KPIP Helps Companies with IP LAW

Kimberly Peaslee’s career in law—one might say—began with a nasty parasite in the early 2000’s.  Peaslee, who now owns KPIP Law in Concord, was working on a dissertation at Dartmouth College focused on toxoplasmosis, a parasite that works much like malaria. She was stunned when she found out that she didn’t own her research.

This realization led Peaslee to alter her career path and enroll in the Intellectual Property program at the University of New Hampshire School of Law. By 2009, she had earned her J.D. as well as a Ph.D. in Chemistry.

“I feel a little bit backwards in terms of how I got into law, but I think that’s kind of how life is, right? It’s very serendipitous sometimes,” Peaslee says, adding that the more she learned about intellectual property the more she wanted to help others.

Peaslee’s leap into solo practice started in 2020 when she opened KPIP law in Concord after 11 years working as an IP attorney at various NH firms. Today, Peaslee works with U.S. and
foreign companies.

“I have a few pharmaceutical companies I work with,” she says. “My sweet spot is small- to medium-sized companies with around 500 employees.” Since opening, her business has grown and become even more focused on protecting intellectual property rights for international companies. 

“The real strength of a patent is being able to keep other people from using what you’ve invented. A patent is usually like a hammer. But are you ready to take people to court if someone is doing the things they’re not supposed to do? That’s one of the biggest conversations I have with people because sometimes it doesn’t make financial sense to do it,” she says.

When it comes to her journey into law, Peaslee says she found the “perfect marriage” with science and the law. “I feel like I get to be around all these happy accidents and all of these new discoveries.”