Patents ~ Trademarks ~ Copyrights
About Us
Eric Hanscom - Managing Attorney & Drone Pilot
As an intellectual property attorney for the last 20 years, Eric has successfully filed and prosecuted thousands of patents, trademarks and copyrights for his clients in more than 50 countries. For a list of Eric's most recent patents in the United States visit USPTO: https://bit.ly/37K0p0X
Eric founded the Law Offices of Eric Hanscom in 1995 as a sole practitioner. Before beginning his own practice Eric utilized his science background and law degree to gain experience in multiple facets of patent, trademark and copyright law and the application of those property rights.
Education: University of California Hastings College of Law - Juris Doctor May 1985
Awarded Chief Managing Editor of Hastings International and Comparative Law Review
University of California Santa Barbara B. S Aquatic Biology 1981
B.S., Environmental Studies 1981
High Honors in both majors
Environmental Advocate: Accompanying his love for the ocean, environmental activism has always been a part of Eric’s life, from an internship with the Environmental Defense Center in Santa Barbara, to the Sea Turtle Project in Bahia De Los Angeles in Baja, to his current work as a volunteer helping with English translation of signs for Thailand’s National Park System and his Thailand Lands Project.
Family: Eric and his wife Intion currently reside in Carlsbad with their amazing son Martin.
From An Inventor's Perspective
Eric has not only filed applications advocating his clients marks and inventions, he has also tapped into his own imagination and ingenuity in his passion for the Drone Industry. As a holder of several different patents, Eric brings a unique perspective to all the intellectual property that he handles. In other words, Eric understands what it is like to be an inventor. While many law firms are without a single patent attorney with an invention to his or her name,.
Eric is listed as an inventor on 5 separate patents.
US PATENT 7411504 - Motion Koi Pond Predator Deterrent System
US PATENT D732129 - Paddle Retaining Block
US PATENT 9394038 - Paddle Retainer For Stand-up Paddle Boards
US PATENT D805425 - Drone Shaped Tie Tack
US PATENT 755703 - Tri-blade Drone Propeller
***All Photos on this website are the work of Eric himself. He is an avid Drone Pilot and integrates this work into his creative intellectual property profession.