IP Talk Episode 41: Tonia Sayour in the Spotlight

Tonia Sayour is a patent, trademark, and copyright attorney in Wolf Greenfield’s New York office. She has nearly two decades of experience counseling clients in all areas of intellectual property law. Tonia also frequently speaks at diversity and inclusion events.

In this episode of IP Talk with Wolf Greenfield, Tonia discusses her legal career, current topics like AI, Supreme Court cases, and balancing the demands of a busy job with raising three children. Here are a few highlights of the conversation.

• 01:02 - What led Tonia to a career in law
• 05:09 - Describing her IP law career over the past two decades
• 06:58 - The advantages of being a “jack-of-all legal trades”
• 08:52 - The ways AI may impact the legal profession
• 10:46 - Tonia’s involvement in a pair of Supreme Court cases
• 13:57 - How Tonia’s involvement in diversity and inclusion efforts have impacted her career
• 16:08 - Juggling the demands of work and being a mother to three children
• 19:07 - The advice Tonia would give her younger self