Diego F. Freire
Senior Attorney
Diego F. Freire is an attorney in the firm’s Intellectual Property Group. He concentrates his practice on intellectual property law matters, including patent and trademark prosecution, due diligence, and clearance/opinion matters.
Diego has experience assisting clients with protecting their intellectual property rights across various technical areas, including software, mechanical, electrical, mobile devices, lighting, telecommunications, artificial intelligence, fintech, blockchain, and medical devices.
Before attending law school, Diego was an Edison Engineer at GE Healthcare, where he helped design medical devices, including Computer Tomography (CT) machines and life sciences devices. As part of his master’s thesis, Diego developed and designed neural networks for sorting data.
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- University of Notre Dame Law School, J.D.
- University of Illinois – Chicago, M.S.
- University of Illinois – Chicago, B.S.
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Bar Admissions
- Illinois
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Court Admissions
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
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Named to Best Lawyers' "Ones to Watch" list
- Intellectual Property Law, 2026
- Litigation - Intellectual Property, 2026
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American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
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International Trademark Association (INTA)
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Chicago Bar Association
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Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)
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Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois (HLAI)
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Youth Guidance Associate Board of Directors
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- Spanish
Areas of client focus
210 Dykema Lawyers Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 and Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch”
Dykema, a leading national law firm, announced today that 210 of its attorneys, in multiple practice…
USPTO Raises Bar for § 101 Rejections in AI Patents
The USPTO has issued new guidance aimed at curbing overbroad § 101 rejections for AI- and software…
“Brand Protection Takeaways From OpenAI Trademark Case”
Jennifer Fraser and Diego Freire authored the Law360 Expert Analysis column, “Brand Protection…
