co-founder of Lee & Hayes in 1994, Lewis has developed expertise in many diverse technologies and business processes, including computer software and hardware, financial innovations, Internet-related technologies, gaming environments, network technologies, telecommunication systems, cryptography, medical devices, microprocessors and semiconductor technologies.

Career highlights include co-authoring two books, Intellectual Property for the Internet in 1997 and Managing Intellectual Property Rights in 1993. Lewis is a past lecturer at the Center for Advanced Study and Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP) at the University of Washington and adjunct professor at Gonzaga University's School of Business.  Lewis continues to lecture at various events both domestically and abroad, including events such as the IPL conference in India hosted by George Washington University School of Law and at the Peking University School of Law and China University of Political Science and Law (CUPL) in Beijing, China.

Other board experience includes serving as a board member (and past chair) of the Washington State University Research Foundation, a former Washington State University Foundation trustee, and previous board member of the Union Gospel Mission in Spokane.  Lewis also serves on the advisory boards of the Honors College and Entrepreneurship Program at WSU and on the Applied Sciences Laboratory (ASL) in Spokane. 

Lewis Lee

509.944.4711
lewis@leehayes.com

509.324.9256 info@leehayes.com