Angela M. Lipscomb, Esq. is a partner at Lipscomb & Partners, PLLC, who focuses her practice on complex commercial and intellectual property litigation.
Practice Areas:
Intellectual Property
- Patent Litigation
- Trademark, Trade dress, and Trade secret litigation
- Copyright Litigation
- Trademark Prosecution, including opposition and cancellation proceedings
- Trademark, Copyright and Patent Assignments, Licenses, Consent Agreements, Cobranding Agreements, Distribution Agreements and similar types of agreements
- False Advertising Litigation
- Unfair Competition Litigation
Commercial Litigation:
- Shareholder and Partnership Disputes
- Non-compete Litigation
- Disputes involving the sale of goods under the Uniform Commercial Code or the UN Convention for the International Sales of Goods
- Collection of large debts due and owing
- Breaches of Fiduciary Duty
- Representation of Receivers and Trustees
Education:
Ms. Lipscomb received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, magna cum laude. During law school, Ms. Lipscomb interned at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office for two semesters as a legal intern certified by the Florida Supreme Court and participated in numerous bench and jury trials. Ms. Lipscomb was also a successful member of the International Commercial Arbitration Moot. Prior to law school, Ms. Lipscomb graduated with a B.A. in English, magna cum laude, from Florida State University. As a result of Ms. Lipscomb’s scholastic achievements, she was admitted to the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi honor fraternities.
Representative Experience:
- Serves as outside general counsel to an international beauty and haircare company, including the defense and enforcement of its trademark portfolio and overseeing its licensing and international distribution agreements.
- Participates in national litigation to enforce various patents on behalf of inventors, patent holders and patent assignees.
- Successfully defended multiple companies against patent infringement actions and actions seeking declarations of non-infringement
- Represented court-appointed receiver over a company engaged in the business of originating and servicing over $200 million in mortgages on behalf of approximately 800 investors.
- Represented court-appointed receiver in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida in a $36 million Ponzi scheme involving FOREX trading.
Community Involvement:
- Board Member, Legal Services of Greater Miami, Inc.
- Board Member, Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association of Women Lawyers (2011-2013)
- Veteran’s Pro Bono Project (providing free legal services to veterans of the United States military)
- Board Member, Lower School Family Association of the Pine Crest School