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Mary Lou Wakimura has been selected as a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly 2023 Intellectual Property “Go To Lawyer” Honoree

August 2, 2023

Boston, MA - Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly has selected Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds Principal Mary Lou Wakimura as a 2023 Intellectual Property “Go To Lawyer” honoree. The 2023 Intellectual Property “Go To Lawyers” were featured in the publication’s July 24th issue. 

Since 2020, Massachusetts Go To Lawyers has showcased the Massachusetts legal community leaders across multiple practice areas. The attorneys featured in the 2023 Intellectual Property list were nominated by their colleagues and chosen by a panel from Lawyers Weekly.

Mary Lou assists clients with patent preparation and prosecution, copyright registration, and portfolio management. She has particular experience with computer-related technologies and systems relating to imaging, video applications, mobile applications, and machine learning. Mary Lou’s practice also includes preparing infringement opinions and conducting due diligence on computer and software technologies. She advises on open source software licenses and other software licensing agreements.

Mary Lou serves as the Firm’s Chair of the Board of Directors, is on the Firm’s Management Committee, and is currently a member of the Boston Intellectual Property Law Association (BIPLA), the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), the Asian American Law Association of Massachusetts (AALAM), and various startup accelerator programs. Mary Lou has received national distinction from Best Lawyers® for five years and Super Lawyers® for her patent law expertise for three years.

Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C. is among New England’s largest law firms devoted to the practice of intellectual property law. The firm specializes in patents, trademarks, intellectual property litigation, copyrights, licensing, due diligence, opinions, trade secrets, and intellectual property counseling. The firm’s legal staff provides comprehensive intellectual property legal expertise in biotechnology, chemistry, computer hardware and software, telecommunications, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, physics, optics, nanotechnology, and electrical, chemical and mechanical engineering.