Specialists in Intellectual Property Law

Red Rocks Law, LLC is a Colorado law firm dedicated to helping companies with Intellectual Property issues – including all aspects of patent, trademark and trade secret issues.  Our firm focuses on delivering straightforward and cost-effective IP services for companies in their competitive environments.

Jim Pinto – founder of Red Rocks Law and a registered patent attorney – has over 28 years of experience as an IP/Patent attorney including as a partner with various international and large regional law firms (Am Law 100/Am Law 200).  He has received national recognition for his expertise, including being named to Best Lawyers in America in the area of Patent Law for the past 13 consecutive years (2012-2024).  Jim was also named “Lawyer of the Year” for Patent Law in Colorado by Best Lawyers in America in 2013.

Red Rocks Law has been named a “Best Law Firm” in the area of Patent Law by Best Lawyers in America and U.S. News and World Report for the past 6 consecutive years (9th Edition, 2019; 10th Edition 2020; 11th Edition 2021; 12th Edition 2022; 13th Edition 2023; 2024 Edition).

How Red Rocks Law Can Help You

Our services include:

• Agreement/Contract preparation - working with our client’s Management teams, we assist with analysis, preparation and negotiation of Agreements/Contracts with our client’s customers and vendors.

• Patent Portfolio Strategy and Development – working with engineers, scientists and innovators, we prepare, file and prosecute U.S and foreign patent applications in technology areas such as electrical, mechanical, software, clean energy, computer-controlled systems, consumer products, and other technologies.

• Risk Assessment/Landscape Analysis of Third-Party Patents – advising our clients to help manage patent infringement risks by analyzing patents held by competitors or other third parties.

• Patent Opinions – we render formal and informal opinions regarding patent infringement and patent validity for clients.

• Patent Litigation Support – we assist and advise clients on patent litigation strategy and substance, both with patent enforcement and defense.

• Mergers & Acquisitions IP Diligence and Support – we assist clients with analysis of strengths and weaknesses of IP portfolios of potential acquisition target companies.

• Patent Licensing – we assist clients with in-bound and out-bound patent and IP licensing.

• Trade Secret Program Development – we advise clients on management and protection of proprietary technologies and trade secrets.  

• Patent and Trademark Infringement Disputes – we advise various clients on IP litigation enforcement and defense, and other IP-related litigation issues.  

Jim Pinto

Diversity and Community Involvement

Jim is a graduate of Leadership Denver (2011), and served on the Board of Directors for the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation. He also served on the Boards of the Center for Inclusive Design and Engineering (University of Colorado Denver), Mi Casa Resource Center, the Denver Urban Debate League, and Colorado Lawyers for the Arts.  He was inducted into the “Hall of Fame” by the Denver Urban Debate League in recognition of his service to the organization.

Jim previously served as Chair of the Board of the Center for Legal Inclusiveness. He has also served for 6 years on the Board of Directors for the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver, where he was twice named “Board Member of the Year.”

In 2016, Jim founded the “Jim Pinto Minority Engineering Scholarship” at the Ohio State University Foundation which provided partial scholarships to diverse undergraduate engineering students. 

Red Rocks Law actively volunteers and supports various non-profits in Colorado. Jim also has volunteered by teaching introductory computer coding to elementary school students.