Thomas Kelly

The Belles Group, P.C.

The Belles Group, P.C. is a Philadelphia-based law firm specializing in all aspects of intellectual property procurement, enforcement, and management. Founded in 2008 by attorneys who had practiced as members of large national law firms, The Belles Group prides itself on a modernized business approach that is innovative, effective, and efficient. It is this practical and business-minded approach to practicing law that has resulted in the exponential growth of The Belles Group team while, at the same, seeing the legal industry as a whole experience significant down-sizing. The attorneys at The Belles Group have created a firm that strives to be more of a strategic business partner with its clients rather than a traditional outside law firm. By continually monitoring the pulse of its clients'​ businesses and researching competitor activities, The Belles Group helps its clients maintain their competitive advantages by understanding and/or creating industry trends. We assist our clients in meeting their intellectual property goals, while at the same time working with our clients to ensure that these goals are in alignment with their business objectives. The attorneys of The Belles Group provide intellectual property counseling for a broad range of clients on a global scale, ranging from emerging tech companies to Fortune 100 enterprises to research universities. The firm specializes in the expert provision of patentability assessments, freedom-to-operate opinions, patent preparation and prosecution, engineering design-around, trademark searching and clearance, trademark prosecution, copyright procurement and all aspects of litigation, licensing, employment, corporate dealings and risk assessments as they relate to the same. While our rates are attractive to emerging tech companies, large established companies appreciate that our rates allow in-house counsel to stay within their budgets while obtaining legal services that are second to none.