Andy Peterson focuses his practice on many aspects of intellectual property law, including trademarks, copyrights, patents, licensing, unfair competition and trade secrets. He also devotes a portion of his practice to litigation matters.
Since joining McAfee & Taft in 2006, Andy has assisted in researching and preparing patent validity opinions as well as trademark and patent searches and infringement evaluations. He has also prepared numerous trademark office action responses and participated in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Andy's achievements have earned him inclusion in Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Lawyers for Business (intellectual property) and Oklahoma Super Lawyers' list of "Oklahoma Rising Stars," which recognizes the state’s top up-and-coming attorneys.
Andy received undergraduate degrees in biochemistry and Spanish from the University of Oklahoma and graduated with highest honors from the University of Oklahoma College of Law.
During his undergraduate studies, Andy worked as both a laboratory technician and student research assistant at the University of Oklahoma Advanced Center for Genome Technology where he participated in publishing the Fusarium sporotrichioides cDNA sequence. Following his undergraduate studies and before entering the legal profession, Andy taught introductory Spanish at the University of Oklahoma and served as the director for the University of Oklahoma Modern Languages Learning Center. During this time, Andy also researched and presented papers on the use of technology in language acquisition.
Andy is the author of “To Bootleg or Not to Bootleg? Confusion Surrounding the Constitutionality of the Anti-Bootlegging Act Continues,” 58 Oklahoma Law Review 723 (2005).