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SALT LAKE CITY – For the third consecutive year, Utah Business recognized Brinks attorney Ryan L. Marshall among the Utah Legal Elite in the practice of intellectual property law. The magazine’s special Legal Elite section published in the January 2012 issue.

Lawyers throughout Utah were asked to vote for attorneys whose work they have witnessed first-hand and whose services they would recommend to others. The attorneys included in the Legal Elite list received at least ten votes and were reviewed and approved by a panel of top senior attorneys.

Mr. Marshall, a new shareholder at Brinks, has substantial experience in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biochemical arts. He counsels clients and prepares opinions relating to patentability, invalidity, enforceability, infringement and clearance issues. He has worked with a broad range of technologies, particularly in the fields of polymers, chemical instruments, fuel processing, animal health, and pharmaceuticals including synthesis, peptides, protein complexes and chelates, nucleosides, DNA sequence tags, point-of-care DNA diagnostics and DNA amplification. Mr. Marshall has also worked with design and utility patents for and assessments of propellants, explosives, veterinary products and feed supplements, synthetic diamond drill bits, body armor, outdoor gear, eyewear, batteries and fuel cells, water softeners, packaging and medical devices including stents and stent delivery devices. He advises clients on strategic patent portfolio development, landscape analysis, ANDA and ANADA opinions and in drafting U.S. and foreign patent applications. Mr. Marshall also performs intellectual property evaluations, audits, due diligence, and clearance searches and reviews.

Mr. Marshall is a member of the American Intellectual Property Lawyers Association, the American Chemical Society, the Utah State Bar Association, the Intellectual Property Owners Association and the J. Reuben Clark Law Society. He earned his MS in organic chemistry from Brigham Young University and has eight years of laboratory research experience.

Utah Business magazine is Utah's only monthly statewide business publication, and its Legal Elite list showcases Utah’s top attorneys in 26 practice areas.

Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
One of the largest intellectual property law firms in the United States, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione provides legal expertise in all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition and trade secrets law. Its lawyers have appeared in cases before numerous federal and state courts, as well as the Federal Circuit, the International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Supreme Court. With more than 140 attorneys, scientific advisors and patent agents who specialize in intellectual property, Brinks specializes in serving global clients engaged in the research sciences, engineering and technology, helping them to identify and protect their intellectual property, to manage intellectual asset portfolios, and to enforce and defend their IP rights. Brinks' team includes lawyers with business experience in specific industry sectors and with advanced degrees in all fields of technology and science.

Brinks has its headquarters in Chicago, and offices in Washington, D.C., Research Triangle Park, N.C., Salt Lake City, Ann Arbor and Indianapolis. More information is available at www.usebrinks.com.