Tilaye Terrefe

First Year of Call

Areas of Practice
Intellectual Property

Description
Tilaye Terrefe drafts and prosecutes patent applications for clients ranging from small startups to multinationals.

Areas covered by Tilaye’s intellectual property (IP) practice include software, mechanical inventions, electronic circuits, telecommunications, touch detection technologies, image and data compression, digital signal processing of audio and video, cryptography, blockchains and wood composites.

Prior to joining McMillan, Tilaye worked as an engineer, designing and implementing innovative solutions, some of which became patented. While managing the IP department for a technology firm, he developed strategy and coordinated patent litigation efforts, giving him unique, first-hand understanding of the challenges facing many of his clients.