Our Mission
Our law practice has one paramount objective, "Protecting everything you can imagine!"

Our People and Experience
To meet this goal, our firm employs talented attorneys with a wealth of experience in intellectual property law, science, engineering and technology. Our patent attorneys have backgrounds in electrical, mechanical and aeronautical engineering, chemistry, biotechnology and physics. To ensure prompt response time, our attorneys are supported by a very experienced support staff.

Our attorneys have prepared and prosecuted hundreds of patent and trademark applications. Our clientele includes independent inventors, small and large companies, and universities. We maintain close relationships with intellectual property law firms all over the world, enabling our clients to protect their valuable intellectual property internationally. We are proud to serve clients throughout the United States, Canada, Sweden, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan, among other countries. We also frequently serve other law firms who call upon us for specialized advice and counsel in intellectual property law matters.

Our History
Simpson & Simpson, PLLC was formed in 1998, but traces its roots to 1928, and patent attorney R. Craig Kauffman's predecessor firm of Bean, Brooks, Buckley & Bean. Kauffman merged his successor firm with Simpson & Simpson in October 1998. In 2000, Howard M. Ellis merged his intellectual property practice into our firm as well, providing specialized chemical patent expertise. In 2003, Michael L. Dunn merged his practice with ours, bringing more than 30 years of IP experience in a wide variety of technological art areas. Several of our attorneys and members of our staff worked with one another at other law firms over the years, and have come together to build a firm whose mission we all share - providing the best possible service to our clients.

Our Facilities
In June 2000, partners Ellen Swartz Simpson and Robert Simpson purchased a 12,000 square foot office building on Main Street in Williamsville, New York, to meet the needs of the growing firm. The firm now occupies a large part of the building formerly occupied by Ellen's father, leading Buffalo ophthalmologist, Dr. Gerald Swartz, in offices redesigned for the firm by her mother, Adeline G. Swartz.

Office Automation
When the United States Patent and Trademark Office was looking for a partner to develop software for the electronic filing of patent and trademark applications and related correspondence, it came to Robert and Ellen Simpson and their software company LegalStar for the solution. LegalStar is the nation's leading developer of intellectual property law software, including docketing, electronic forms and electronic filing software. LegalStar's intellectual property software is now used by thousands of law firms and corporations worldwide. Of course, all of LegalStar's products are implemented first in the law firm of Simpson & Simpson. Our clients should take comfort in knowing that our law firm's automation capabilities are second to none.

Intellectual Property Law - It's Why That's All We Do.
In selecting intellectual property legal counsel, clients should of course look for experience, skill and capabilities. But we believe it is equally important to find out what motivates the prospective attorney and firm. At Simpson & Simpson, we're not just attorneys helping inventors and companies - we're inventors ourselves, which gives us a unique perspective as to our clients' concerns. We are passionate about our work. We appreciate that every invention reflects a spark of imagination and creativity, and we appreciate how much our clients invest in their creations. We know that every inventor regards her invention as her "baby". We understand how difficult it is to name a new product, and how valuable trademarks are. It's protecting creativity that makes the work so fulfilling. Whenever we convince the Patent and Trademark Office that an invention is patentable or a trademark is registrable, and whenever our advice helps a client to protect its creativity, we consider it a success.

There is simply no better reward in intellectual property law than protecting everything your client can imagine! It's why we do what we do, and it's why that's all we do!