Buchanan Intellectual Property Section Co-Chair to Speak at the Penn State College of Engineering’s Department of Chemical Engineering Graduation Ceremony

PHILADELPHIA (December 2024) – Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney is pleased to announce that Jonathan H. Spadt, shareholder and co-chair of the firm’s Intellectual Property section, was selected as the keynote speaker for the Penn State College of Engineering’s Department of Chemical Engineering Fall 2024 Graduation Ceremony on Dec. 20, 2024.

An active alum of the College of Engineering, Spadt has previously served on the Industrial and Professional Advisory Council for the College of Engineering and received the Outstanding Engineering Alumnus Award, Chemical Engineering, in 2015.  Since 2018, the Jonathan H. and Melissa M. Spadt Open Doors Scholarship benefits students in the College of Engineering.  

In his IP practice, Spadt focuses on the development and management of international commercialization plans and the comprehensive strategies that support those plans, including IP procurement, enforcement, and integration into business planning. With a particular focus on transatlantic innovation trade, he has significant experience in dealing with the differences between the U.S. and European legal frameworks. This experience supports his active role in policy discussions relevant to improving IP laws with the objective of lowering trade barriers between jurisdictions having mutual interests in fostering improved development and commercialization of innovation. In addition, he has specific experience in business management and risk-avoidance, as well as concomitant licensing and transactions.

The Penn State College of Engineering has grown over its 125-plus-year history into the largest college at the University and one of the largest engineering colleges in the nation, ranking among the best for undergraduate and graduate education and research impact.