Practice Areas
Honors + Affiliations
Member, Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association
Member, Licensing Executives Society
Member, Entrepreneur's Forum of Greater Philadelphia
Member, Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court, Philadelphia Intellectual Property Chapter
Bar Admissions
- Pennsylvania
Court Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Philadelphia
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1701 Market St.
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921
Phone: 215.963.5067
Fax: 215.963.5001
Louis W. Beardell, Jr. is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Intellectual Property Practice. Mr. Beardell's practice focuses on life science companies, particularly biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies, venture capital funds, and chemical companies. Mr. Beardell has counseled clients on patents, patent due diligence, and patent validity and freedom to operate opinions; developed patent strategies; and managed patent portfolios.
Mr. Beardell has negotiated and prepared licensing and purchase agreements, product and service supply agreements, collaboration agreements, research agreements, consulting agreements, patent litigation settlement agreements, and material transfer agreements with domestic and international clients. He also has procured business method patents and evaluated patent validity and freedom to operate for computer and business method inventions.
Mr. Beardell lectures on intellectual property topics in national and regional intellectual property and business associations.
Mr. Beardell is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania and before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Education
- Temple University School of Law, 1995, J.D.
- University of Pittsburgh, 1991, M.B.A.
- University of Rochester, 1987, B.S.C.H.E. (Chemical Engineering)