Benjamin D. Rotman

Ben provides practical legal solutions that help companies and inventors protect their innovations and grow their business. His practice encompasses a range of intellectual property matters, including IP portfolio development and management, patent and trademark prosecution, availability searches and clearance opinions, copyright registration, internet domain disputes, and online enforcement actions.

Ben is actively engaged in Chicago’s start-up ecosystem, regularly advising early-stage companies on intellectual property strategy and protection. He works closely with entrepreneurs and innovators through UB Greensfelder’s desk at mHUB, a leading hardware accelerator, where he helps emerging businesses navigate the legal landscape of product development and commercialization.

Ben’s experience extends across numerous industries, including medical devices, electro- mechanical devices, sporting equipment, firearms, packaging, consumer products, toys, clothing, as well as the food and beverage industry.

With a background in mechanical engineering, Ben offers legal advice backed by an extensive scientific and technical knowledge base. During his years working as a senior mechanical engineer, Ben worked with engineering teams to design and deliver compelling mobile devices and android smartphones.  His work included mechanical and electro-mechanical component and assembly design, product development, prototyping, finite element analysis, materials research and analysis, design of experiments, tolerance analysis, statistical analysis, and intellectual property development.

Before joining UB Greensfelder, Ben worked at a Chicago-area law firm, where he managed U.S. and foreign trademark and patent prosecution and oversaw IP portfolios for clients.