Kenneth L. Tolar focuses primarily on general intellectual property matters including patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, intellectual property litigation and licensing on behalf of both corporations and independent inventors nationwide, patentability and trademark availability opinions, inter partes practice before both the Patent Trial and Appeal Board and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board; during his career, he has secured over 350 patents on behalf of independent and corporate inventors.
Mr. Tolar also engages in general commercial litigation, insurance defense, labor disputes arising under The Fair Labor Standards Act, personal injury and first-party insurance claims.
Since 1993
Since 1996
Since 2001
Since 2002
Since 1995
Since 2018
2017 - Current
Tolar Harrigan & Morris LLC
1996 - 2017
Kenneth L Tolar, APLC
1994 - 1996
Didriksen & Carbo, PLC
1993 - 1994
Thirty-Second Judicial District Court, State of Louisiana
1988 - 1993
Betz Laboratories, Inc.
1986 - 1988
Nalco Chemical, Inc.
1985 - 1986
Liquid Air, Inc.
J.D. (1993)
B.S. (1985) | Chemical Engineering & French
Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
Class Action, Lemon Law
Civil Appeals, Federal Appeals
Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
1996
RegisteredU.S. Patent & Trademark Office