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Alan Harrison is a mechanical and nuclear engineer who served as an officer in the United States Navy Submarine Force before becoming an attorney. He has practiced as an attorney since 2010, and addresses clients' legal matters with diligence and precision. Alan especially enjoys helping small and medium business owners and founders with the legal issues that arise when starting and operating a closely held business. LLC and partnership agreements and disputes are a part of his practice. He also can address intellectual property risks, procurement, and protection.

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Connecticut

Since 2010

USPTO

Since 2006

Principal

Sandollar

2023 - Current

Attorney

Whitmyer IP Group

2023 - 2024

Attorney

Botos Churchill IP Law

2023 - 2023

Attorney

Otterstedt, Ellenbogen & Kammer

2016 - 2023

Attorney

McCormick, Paulding & Huber

2010 - 2016

Patent Agent

McCormick, Paulding & Huber

2007 - 2010

University of Connecticut School of Law

J.D. | Intellectual Property

2005 - 2010

Northeastern University

B.S. | Mechanical Engineering

1994 - 1999

Honors: magna cum laude

Honored Listee

Marquis Who's Who

2023

Excellence for the Future - Contracts

Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction

2005

Top student in law school cohort.

Excellence for the Future - Torts

Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction

2005

Top student in law school cohort.

Connecticut State Bar

Current

Tau Beta Pi Alumni Chapter - Central Connecticut

Board member

Current

Patents: Beyond the Basics – Current Risks and Opportunities (Part 1)

Connecticut Innovations

IP Considerations for Business Transitions, CBA Business Law Section, Elm City Club, New Haven CT

December 5, 2023

Connecticut Bar Association

One point five hour presentation about the significance of intellectual property in business transitions (start up, change of form, and purchase/sale).

Patent Attorney

United States Patent and Trademark Office

2006

Q. How can I register an idea?

October 22, 2024

A: You can file a patent application, or a provisional patent application, to start the process of protecting your idea with a patent. Some ideas might be possible to protect as a trade secret, for example if you knew of a particular way to do a dental operation then you might teach people how to do it for a fee under a non-disclosure agreement.

Q. My client didn't pay me & posted my content. what do i do?

October 18, 2024

A: It depends on where the client is located and a few other factual questions.

If they are in the United States and you register a copyright in the content you created, and if there was not a contract between you and the client to assign them rights in the content, then you might have a copyright infringement claim against them.

You can reach me through this website or try the attorney of your choice in the appropriate jurisdiction.

Q. A circle of 3D model copyright infringements

October 10, 2024

A: Sorry, it's not that simple. At least under the Second Circuit, which is where New York sits, infringing derivative works can also be independently worthy of copyright. "Our Court concluded that Eden could state a cause of action for infringement of its own derivative works and licensed uses, id. at 33–37, but not for infringing uses of the primary Paddington Bear copyright, as to which the licensor Paddington retained the right to sue..." John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. DRK Photo, 882 F.3d 394 (2nd Cir. 2018).