Thomas F. Hankinson

Mr. Hankinson practices in the firm's litigation group.  He has experience in a wide variety of complex intellectual property litigation matters, including disputes over patents, trade secrets, trade dress, and contractual relationships such as research collaborations, assignment-of-invention clauses, and non-competition agreements. He also has experience in planning and managing modern discovery, whether it be from the perspective of a small business or a multi-national corporation.

Mr. Hankinson has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in resolving disputes over intellectual property, and has participated in successful federal trials in Cincinnati, Boston and Marshall, Texas.

Prior to joining Keating Muething & Klekamp, Mr. Hankinson was an associate in the intellectual property ligitation group at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, Illinois.

News

• Thomas F. Hankinson Joins Keating Muething & Klekamp

Publications

• Co-author, In Facetiis Verititas: How Improvisational Comedy Can Help Trial Lawyers Get Some Chops, Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law, Volume 7 (Fall 2006).

Mentioned & Quoted

• Intellectual Property Update 2011: Protecting Business Assets, Cincy Magazine, June 2011
• Lawyers Trained In Improv: Not Just For Laughs, Lawyers USA, August 25, 2008

Professional and Community Involvement

• Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber's C-Change Program, Class VII
• Licensing Executives Society, Member