Strategies helps businesses and individuals solve the complexities of dealing with the government at every level. Our team of specialists concentrate exclusively on government affairs, representing clients nationwide who need assistance with public policy, advocacy, and government relations strategies.
This unique program provides innovative and affordable opportunities to startups and early-stage emerging companies with a solid technology or scientific foundation. We help companies that have a quality management team in place and do not have other significant legal representation.
eMerge’s lawyers and technologists work together to deliver strategic end-to-end eDiscovery and data management solutions for litigation, investigations, due diligence, and compliance matters. We help clients discover the information necessary to resolve disputes, respond to investigations, conduct due diligence, and comply with legal requirements.
Frank Liu, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke’s Intellectual Property Practice Group, was quoted in the March 16, 2026 Law360 article, “Manufacturing Factor Adds More New Twists to AIA Cases.”
The factors identified in the memo could benefit patent owners who are already pursuing an ITC case, since “you’ve got that information handy, and you can go ahead and put that into your patent owner discretionary denial brief,” said Frank Liu of Troutman Pepper Locke LLP.
…
Troutman’s Liu noted that if a multinational corporation without a U.S. manufacturing presence is challenging a patent owned by a company that makes products in the U.S., “that could make it somewhat harder for you to get an IPR instituted, so it will probably make you think twice before filing it.”
If neither party makes products in the U.S., however, “I think it kind of ends up being a factor that doesn’t have any impact on the analysis,” he said.
Speaking Engagements
Governmental Hospitals In Bankruptcy: An Immovable Object Meets An Irresistible Force
April 17, 2026 | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM ET
Hilton Atlanta
255 Courtland Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30303
Speaking Engagements
2026 ACA Conference
April 17, 2026 | 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM CT
Omni Nashville Hotel
250 Rep. John Lewis Way South, Nashville, TN 37203
Speaking Engagements
myLawCLE | College Athletes as Enterprise: NIL Deals, Revenue Sharing, and Post-House NCAA Enforcement
April 16, 2026 | 1:00 PM – 4:05 PM ET
Open for Registration Online
Speaking Engagements
26th IBA/ABA Annual US and Europe Tax Practice Trends Conference: “Emerging Company Tax Issues” Panel
April 16, 2026 | 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
The Westin Excelsior
Rome, Italy
