Sydney brings an engineer’s exacting eye for detail to her work on intellectual property matters for clients.
A licensed professional engineer, Sydney works closely with clients who look to her to handle the technical details associated with the work required to meet their business goals. She works on a variety of transactional matters including: drafting and prosecuting patent applications, registration of trademarks and copyrights, music-licensing, open-source software license compliance, IP due diligence reviews, and preliminary enforcement measures.
Sydney brings a collaborative approach to protecting clients' intellectual property, while also providing research and support for complex patentability and clearance analyses. Clients value Sydney's professional background, particularly her time working in the natural gas industry and in commercial lighting and power design. While earning her master's degree, she managed the installation of the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) power generation system in gas processing in the world at time of completion. She also engineered complex lighting and power design systems, implementing energy efficient lighting control systems, working closely with clients to help stretch their project budget and anticipating evolving demands, all without compromising specification quality or project logistics. Sydney has also worked with health scientists and medical professionals to draft patent applications covering scanning technologies and a wide range of medical devices.
Sydney enjoys working with attorneys who emphasize the importance of client-focused solutions and is particularly inspired by Husch Blackwell's commitment to legal excellence and client success. She finds encouragement in Husch Blackwell's team-oriented culture and its mentoring program, noting that attorneys at all levels are invested in the growth of younger colleagues. She also enjoys pro bono work with Lawyers for Creative Arts through the firm's robust Pro Bono initiative. Sydney maintains a closely held connection to her engineering alma mater by serving as an adjunct instructor to non-traditional engineering students.