Jason M. Honeyman
Jason has practiced exclusively in the IP space for almost 25 years, providing full service to clients ranging from start-ups to industry leading companies and top tier academic institutions. He has a broad intellectual property practice, with a special emphasis on strategically counseling clients on patent and trademark litigation, technology licensing, IP due diligence in technology based M&A, financing and other significant transactions, building and maintaining patent and trademark portfolios, and navigating amongst competitors’ IP rights.
Jason represents clients in a wide range of diverse industries within the mechanical/electro-mechanical field, including medical devices, consumer products, sports equipment, apparel and footwear, textiles, HVAC, labware, food and beverage, injection molding, optical fibers, water treatment, and laboratory and diagnostic equipment. He represents industry leaders such as Burton Snowboards (sports equipment), C.R. Bard (medical devices), Husky Injection Molding (equipment manufacturer) and Keurig (beverage brewing systems).
- Strategically counseled client in successful patent infringement litigation against a leading sports equipment company, resulting in favorable financial settlement and withdrawal of competitor from product space.
- Provided strategic litigation counseling in medical device patent infringement case that resulted in largest Massachusetts IP jury verdict of 2007.
- Led several industry-wide patent licensing campaigns.
- Developed and manages client portfolio of 100+ patent families.
- Working with Japanese litigation counsel, obtained preliminary injunction against leading medical device company for patent infringement.
- Successfully defended against opposition to European patent covering product with worldwide annual sales of $40M+.
- Defended IP due diligence by investor counsel that led to $10M+ financing.
- Provided IP due diligence to acquirer for deal valued at $300M+.
- Drafted and prosecuted U.S. and foreign patents covering technology with over $100M in annual sales.
American Bar Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association
Boston Patent Law Association
MassMEDIC
- Member, Board of Directors
Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (SGMA)
- Member, Legal Task Force
Jason has been repeatedly named in Boston Magazine as one of Massachusetts’ "Super Lawyers" in the field of intellectual property law, and he was honored by Suffolk University Law School as the 2005 distinguished alumnus in intellectual property law. In 2008 and 2011, he was selected to the Top 100 Massachusetts Super Lawyers® list.
Jason served as President and Managing Partner of the firm from 2005-2007. He was the long-time Chair of the firm’s Mechanical Technologies Group, and now is the Chair of the firm’s Practice Group Leaders.
Lafayette College, B.S., Metallurgical Engineering
Suffolk University Law School, J.D.
Massachusetts
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Various federal courts
