Lee Fraley is a legal strategist and people connector who thrives on helping clients navigate and address their intellectual property law needs. He offers clients a unique blend of intellectual property counseling, IP rights enforcement and defense, and solution-focused negotiation of IP-related transactions and acquisitions. Clients can count on Lee to provide sage IP advice in support of their business endeavors.
Lee counsels clients in the development of patent, copyright, trade secret and trademark portfolios geared toward accomplishing their business goals and objectives. He also advises clients during all stages of securing US and foreign patent and trademark protection. Lee is also actively involved in opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and manages other contentious trademark proceedings in the United States and around the world.
Lee maintains a robust IP transactions practice, where he advises clients and negotiates on their behalf on matters such as acquisitions, venture-capital/financing and related IP due diligence, and negotiating research and development, licensing, and other complex commercialization agreements.
Lee represents clients within a variety of industries, with particular emphasis in electronics and semiconductors, medical devices, software including SaaS/PaaS, telecommunications, IT and cloud-based networking and services, crowd-sourcing applications, gaming, retail/franchising, sports and entertainment, music, renewable energy, unmanned and other autonomous vehicles, cannabis/CBD, social media, and media law. Companies that have called upon Lee include emerging and growing businesses to middle-market and large cap companies, domestically and abroad.
Lee has received numerous awards and recognition for his work in intellectual property law, notable inclusions include the IAM Patent 1000, The Best Lawyers in America® for Trademark Law, and Intellectual Property Litigation, and World Trademark Review 1000, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business®, Intellectual Property, and Southwest Super Lawyers. Lee was also named a Phoenix Lawyer of the Year in Intellectual Property Litigation by The Best Lawyers in America®. He has been a frequent presenter and author over the years on topics related to intellectual property for clients and civic organizations.
An active member within the community and legal profession, Lee currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Miracle League of Arizona, and has served in various other boards including Crisis Nursery, Rosie’s House and Arizona Sports & Entertainment Commission, and is active across several Bar associations.
IP Counseling
IP Rights Defense and Enforcement
IP Transactions and Deals