314-584-4081 | dsmall@splglaw.com
611 Olive Street, Ste. 1611 | Saint Louis, MO 63101
Mr. Small, the founding member of the firm, concentrates his law practice in the areas of intellectual property based transactions, licensing and portfolio management. Mr. Small has been working in the field of intellectual property law since 1989 when he began working as a patent examiner in the U.S. Patent office. After leaving the Patent Office, Mr. Small joined a large Washington, D.C. –based Intellectual Property (IP) boutique firm where he wrote and prosecuted patent applications for over three years while completing the night program of Catholic University School of Law.
Prior to founding The Small Patent Law Group, Mr. Small was a Partner with Armstrong Teasdale in St. Louis since 2003 after practicing for seven years in Chicago with a large IP boutique firm. Mr. Small has significant experience in litigation and mergers and acquisitions, equity investments and divestitures. Over the years, Mr. Small has developed and managed numerous patent portfolios and conducted many non-infringement and invalidity studies. An ongoing part of his practice involves negotiating, writing and analyzing technology transfer and licensing agreements.