Intellectual Property, Business Law and General Litigation Firm, Miami Beach, Florida
The firm represents clients in intellectual property matters, real estate, business transactions, business torts, contractual disputes, and general litigation. To schedule an appointment, please call 305.604.2051 or contact the firm online.
Amaury Cruz (Managing Partner)
In 1991, after a successful career as a newspaper and magazine writer, editor, and translator, Mr. Cruz graduated with honors from Florida State University College of Law. He was an articles and notes editor of the Law Review. He received book awards in International Business Transactions and Comparative Law-The Civil Law Tradition. He also won second prize in the Nathan Burkan Memorial Copyright Writing Competition at FSU.
Since 1991, Mr. Cruz has concentrated on intellectual property and also engaged in general litigation and appeals. He is admitted to the Florida Bar, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Martindale Hubbell has awarded him the highest possible rating (AV) for his ethics and professional skills.
Mr. Cruz has published several scholarly pieces, including the award-winning What's the Big Idea Behind the Idea-Expression Dichotomy?-Modern Ramifications of the Tree of Porphyry in Copyright Law, as well as numerous newspaper and magazine articles, essays, and other writings. A former partner of the law firm of de la O & Marko, he has a native command of written and spoken Spanish.
Henry Rodriguez (of Counsel)
Mr. Rodriguez is a 2004 cum laude graduate of the University of Florida's Levin College of Law, where he earned Book Awards in Contract Law and Trademark Law. Mr. Rodriguez was Professor Mark A. Thurmon's research assistant and aided in the preparation of the article The Rise and Fall of Trademark Law's Functionality Doctrine. He also earned a master of arts in Political Science from the University of Florida in 2000. Mr. Rodriguez is a member of The Florida Bar.
Mr. Rodriguez is a member of the Dade County Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Association of Florida (IPLAF), and American Bar Association (ABA). He concentrates his practice in ex parte and inter partes proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is fluent in Spanish.
Rick Ruz (of Counsel)
In 2003, Rick Ruz, Esq., graduated magna cum laude from Florida International University with a Bachelor in Management Information Systems. In 2007, he obtained his law degree from the FIU Law School, where he was a member of the Moot Court Team and Vice President of Appellate Advocacy. As a law student, he made the Dean's List every semester and won a Best Brief Award in the fall of 2005, as well as Book Awards (for the highest grades) in Contracts, Comparative Corporate Law, and Remedies.
Since joining the firm in 2007, Mr. Ruz has played a major role in enforcing and defending the intellectual property rights of the firm’s clients’ before the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida, as well as District Courts of other states. Mr. Ruz also represents clients in trademark cancellations, oppositions and appeals before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board. Additionally, Mr. Ruz has worked on a variety of trademark and copyright prosecutions as well as state litigation cases and transactional business matters. As a former computer tech and networks management consultant, he brings a unique expertise to cyberlaw cases. He is also qualified to practice in the area of Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Mr. Ruz is admitted to the Florida Bar and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida. He is fluent in Spanish.
Christopher Van Dam (of Counsel)
Mr. Van Dam is a licensed patent attorney registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and his Juris Doctor degree from St. Thomas University Law School in Miami, Florida. He is admitted to the Florida Bar and the U.S. District Courts in the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Florida.
Mr. Van Dam’s recommended approach is to prepare a comprehensive intellectual property protection plan and then to carry out the goals that are set in light of each client's needs.
Mr. Van Dam personally conducts patentability searches and prosecutes patent applications. He works with skilled draftsmen to obtain professional, patent-quality drawings. He also handles infringement opinions, licensing agreements, enforcement litigation and other matters.
Mr. Van Dam has written numerous patent applications relating to hurricane preparedness, building and construction ideas, medical devices, sports equipment, nutritional dietary supplements, electronic devices, software, mechanical devices and others.
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Amaury Cruz
Henry Rodriguez
Rick Ruz
Christopher Van Dam
Amaury Cruz, P.A.
The Lexarian Firm
1560 Lenox Ave., Suite 207
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Voice: 305.604.2051
Fax: 305.604.2011
Email: lex@lexarian.com
Representing clients throughout South Florida, including Miami, Miami-Dade County, Coral Gables, Aventura, Broward County, North Miami, South Miami, Miami Beach, Hialeah, Fort Lauderdale, and Pembroke Pines, as well as nationally and abroad.