Melissa A. Beede

Melissa Beede focuses her practice in patent prosecution and counseling in the areas of electronics, software, medical devices and consumer products. She counsels clients on matters such as product clearance, patentability, and utility and design patent filing strategies.

• Developed and managed patent portfolio of company that provides RFID-enabled monitoring and data analysis systems, resulting in acquisition of the company and its IP assets by a field leader.
• Working closely with product development company, prepared and prosecuted patent applications related to medical and consumer products, and assisted with licensing the IP to Fortune 500 company.
• Assisted client with technical and legal evaluation of numerous patents asserted against client by major patent holder, and participated in license negotiations for the asserted patents that lead to a substantial reduction in the royalties requested.
• On behalf of venture capital firm, evaluated the IP of early stage semiconductor start-up, performed product clearance analyses, and recommended a comprehensive IP strategy.
• Over the course of several years, advised major consumer products company on issues of infringement, including strategies for avoiding infringement, in connection with over 50 products.

Boston Patent Law Association

Society of Woman Engineers

While in law school, Melissa received the award for Best Brief in her Legal Practice Skills section, an Academic Leadership scholarship, and an American Jurisprudence award in Administrative Law.

At Tufts University, Melissa received the Class of 1898 Prize for breadth of intellectual interest and competence and the Morris and Sid Heyman Prize for excellence in electrical engineering. She was also elected to Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu.

Melissa  has also been named one of Massachusetts Super Lawyers’ “Rising Stars” in the field of intellectual property law.

Tufts University, B.S., Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering Design, summa cum laude

Suffolk University Law School, J.D., magna cum laude

Massachusetts

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office