Marisa J. Zink
Partner
Intellectual Property
Business Law

Practice Area And Professional Expertise

• Ms. Zink has experience in the preparation and prosecution of utility patent applications, both foreign and domestic, focusing in the areas of software, wireless technologies, data communication, data bases, computer hardware/software, wireless technologies, business methods, thermoplastics, rubber elastomers, polymeric coatings and films, office automation systems, intelligent peripheral configuration and printer engines, and innerspring and mattress components.
  
  
• In addition, Ms. Zink also assists in the preparation and prosecution of trademark applications, both foreign and domestic; patent infringement, validity and right-to-market opinion; and domestic and international licenses for patents, technologies and trademarks. She counsels clients with regard to Intellectual Property portfolios and procurement strategies and structures a wide variety of agreements.
  
  
• Prior to joining Buckingham, Ms. Zink practiced with Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP in Cleveland, Ohio.

Education
University of Akron, School of Law Akron, Ohio (J.D., cum laude, 2001)
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (B.A., Chemistry, 1997)

Courts & Bar Associations
Ohio Bar (2001)
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio
U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
Member: Ohio Bar Association
Member: Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Member: Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association
Member: American Intellectual Property Law Association