Trevor T. Graves
Trevor Graves is a Patent Attorney in the Intellectual Property & Technology Service Group. His practice focuses on intellectual property protection strategy, including counseling clients on infringement, validity and patentability, patent drafting and prosecution, trademark prosecution, copyrights, trade secrets and transfer, and licensing of intellectual property.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC promotes Trevor T. Graves to Member (Partner)
by editor, The Lane Report, January 9, 2025
University Wins Jury Verdict Over Online Retailer for Trademark Infringement
Kentucky Intellectual Property Alliance (KYIPA) newsletter, January 6, 2025
Copyright Basics
Kentucky Intellectual Property Alliance (KYIPA) News, March 1, 2024
Legal Overview of Protecting Client and Business Information
19th Biennial Business Associations Law Institute, Lexington, KY April 18-19, 2023
Stites & Harbison adds four IP attorneys
by Haley Cawthon, KYINNO, September 27, 2021
Stites & Harbison Adds Four IP Attorneys in Kentucky
by Adrian Cruz, Law360, July 19, 2021
Intellectual property attorneys join Stites & Harbison
by staff reporter, The Lane Report, July 15, 2021
Prepared and prosecuted patent applications in a wide variety of chemical, pharmaceutical, medical and mechanical arts.
Developed trademark portfolio protection and enforcement strategies for various private companies.
Served as litigation counsel in both patent and trademark infringement matters as well as participating in opposition proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
Negotiate agreements to transfer or license intellectual property rights.
Lexington Office Recruiting Committee, Member
Lexington Humane Society (2025-present)
YMCA of Central Kentucky, volunteer
Leadership Kentucky, Class of 2022
University of Kentucky College of Law
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University of Kentucky Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law, Notes Editor
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Best Brief, Marshall Writing Club
Chemical Engineering
University of Kentucky
Prior to joining the firm, Trevor was an attorney with King & Schickli, PLLC, an intellectual property boutique firm in Lexington. He is actively involved in volunteering and coaching at the YMCA of Central Kentucky. He lives with his wife, Ashley and his children, Gabby and Brady.
Trevor Graves Elected to the Lexington Humane Society’s Board of Directors
The Lexington Humane Society recently elected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Trevor Graves to its Board of Directors. He will serve a six-year term ending in 2030.
University Wins Jury Verdict Over Online Retailer for Trademark Infringement
A trial over a trademark dispute relating to an unlicensed online retailer’s sale of apparel and other merchandise bearing historic or retro logos and images of universities has concluded. In 2021, the Pennsylvania State University (“Penn State”) brought suit against Vintage Brand (“Vintage”) for trademark infringement and other claims in federal court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania, styled as The Pennsylvania State University v. Vintage Brand, LLC et al., 4:21-cv-1091. Since that time, at least a dozen other schools have sued Vintage on similar grounds, but this was the first case to go to trial and it has been watched intently by the trademark world as a bellwether case in the sports merchandising industry landscape and perhaps beyond.
Stites & Harbison Promotes Four Attorneys
Stites & Harbison announced today that four attorneys have been promoted to Member (Partner). The promotions are effective January 1, 2025. The new Members (Partners) include Frederick R. Bentley (Reggie), Trevor T. Graves, Brian P. Lee, and Alison M. Zeitlin.
USPTO Updates Guidance Due to Federal Circuit’s Adoption of Same Obviousness Test for Utility and Design Patents
On May 21, 2024, the Federal Circuit issued an en banc decision in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Technology Operations LLC, No. 2021-2348, eliminating the long-established test for proving design patents invalid for being obvious as "improperly rigid" in favor of a more flexible approach. In doing so, it decided the same test for utility patent obviousness applies to design patents. IP attorney Trevor Graves takes a look at the case in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.
The Basics of Trademark Law and the Benefits of Federal Registration
A trademark is any word, phrase, symbol, logo, or design – or any combination – used to identify and distinguish the source of the goods or services of one party from those of others. A trademark may be a word or words (APPLE or POLO), logos or designs (the Nike swoosh or Adidas’ three stripes), phrases (IT’S FINGER LICKIN’ GOOD or I’M LOVIN’ IT), shapes of containers or other trade dress (the BLANTON’S bourbon bottle shape), or even a color (HOME DEPOT orange) or sound (NBC chimes). IP attorney Trevor Graves takes a look at the benefits of registration in this Stites & Harbison Client Alert.
19th Biennial Business Associations Law Institute
Griffin Gate Marriott Golf Resort & Spa, 1800 Newtown Pike, Lexington, KY 40511
Stites & Harbison attorneys Trevor Graves, Jim Seiffert, Jack Seiffert and Patrick Torre will be presenters at this year's Business Associations Law Institute in Lexington May 18 & 19, 2023.
Thirsty Thursday Networking Event: Like It or Not, Contractors Need To Think About Intellectual Property
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
400 West Market Street, 18th Floor, Louisville, KY 40202
Stites & Harbison will host a Thirsty Thursday networking event about contractors needs to keep intellectual property on their minds on Thursday, September 8th.
Trevor Graves Selected for Leadership Kentucky's Class of 2022
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Leadership Kentucky has selected Stites & Harbison, PLLC attorney Trevor Graves as a member of the 2022 Leadership Kentucky program. This year’s 51-member class will participate in seven three-day sessions from June through December at locations throughout Kentucky.