Shireen Marshall, Ph.D., J.D. is the founder of Elevated IP, LLC. She counsels a wide range of clients with respect to Intellectual Property law matters relating to patent, trademark and copyright issues.
Shireen helps clients evaluate IP ownership opportunities, procure domestic and foreign rights, and monitor and address potentially infringing uses by others. She specializes in domestic and foreign patent and trademark procurement, portfolio management, and IP landscape and comparative product assessments.
She has over twenty years of experience drafting and prosecuting patent applications in the areas of chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, instrumentation, wearable devices, semiconductors, biofuels, solar technologies, mechanical devices and sporting goods.
Shireen also helps her clients brand and trademark their products and services by advising on the strength and registerability of proposed marks and by working to procure domestic and foreign trademark rights.
In the area of copyright law, Shireen counsels businesses, artists, models and athletes with respect to copyright ownership, model releases, sponsorship agreements, work for hire agreements, and fair use.
Credentials
Admissions
Colorado
Idaho
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
J.D., University of Colorado
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, The University of Utah
B.A., Chemistry, Franklin & Marshall College
Professional Affiliations
Colorado Bar Association (CBA)
Boulder County Bar Association (BCBA)
Appointments
Co-Chair, Boulder County Bar Association, Intellectual Property Division, 2016 - 2019
voluteer activities
Pro Bono Patent Program, Volunteer Attorney, 2017 - present
Presentations
"Walking Before Running: Legal Foundations for Launching Your Company", Boulder Startup Week, May 2018.
"Power of the Provisional Patent Application for Startups", Boulder Startup Week, May 2018.
"5 Things Every Artist (and All Businesses) Should Know About The Law", Boulder Startup Week, May 2017, and Licensing Executive Society, August 2017.
"Watch Your Language: Patent Claim Intent Versus Interpretation", Boulder County Bar Association, October 2016.
“Federal Circuit Tells the U.S. Trademark Office to ‘Stop Being Offended’”, Boulder County Bar Association, March 2016.
Patent Basics, Presentation to New Venture Challenge participants, February 2015.
“Protecting and Commercializing Rights Through Collaboration”, Presentation to in-house client group, January 2014.
“The America Invents Act: Addressing Patent and Business Challenges in a Changing Landscape”, Boulder County Bar Association, February 2013.
Scientific publications
Marshall, S.R. Heteroleptic Relatives of Prussian Blue and Dicyanamide Molecule-Based Magnets. Dissertation. University of Utah, 2002.
Marshall, S.R.; Bendix, J.; Rodchanarowan, A.; Miller, J.S. Synthesis, Characterization, and Magnetic Properties of Tetracyanonitridochromates. Polyhedron 2003, 2515.
Marshall, S.R.; Incarvito, C.D.; Shum, W.W.; Rheingold, A.L.; Miller, J.S. Novel Coordination of Dicyanamide, [N(CN)2]-: Preferential Binding of the Amide Nitrogen. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 2002, 3006.
Marshall, S.R.; Rheingold, A.L.; Dawe, L.N.; Shum, W.W.; Kitamura, C.; Miller, J.S. Corner Sharing Tetrahedral Network in Co3(HAT)[N(CN)2]6(OH2)2 (HAT = 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12 – Hexaazatriphenylene). Inorg. Chem. 2002, 41, 3599.
Marshall, S.R.; Incarvito, C.D.; Manson, J.L.; Rheingold, A.L.; Miller, J.S. Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties of Co2{[N(CN)2]4bpym}·H2O and M{[N(CN)2]2bpym}·H2O (M = Mn, Fe, Co; bpym = 2,2'-bipyrimidine). Inorg. Chem. 2000, 39, 1969.
Clareen, S.S.; Marshall, S.R.; Price, K.E.; Royall, M.B.; Yoder, C.H.; Schaeffer, R.W. The Synthesis and Analysis of Ammine Complexes of Copper and Silver Sulfate: An Undergraduate Laboratory Project. J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77(7), 904.
Schaeffer, R.W.; Chan, B.C.; Marshall, S.R.; Blasiole, B.; Khan, N.; Yoder, K.L.; Trainer, M.E.; Yoder, C.H. Preparation and Analysis of Multiple Hydrates of Simple Salts. J. Chem. Educ. 2000, 77(4), 509.
