Brian Colandreo

Brian Colandreo

Adjunct Professor
Patent & Intellectual Property Law
Office: University of New Hampshire - Concord Campus (Remote), Concord Campus (Remote),

Equity Partner and National Patent Practice Leader at Holland & Knight

Registered Patent Attorney
LL.M. in Intellectual Property
Admitted to practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of New York

A registered patent attorney and an electrical engineer, Colandreo focuses his practice on client management & development, general intellectual property prosecution, transactional work, litigation and M&A support, due diligence work, and IP opinion work.

Prior to entering law school, Colandreo worked as a systems / software engineer for Johnson Controls and, prior to joining Holland & Knight, he practiced at the Boston offices of Fish & Richardson and McDermott, Will & Emery.

Brian J. Colandreo has considerable patent prosecution / IP counseling experience in the following technological areas: client software, server software, GUIs, social networking, electrical hardware, consumer devices & systems, medical devices & systems, network devices & systems, telecommunication devices & systems, wireless communication devices & systems, distributed computing systems, distributed storage systems, data arrays, data encryption systems & methods, computer & resource virtualization, network time-slicing, mechanical devices, and electromechanical devices.

Colandreo represents many different types of clients (both foreign and domestic), ranging from home-based start-ups to Fortune 100 companies.

Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) Patent 1000 has recommended Mr. Colandreo since 2017. The publication states: "The 'excellent' Brian Colandreo is adored by clients. He's very bright and responsive. A lot of attorneys start with prosecution, but then get pulled into other things – not him, he loves it and you can see that in his work, which is a breath of fresh air."

Mr. Colandreo represents (or has represented) foreign and domestic clients of all sizes – from sole inventors to Fortune 50 companies – in a wide range of technologies, including: Computer Applications; Client, Server and Client-Server Applications; Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) Systems and Methodologies; Blockchain Systems and Methodologies; Cryptocurrency Systems and Methodologies; Medical and Surgical Devices and Systems; Electronic, Electrical, Electromechanical and Mechanical Devices; Process Controls; Logistics Systems and Methodologies; Inventory Control Systems and Methodologies; Graphical User Interfaces; Social Networking Systems and Methodologies; Video Conferencing Systems and Methodologies; Enterprise Email Systems and Methodologies; Enterprise Communication Systems and Methodologies; Media / Content Distribution; Middleware and Resource Management; Network Resource Virtualization; Network-Based Storage Systems; High-Availability Storage Systems and Methodologies; Data Encryption and Protection; and Data Compression and Decompression

His specialties areas include:

  • Domestic patent preparation and prosecution
  • Foreign / International patent preparation and prosecution
  • All issues concerning patent law
  • All issues concerning IP matters
  • Post grant proceedings
  • Patent litigation support
  • Merger and acquisition support
  • Patent infringement analysis
  • Patent validity analysis
  • Due diligence work
  • Transactional work
  • Licensing work
  • Opinion work
  • “Design Around” work
  • General client counseling
  • IP strategy work
  • IP Best practices work
  • IP / Patent portfolio analysis
  • IP / Patent portfolio management
  • IP / Patent portfolio development
  • Trademark counseling and prosecution