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Lloyd & Mousilli: A Former Apple and Dell In-House Counsel, Now Protecting Austin Startups

Feras Mousilli was the youngest attorney in Dell’s legal department in Round Rock before moving to in-house IP roles at Apple and Amazon — a corporate-counsel pedigree few boutique Austin IP firms can match. He’s since built Lloyd & Mousilli around bringing that Fortune 500 experience to the entrepreneurs and startups that make up the firm’s actual client base.

Origin and Background

Lloyd & Mousilli is based at 4400 Far West Boulevard, Austin, TX 78731, with additional offices in Houston, Dallas, and several international locations. Managing Partner Feras Mousilli previously served as Senior Corporate Counsel for both Apple Inc. and Dell Inc., where he counseled on product development, advertising and marketing, copyright, and trademark strategy, and practiced with DLA Piper’s intellectual property group before moving in-house.

Practice Concentration

The firm’s patent practice covers prior art searches, provisional and non-provisional applications, office action responses, patent licensing, and patent litigation, with a specific focus on utility and design patents for Austin’s technology and startup ecosystem. The firm’s trademark and copyright practices operate alongside a broader corporate, contracts, trade secrets, and litigation practice built specifically for startups and emerging companies. Lloyd & Mousilli publishes named client success stories, including brand protection work for Reefertilizer, the viral meme phenomenon FlorkofCows, the eco-friendly startup Mosqitter, AI company Tavus, and remote reality systems company Orqa. See this Austin Intellectual Property directory for how this startup-focused IP boutique compares to litigation-first patent firms.

Notable Work / Track Record

Lloyd & Mousilli publishes named case studies documenting specific client outcomes rather than a numeric results table — its published work includes brand and IP protection for Reefertilizer, the FlorkofCows meme-to-business transition, Ukrainian eco-startup Mosqitter, AI company Tavus, and remote-reality systems company Orqa, each independently verifiable through the firm’s own case study pages. Awesome Attorneys treats these as the firm’s self-reported client outcomes rather than independently adjudicated results.

Client Voice

Awesome Attorneys did not locate a large-volume independent consumer review platform sample for this firm; its public reputation is built substantially around its published case studies and press coverage rather than a high-volume review aggregator presence. Awesome Attorneys discloses this gap directly.

Beyond the Courtroom

Feras Mousilli’s stated commitment to “fostering innovation within the Austin community” is reflected in the firm’s startup-oriented service model — including outside general counsel subscriptions and startup legal packages — designed specifically to make IP protection accessible to early-stage companies, though Awesome Attorneys did not identify additional named nonprofit board service.

Recognition for This Austin IP Firm

Feras Mousilli is licensed in California, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Texas, Washington, and the District of Columbia, and before the USPTO — a multi-jurisdictional licensing footprint that is independently verifiable and reflects a broader practice reach than most single-state Austin IP boutiques. Awesome Attorneys did not identify additional peer-review awards for this profile beyond the firm’s documented corporate and USPTO credentials.

Texas Legal Backdrop

Patents and federal trademark registrations are governed by federal law and the USPTO regardless of state, but Texas-based startups filing provisional patents must still separately consider Texas trade secret protections under the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act, which can provide interim protection for an invention before a patent issues. Trademark disputes involving Texas businesses can also proceed in Texas state courts under the Texas Anti-Dilution statute alongside federal Lanham Act claims. None of this is legal advice; a specific patent, trademark, or IP matter should be evaluated by a licensed attorney based on the actual facts involved.

Awesome Attorneys Assessment

Lloyd & Mousilli’s clearest differentiator is genuine Fortune 500 in-house experience — Apple, Amazon, and Dell corporate counsel background — applied specifically to Austin’s startup and entrepreneur community rather than large corporate clients. The honest trade-off is that Awesome Attorneys did not locate a large independent consumer review sample to verify client satisfaction at scale, and the firm’s published results are self-reported case studies rather than independently adjudicated outcomes. For an Austin startup or entrepreneur who wants IP counsel with genuine large-company product and brand experience, that combination is a strong basis for a shortlist.

Methodology and Sourcing

This profile was researched from Lloyd & Mousilli’s own website (attorney biography for Feras Mousilli, patent and trademark service pages, and published case studies for Reefertilizer, FlorkofCows, Mosqitter, Tavus, and Orqa), and the Oyez Texas Attorney Directory.

Publisher Disclosure and Independence Notice

Awesome Attorneys is an independent legal directory and editorial publication. This profile was not paid for, commissioned, or reviewed by Lloyd & Mousilli or Feras Mousilli prior to publication. Awesome Attorneys may in the future offer sponsored placement products to attorneys and firms, including this one, but sponsorship has no bearing on the editorial content, inclusion, or findings of this profile.