Timothy J. Szuhaj, Attorney

Timothy J. Szuhaj chairs the Intellectual Property Group of Spector Gadon & Rosen.  In addition to specializing in intellectual property law and portfolio management, technology law, internet law, and e-commerce law, Mr. Szuhaj handles general corporate and commercial matters as well.

Prior to joining SGR, Mr. Szuhaj practiced in the firm of Shimberg & Szuhaj, P.C. of which he was a founding member. He was also both Deputy General Counsel and Intellectual Property Counsel to Verticalnet, Inc., a publicly owned Enterprise Software and E-Commerce Company. His responsibilities included licensing intellectual property, human resources, service contracts, sale process and consulting and procurement issues.  Mr. Szuhaj also served as Vice President of Vert Tech LLC, the wholly-owned intellectual property subsidiary of Verticalnet, Inc. As such, he was the primary officer responsible for the formulation of domestic and international intellectual property business strategies and management of the company-wide intellectual property portfolio.

His private practice includes prosecution of trademark, service mark and copyright applications and assignments (foreign and domestic); negotiating and drafting numerous licenses, including software, patent, trademark, trade name and technology licenses; managing all aspects of various clients' intellectual property portfolios, including cost management associated with creating and maintaining such portfolios; drafting cease and desist letters, and employment contracts and employee handbooks regarding works-for-hire and confidentiality; advising clients on the formation and operation of businesses; drafting agreements for joint ventures, channel partners and numerous varieties of "go to market" ventures; and negotiating and drafting general corporate and commercial documents. Included in Mr. Szuhaj's clientele is NutriSystem, Inc. and it subsidiaries for whom he is the sole trademark counsel.  As such, he manages all facets of the company's substantial domestic and international trademark portfolio of over 200 marks.

Mr. Szuhaj has presented numerous Intellectual Property seminars, including: 20th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Exchange Accomodators, Intellectual Property and Other Personal Property Exchanges, October 2, 2009, Orlando Florida; CLE Seminars, Intellectual Property: What Every Lawyer Should Know,  August 4 & 5, 2009, Moorestown, NJ and Conshohocken, PA; West Legalworks, Issues of Liability in Online Business Commentary Webinar 2008, West Legalworks, Issues of Liability in Online Business Commentary Webinar 2008, Protecting Brand and Reputation: the Communication Decency Act and Beyond; Garden State Alliance of Paralegal Associations, Fourteenth Annual Convention, Why Can't I Upload My iTunes to Your Computer?: Copyrights in the Age of File Sharing; Law Seminars International 2007, Complex Intellectual Property Licensing; The Entrepreneur Institute, President's Forum 2007, Knowing What You Don't Know How to Profit from Hidden Risks that Threaten Your Company; Metropolitan Career Center, March, 2007, Intellectual Property and Computer Technology: IP meets IT; The Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Technology Law Fora 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 and Intellectual Property Case Law Developments Impacting E-Commerce in 2006; Garden State Alliance of Paralegals Associations, Thirteenth Annual Convention, Trademarks and Copyrights: A Guide to the Acquisition, Registration and Maintenance of these Intellectual Property Rights; Fiberlink Communications Corp. Town Meeting, Sometimes, All You Need to Invent Something Is a Good Imagination and a Pile of Junk; and Fiberlink University, February 9, 2004, Fiberlink Unplugged: the story behind the IP. Further, he authored Environmental Self-Audits: Enough Rope to Hang Oneself?, a paper presented at the 88th Annual Meeting and Expo of the American Oil Chemists' Society, Seattle, Washington; and was the Associate Editor for Safety and Environment; INFORM (international monthly publication of the American Oil Chemists' Society) 1994-1999.

Mr. Szuhaj received his B.A. in Chemistry from Indiana University and his J.D. from Villanova University School of Law where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Villanova Environmental Law Journal. Mr. Szuhaj is a member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association, the International Trademark Association and the Philadelphia Bar Association, Business Law Section, Intellectual Property Subcommittee.