Ian Barras Email & Phone Number

Washington, D.C.

My practice is focused on obtaining, licensing, and enforcing all manner of intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights, with a concentration on patent prosecution in the electro-mechanical arts. My experience includes preparing and prosecuting patents in the electronic arts, software arts, web-based delivery arts, and mechanical arts; representing clients in patent, copyright and trademark infringement litigation; preparing patent infringement, validity and novelty opinions; advising clients on trademark and copyright policing and enforcement issues; representing clients in domain name disputes; negotiating franchise and development agreements; and, negotiating and preparing licensing agreements, patent assignments, and other types of intellectual property agreements.

Greater New Orleans Area

Practice focused on obtaining, licensing, and enforcing all manner of intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and other commercial matters.

Greater New Orleans Area

Adjunct Professor supervising students in the IP Patent Lab as they obtain practical, real-world experience representing clients in patent matters on a pro bono basis before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. We supervise the students as they screen and interview clients, conduct patentability searches, counsel the client regarding the results, and, if appropriate, draft and file patent applications, responses to office actions, and other documents related to patent prosecution. Ian continues to practice privately at Intellectual Property Consulting, a New Orleans-based firm focused on intellectual property matters.

Greater New Orleans Area

Registered Patent Attorney. Practice devoted to obtaining, licensing, and enforcing all manner of intellectual property rights. Primary practice areas are patents, trademarks, computers and software, trade secrets, copyrights, and unfair competition. Experience includes preparing and prosecuting patents in the electronic arts, software arts, web-based delivery arts, and mechanical arts; representing clients in patent, copyright and trademark infringement litigation; preparing patent infringement, validity and novelty opinions; advising clients on trademark and copyright policing and enforcement issues; representing clients in domain name disputes, including UDRP proceedings; and, negotiating and preparing licensing agreements, patent assignments, and other types of intellectual property agreements.

Develop failure contingency plans for southeast region of Entergy Louisiana. Initiate, scope, and propose projects to preempt any expected system related issues. Coordinate system protection devices including circuit breakers, reclosers, fuses, and sectionalizers. Analyze power quality meter readings to determine if customers are receiving electric service in conformity with Entergy’s operating standards. Perform ad hoc analyses for maintenance or design projects. Serve as lead scout for west bank of New Orleans metro area, including the west bank of Plaquemines parish, for all hurricane recovery operations. Involves coordination and assignment of dozens of field scouts from both local offices and out-of-state offices. Also act as point of contact with central storm control. Part of lead team in the total re-design of Plaquemines Parish electrical grid post-Katrina, both Distribution and Transmission.

Provided both technical and managerial oversight for millions of dollars in research projects, including projects with major universities such as M.I.T., Georgia Tech, and Tulane University.

Prepared coordination study for Medium Voltage/Low Voltage system at Monsanto Chemical Plant in Luling, Louisiana. Generated & assembled collection of splice/junction drawings for Monsanto Chemical Plant in Luling, Louisiana.

Prepared fault detection study for Chevron Oronite Co. in Belle Chase, Louisiana. Managed Windows NT 4.0 office network.

Tested consecutive versions of a financial software suite for quality assurance.

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Loyola Law Review, American Bar Association (Intellectual Property, Litigation, and Science & Technology.

M.S., Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, IEEE (Power Engineering Society)

B.S., Electrical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Pi, IEEE, Tulane Engineering and Computer Science Honor SocietyGraduaged Magna cum Laude.