Blair B.
Suire
- Position
- Partner
- Office
- Lafayette
Blair Suire is a partner practicing intellectual property law within the Litigation Practice Group. She is a registered patent attorney.
Blair focuses on the protection of clients’ intellectual property, including patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Blair has extensive experience with patent applications in the United States, in other countries, and internationally for a variety of technologies, including:
- Oilfield service products such as separation technology, down hole tools such as drilling motors, pressure rating systems, heat exchange systems, transportation systems, and coiled tubing products
- Chemical products, including geopolymer compositions and well treatment compositions
- Pharmaceutical products and medical devices
- Electrical systems and software systems
- Consumer products, including archery equipment, sports equipment, and security systems
She also advises clients on patent infringement and invalidity issues, including freedom to operate opinions.
With extensive experience managing clients’ trademark portfolios, including trademark applications in the United States and other countries, Blair helps clients to police unauthorized uses of their trademarks. She also handles intellectual property due diligence in business transactions.
Blair’s litigation work includes patent infringement, trademark infringement, unfair competition, and trade secret misappropriation. She also handles trademark opposition proceedings before the US Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Blair is active in the Acadiana community, providing guidance and tools to local start-ups and pitch teams. She has worked with local entrepreneurs during “office hours” with Opportunity Machine, Acadiana’s entrepreneur initiative. In addition, she has worked with Innov8 Acadiana, speaking to high school pitch teams about intellectual property, and has supported the Louisiana Gulf Coast Oil Exposition’s Future Energy Professionals, a program that awards high school students with scholarships to grow within the energy industry.