Rockman, Videbeck & O'Connor

A Sole Focus on IP. Unmatched Experience. Our Business is Here to Protect Yours.

A team of patently professional attorneys that understand your technology and your business goals. Our firm offers decades worth of experience in securing and enforcing IP rights on a global scale and pride ourselves on delivering global services with unparalleled results across across a range of industries.

Rockman, Videbeck & O'Connor
U.S. and International Intellectual Property Law, Chicagoland Area

SERVICE AREAS

Patent Counseling & Prosecution

Trademark Counseling & Prosecution

IP Transactions and Licensing Agreements

Trade Secrets

IP Litigation

Copyright Counseling & Prosecution

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U.S. and International Intellectual Property Law Lawyer

About Rockman, Videbeck & O'Connor

Rockman, Videbeck & O’Connor serves clients worldwide to protect, advance, and enforce rights in their inventions, innovations, ideas, and brands. We advise on all aspects of the intellectual property life cycle. Through custom-tailored legal services, we help businesses and individuals develop, protect, enforce, and expand their patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and technology.

U.S. and International Intellectual Property Law Legal Team

Meet the team

Our Professionals

Our team brings decades worth of experience from a wide variety of specialty technical areas ranging from engineering to biochemistry. We ensure that all of our clients, whether independent inventors or large business corporations, receive the utmost care and attention concerning the protection and management of their intellectual property. 

Mercedes V. O'Connor

U.S. Registered Patent Attorney | Partner
Ms. O'Connor received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.) with a concentration in Computer Engineering, Cum Laude, from the University of Michigan in 2001 and attended The John Marshall Law School in Chicago (now the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) where she completed her Juris Doctorate degree in 2012.

Howard B. Rockman

U.S. Registered Patent Attorney | Partner
Mr. Rockman received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) concentrated in Mechanical Engineering from Drexel University in 1959 and attended the George Washington University Law School where he completed his Juris Doctorate degree, with honors, in 1963.

Dzenita Suta

Intellectual Property Law Clerk
Ms. Suta received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) concentrated in Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience from Loyola University Chicago in 2019 and attended the University of Illinois Chicago School of Law where she earned her Juris Doctorate degree, with a concentration in Patent Law, in 2024.

James N. Videbeck

Retired/Inactive U.S. Registered Patent Attorney | Partner
Mr. Videbeck received a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) concentrated in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois and attended Indiana University where he completed his Juris Doctorate degree.

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