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Barry Chapin
Founder / Managing Member
Juris Doctorate, B.A. Computer Science, Physics Minor
Email: Barry.Chapin@Chapin-IP-Law.com
After working for many years in the software and electrical patent law
groups at two of the largest intellectual property law firms in New England, and with a strong
entrepreneurial ambition and passion for patent law and business, Barry started a law
practice in 1999 and is the Founding Member of the firm. He has extensive experience in both
patent law and engineering and currently practices in areas of Intellectual Property law
related to the fields of software, computers, business methods, the Internet, electronics,
communications systems, physics, medical devices, instrumentation, mechanical and
electro-mechanical systems. Prior to entering the patent field, he worked for nearly seven
years in engineering.
Barry's law practice centers mainly around patent law and includes
preparation and prosecution (both domestic and foreign) of patent applications, preparing
patent opinions (non-infringement/infringement, validity/invalidity), providing IP due
diligence, licensing of patent rights (including contingent fee licensing), patent portfolio
development and management, and general intellectual property counseling to clients in a
wide variety of technologies. Barry enjoys patent law and has a passion for business in
general. He manages many of the Firm's clients including numerous Fortune-500
high-technology corporations as well as many medium sized and small companies,
venture-backed start-ups, venture capital and investment firms, universities and non-profits,
and even independent inventors.
In 2006, Barry was selected as a recipient of the prestigious "40
Under Forty" award by the Worcester Business Journal. The award recognizes a select
group of 40 leaders in the Massachusetts business community who are outstanding in their
fields.
Before entering law, Barry worked as an Engineer at GTE Government
Systems Corporation and at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory on various technical
projects related to software, computers, electronics, communications, physics and
instrumentation. His areas of technical expertise include software development; operating
systems; database and storage technologies; computer networking and management;
communications and Internet technologies (LAN, WAN, Wireless, protocols, etc.); electronics
and signal processing; hardware design and operation; medical devices and instrumentation;
mechanical and physics-based systems.
Barry obtained his law degree in the four-year evening law school
program at Suffolk University School of Law in Boston while working full-time as an Engineer.
In his second year of law school, he was able to pass the Patent Agents Exam and became
registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This also
enabled him to enter the field of Patent Law as a Patent Agent working full-time for one of
the largest patent law firms in Boston while still attending law school at night. Upon passing
the Massachusetts Bar Exam, he became a Registered Patent Attorney.
Barry also holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science and Physics
minor from the State University of New York. Barry is a member of the Bar in Massachusetts,
the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the Federal District Court for the
District of Massachusetts. He is also registered as a Patent Attorney to practice before the
United States Patent and Trademark Office. Professionally, he is a member of the Boston
Patent Law Association and several technical organizations and routinely attends technical
conferences related to client technologies.
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Protecting Advanced Innovations in:
Software
Computers
Electronics
Internet
Communications
Business Methods
Physics
Electro-Mechanical
Mechanical
Medical Devices
Materials Science
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Westborough Office Park
1700 West Park Drive
Westborough, MA 01581
Phone: 508-616-9660
Fax: 508-616-9661
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