Illinois Small Business Development Center at the Rogers Park Business Alliance, What Every Small Business Owner Should Know About Intellectual Property (March 2025)
Suet Lee is an associate at Irwin IP and serves in the intellectual property litigation group, focusing her practice on patent litigation and trademarks. She has worked on a variety of intellectual property matters, including design patent litigation, utility patent litigation, trademark litigation, and copyright pro bono matters, covering technologies from automotive parts, computer software, and those in the creative arts. Her involvement in cases range from drafting complaints, interrogatories, subpoenas, motions to compel, managing discovery and related correspondences, preparing for depositions, and conducting prior art searches.
Prior to joining Irwin IP, Suet obtained her J.D. from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and her B.S. in Biology and certificate in the Health and Humanities from University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Prior to joining Irwin IP LLP, Suet worked as a student clinician for the Health Justice Project, a law clerk for a personal injury law firm, and then as a litigation intern for the Cook County Health and Hospitals Systems. There, she facilitated pre-disciplinary employee hearings for their COVID-19 vaccination program. Suet also worked as an extern at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab where she was responsible for compiling compliance requirements of a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services provider pursuant to federal and state regulations, redlining contracts, as well as other labor and employment matters.
During her studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law, Suet was a member of the IP Law Society, and wrote and edited for IP Bytes. Suet was later employed by Irwin IP, LLP, with a focus on patent litigation. In this role, she continues to work on design patent cases and pro bono cases with Lawyers for the Creative Arts on copyright matters.
Prior to law school, Suet obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a Certificate in the Health and Humanities from UW-Madison. She was a former phlebotomist and student researcher at the Thomson Lab, which focused on stem cell researcher. She remained dedicated to community service through volunteering for the Discovery Volunteers Program with the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, and by volunteering and serving as an executive board member for Badger Volunteers.
Associate Member, Richard Linn Inn
Co-Chair of the Associates Committee, Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law
Marketing Committee Member, ChiWIP
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Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D. 2023
2022-23 Student Bar Association President
Nationals Semifinalist in Thomas Tang Moot Court Competition
Health Law Certificate
University of Wisconsin, B.S. in Biology (2020)
Health and Humanities Certificate
Illinois Small Business Development Center at the Rogers Park Business Alliance, What Every Small Business Owner Should Know About Intellectual Property (March 2025)
Panelist, “What’s New in Trademark Law: Review of Federal and TTAB Case Law” by Richard Linn: American Inn of Court (2025)
Rogers Park Business Alliance, From Idea to Market: Unlocking the Value of Your Intellectual Property (October 2024)
Progresando, panel discussion regarding IP issues affecting members of the Rogers Park Business Alliance’s Spanish-speaking entrepreneurial training program (November 2024)
South Bend, Indiana Entrepreneurship and Adversity Program (Gladys Blake Muhammad Community Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs), Protecting Yourself: What You Need to Know about Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks, and Trade Secrets in Your Small Business (January 2025)
Panelist, “Laws of the Machines: Unraveling AI’s Legal Enigma (As Generated By ChatGPT)” by Richard Linn Inn: American Inn of Court and IPLAC (2023)
Federal Circuit Lashes Out at the ITC’s Narrow Ruling Regarding the Domestic Industry Requirement, Lashify, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, No. 23-1245, 2025 WL 699368 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 2025)
A Bloody Competition Over Lizzie Borden’s Legacy, US Ghost Adventures, LLC v. Miss Lizzie’s Coffee LLC, No. 23-2000, 2024 WL 4799288 (1st Cir. Nov. 15, 2024)
District Court in the Claim Construction Zone: Federal Circuit Permits at Rule 12 Stage, UTTO Inc. v. Metrotech Corp., No. 2023-145 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 18, 2024)
Internet Archive’s Free E-Book Lending Not Fair Use, Hachette Book Grp., Inc. v. Internet Archive, No. 23-1260, 2024 WL 4031751 (2d Cir. Sept. 4, 2024)
Is an Arrangement of Source Code Protectable?, Compulife Software, Inc. v. Newman, No. 21-14071, 2024 WL 3611013 (11th Cir. Aug. 1, 2024)
DraftKings Wins Alice/Mayo Wager at Federal Circuit , Beteiro, LLC v. DraftKings Inc., No. 2022-2275, 2024 WL 3077636 (Fed. Cir. June 21, 2024)
Will Third Party Servicers Lose Their Right to Repair Medical Devices Under the APA’s Judicial Review?, Med. Imaging & Tech. All. v. Libr. Of Cong., No. 23-5067, 2024 WL 2873107 (D.C. Cir. June 7, 2024)
Who Really Owns Your Patent? You or Your Bank?, Intell. Tech LLC v. Zebra Techs. Corp., No. 2022-2207 (Fed. Cir. May 1, 2024)
FTC’s Banning Noncompetes Means Considering Alternatives , KPM Analytics N. Am. Corp. v. Blue Sun Sci., LLC, No. CV 21-10572-MRG, 2024 WL 1558167 (D. Mass. Apr. 10, 2024)
Check Your Clauses, MasterCard Gets Caught by Lack of Continuation After Termination , ALEXSAM, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant v. MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee, No. 2022-2046, 2024 WL 825658 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 28, 2024)
What the Shell? LLCs Improperly Used in Attempt to Hide Patent Monetization Firms and Shield Them from Liability , Nimitz Techs. LLC v. CNET Media, Inc., No. CV 21-1247, 2023 WL 8187441 (D. Del. Nov. 27, 2023)
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